Portland OR

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Portland recorded its lowest number of shooting incidents in six years, with gun violence declining by 30% in 2025, according to the Portland Police Bureau’s crime database. The city reported 525 shooting incidents in 2025, down from 747 in 2024. Shooting-related homicides also decreased from...

BOISE, Idaho — A Twin Falls woman faces felony charges after investigators accuse her of shooting her boyfriend in the leg during an argument over Christmas cookies. Kathryn Marie Welch, 53, is charged with felony aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, felony destruction or concealment of evidence, felony...

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.

A police officer’s report on a Newberg man’s Dec. 22 attack on his father provides a chilling account. Court documents based on an investigation by Newberg-Dundee police said officers were dispatched at approximately 3 a.m. Dec. 22 to a home within the city on a report of an assault with a knife.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a 29-year-old woman who is wanted on a felony warrant. Authorities say Angelina Latisha Minor is wanted on a charge of first-degree manslaughter stemming from a March 2024 traffic crash. Prosecutors allege...

Pacific Power customers in Oregon will see a decrease in their monthly bills starting Jan. 1, 2026, due to the Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) approving a .7% reduction in rates.

A second significant Oregon employer in as many weeks has notified state workforce officials that it plans a mass layoff. Vacuum Technique said it will close its facility in Clackamas because of “changing business needs.” Seventy-eight jobs will be eliminated, according to a new filing with the state’s Higher...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - A Portland man was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the 2022 killing of the mother of his children. Prosecutors argued the killing happened after he was released on bail that a local bail fund helped post.

Rents in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro are continuing to ease as 2025 comes to a close, offering renters more relief.

The Grotto marks final night of 2025 Christmas Festival of Lights.