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An Oregon court violated the constitutional rights of a woman whose husband died in a 2021 car crash in the Boring area when it limited the damages she received from $20 million to $500,000, the Oregon Court of Appeals ruled. The decision last week from an Oregon Court of Appeals...

Construction work is believed to have caused a water main break that sent water an estimated 120 feet into the air in northwest Beaverton on Monday night.

EL RENO, Okla. — Gemini Industries, Inc., an employee-owned manufacturer of wood coating solutions, has acquired Industrial Coating Solutions (ICS) in Vancouver, Washington. ICS is an industrial wood coatings distributor, incorporated in 2007 with a mission to help customers make wood finishing profitable. Known for in

BEAVERTON, Ore. (KPTV) - A water main break in Beaverton shut down an intersection for several hours on Tuesday. Washington County says construction workers struck a water main overnight at the intersection of Southwest Walker Road and Southwest Murray Boulevard. The intersection was completely shut down for much of th

A year and a half of ping-ponging that involved the retirement or resignation of two city managers, the hiring of an interim city manager and stints by two acting city managers, Tigard has tapped its longtime public works director to help lead the city of almost 60,000 residents. On Monday,...

PORTLAND, OR – Supporters of a proposed Portland ballot measure say they have collected a record number of signatures in an effort to give residents a direct say in city budget decisions. The Your 2 Cents PDX campaign delivered 78,743 voter signatures to Portland City Hall Monday, a total...

ALOHA, Ore. — A man wanted in connection with multiple criminal investigations was arrested Thursday afternoon after leading Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputies on a brief foot chase through an Aloha neighborhood. According to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, deputies received a report at approximately 1

There is a bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that takes up an entire city block, spans multiple floors, and holds over a million books on its shelves. It is not a library, and it is not a chain store. It is a fiercely independent landmark that has been drawing readers, travelers,...

A Clackamas County judge dismissed the lawsuit filed against a neighbor, the city of Lake Oswego and the Meadowcreeks at Westwood Homeowners Association over a man’s death during the January 2024 ice storm. The storm caused a tree to crash through a home in the Westlake area and kill...

Oregon diners had to say goodbye to several Portland-area favorites this month, continuing a rough stretch for the state’s restaurant scene. Oregon had already seen major food-service losses in recent…