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PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The Portland Public Schools Board is set to discuss the potential closure of 15 elementary schools Tuesday night as Oregon’s largest school district considers major cuts amid declining enrollment. The discussion comes as PPS weighs how to reduce its footprint and better align the...

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One person died and seven were injured in a multi-vehicle crash on Oregon's Highway 26 after a driver crossed into oncoming traffic, OSP reports

Oregon’s largest homeless shelter network is entering a period of substantial contraction as Portland and Multnomah County reduce, close and consolidate shelter programs that expanded during previous years, leaving hundreds fewer spaces available while public agencies confront expiring funding, budget deficits and cont

CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. (KPTV) - New video from the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office shows the moment SWAT ended a standoff with a man accused of shooting at tree workers on Saturday afternoon. Just before 2:30 p.m. on Aug. 29, deputies responded to South Rocky Bluff Lane in rural Oregon...

The abandoned property at 3254 Southeast 111th Avenue was vacated by neighborhood response teams last Thursday, following a dramatic stand-off between occupants and police.

For the second time this week, a national company is closing a facility in the Portland area. On Tuesday, Schneider Electric said it will close its Veris Industries plant in Tualatin. The closure will result in the elimination of 87 jobs. The announcement came a day after J.R. Johnson said...

VANCOUVER, Wash. (KATU) — The man wanted in connection with a Washington state Amber Alert in August has been arrested in Vancouver. PAST COVERAGE | Amber Alert infant recovered in Vancouver area; father still being sought. Police said they took Raul Martinez Guevara, 37, into custody Sept. 1. He...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Portland leaders are taking a first step toward putting new guardrails around data centers as questions grow over where much larger facilities can be built and how much the public will know before a deal moves forward. The Portland City Council's Housing and Permitting Committee...

Since June, Gresham residents have been adapting to a new reality: hard, smelly, metallic-tasting tap water. Some online commenters liken it to drinking pool water. But Portlanders—who are subject to exploding water bills thanks to cost overruns at the city’s Bull Run Filtration Project—might also have reason to feel s