Portland athlete reaches 17-year running milestone
PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - A local athlete has reached a major milestone. Paula Harkin, the event director and owner of Portland Running Company and The Run Pub, has been running every single day for the past 17 years. In 2009, Paula set a goal for herself to run at least...
SE Grand Recovery Shelter to open January 5, expanding recovery-focused shelter access
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The city of Portland is helping to expand access to overnight shelter with the opening of Transition Projects’ SE Grand Recovery Shelter. The recovery-oriented overnight shelter at 614 S.E. Grand Ave. will provide 140 beds, with 60 beds available at a moment's notice starting Jan. 5.
Homeless man pulls gun on Brentwood-Darlington woman who offered help
What initially seemed to be a small incident – with just three police officers being dispatched, on November 24 at 5:39 p.m., to S.E. Rural Street at 74th Avenue – turned into a much more significant crime, to which twelve East Precinct officers responded. Numerous police cruisers were...
Cougar Spotted In Oregon City
The Oregon City Police Department has received reports of a cougar sighting in the middle of town, near Singer Creek Park. The cougar has been captured on residential video surveillance on Latourette St. multiple times within the last 24 hours. The neighborhood is located off Molalla Avenue and Pleasant Avenue,...
Group of young men caught in King Tides on ‘very small, overloaded’ boat in...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Four young men almost had to be rescued near the mouth of Netarts Bay on New Year’s Day, according to the Netarts-Oceanside Fire District. Crews received a call for a boat in distress on Thursday. According to the fire district, a drone operator jumped into action and “had eyes on [the […]
Deputy, officer wrangle stubborn cow in Sandy neighborhood, keep it moo-ving’ home
SANDY, Ore. — Law enforcement helped ‘steer’ a stubborn cow back home on Tuesday after the roughly 1,200-pound bovine got loose in a Sandy neighborhood. The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office said one of their deputies, Deputy Roach, came across a Sandy Police officer in pursuit of the livestock.
Tasting Table names Oregon’s best all-you-can-eat buffet
Tasting Table recently released a list of the best all-you-can-eat buffets in every state, including an Oregon spot that's an "unparalleled option for any lunch."
‘Unfathomable’: Mother forced to unearth son buried in double-booked grave site
A funeral home in Portland, Oregon, double booked a grave site, resulting in the exhumation of a young man's grave.
Prosecutors file charges against 2 TriMet security guards after fight on Portland MAX train
Multnomah County prosecutors have filed warrants against two TriMet security guards, accusing the contractors of misdemeanor crimes while scuffling with a passenger on a train in October. The charges have been filed under seal, and the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office declined to identify the men or...
Portland Public Schools is trying to close the algebra access gap. Early evidence suggests...
The seventh graders in Maddie Hines’ project-based math class in North Portland are learning all about how to run sophisticated experiments where they come up with a hypothesis, test it out using the mathematics they’ve learned in class and come to a conclusion. Little do the students at...

















