Portland OR

Brown smoke forcing its way out of an underground electrical vault along the border of Old Town and the Pearl District on Tuesday afternoon briefly turned a quiet block into an active response scene for Portland Fire & Rescue. A nearby apartment building reported smoke in its electrical room and lost power while crews tried to figure out what, exactly, was smoldering below street level...

PORTLAND, Ore. — For many new businesses in Oregon, making it past year one is far from guaranteed. A new national study ranks the state among the worst for first-year failures — and business owners who have survived the freshman fracas say they have an idea why. Ann...

GRESHAM, Ore. (KATU) — Two 17-year-old boys held at the Donald E. Long Juvenile Detention Center on attempted murder charges in a Gresham shooting are now suspects in a separate shooting that killed a homeowner in Vancouver. According to court documents obtained by KATU, investigators matched bullet casings recovered...

The 1970s was a decade defined by cultural shifts, from the rise of disco to the birth of extreme sports. Among these innovations was a simple, bean-filled bag that became a global phenomenon: the Hacky Sack.

Portland woke up to another gray-and-drizzly start on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, with cloudy skies, light rain and temperatures in the low to mid 50s at Portland International Airport. Showers are expected to hang around much of the day, with a high near 57°F. Southwest winds of 8 to 13 mph could gust up to 25 mph this afternoon, and coastal...

Stumpfest brings the best of underground metal to PDX, and what a lineup it has in store this year. Night one is headlined by Old Man Gloom, led by Isis/Sumac mastermind Aaron Turner, whose recent joining of Neurosis is this neck of the woods’ equivalent of Dio joining Sabbath. Night two features pop-metal titans Torche, the exquisitely morose Drunk Horse, and Portland’s...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue helped a dog find his footing after it went over a cliff. “The first units arrived to find an 11-year-old, 53-pound bulldog about 20 feet below the ledge,” CCFR said on social media. Crews used ladders and ropes to reach the...

PORTLAND, Ore. – As Oregon’s health care system continues to grapple with workforce shortages and increasing demand for timely care, Oregon Health Authority officials say new investments in training programs are critical to strengthening the state’s emergency response capacity. In its 2025 statewide needs assessment, the agency...

Say it loud; say it proud: Portland’s Pride parade is in July! Since the hot idea dropped in 2023, Portland Pride celebrations have come to feel like two months of intensifying queerness that eventually explodes into the biggest annual parade in the whole state and a weekend of events and performances in Waterfront Park—all of which is organized by LGBTQ2SIA+ community-focused nonprofit...

A man who burglarized several Portland-area businesses has been sentenced after taking a plea deal.