Portland OR

Firefighters are investigating a series of recent vegetation fires in Portland’s Overlook neighborhood, according to an agency spokesperson. Portland Fire & Rescue investigators “are doing what they can to capture any information and connect any dots possible,” said the spokesperson, Rick Graves. Responding...

Portland, we’ve heard, is where young people go to retire—not procreate. It’s not the only place where people are having fewer kids, and waiting longer to do so if they’re going to bother at all. But add the city’s housing availability and affordability issues, plus increases in homeschooling and other options since...

When a four-foot bust of York appeared in Mount Tabor Park in early 2021, an anonymous artist had at last created a local monument to the only Black member of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Though the statue was vandalized and removed within months, York’s mark on the Pacific Northwest is clear.

In a recent verdict that has left more questions than answers, 27-year-old Over Francisco Ochoa-Lopez was convicted of second-degree kidnapping by a Washington County Jury; a crime dating back to an alarming incident on September 17, 2023, where he allegedly took a young child against her will. As reported by the...

A U.S. Marine Corps veteran filed a tort claim notice against the Department of Homeland Security after video caught the moment he was tackled by federal law enforcement while protesting outside an ICE facility in Portland, Oregon.

Portland, Oregon – Drivers heading into the Oregon Cascades and foothills could face slick roads and possible lightning strikes through 8 p.m. tonight, as a band of thunderstorms and heavy rain rolls across the region. According to the National Weather Service in Portland, there’s a 25% chance of thunderstorms...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A man wearing a hard hat and work clothes was arrested early Monday morning after police said he tried to pass himself off as an employee at a Northeast Portland business. Officers were called to the 9700 block of Northeast Glass Plant Road just before 5...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife safely removed a raccoon's paw from a fence on Monday, and the animal was not injured in the process.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Several school districts across the Portland Metro area are set to go back to school, Tuesday, Aug. 26, on the tail end of a record-breaking heatwave. Officials with Portland Public Schools (PPS) told KATU they have not yet made a decision on making any changes...

Amid ongoing cost concerns surrounding Multnomah County's Preschool for All program, county commissioners opted last week to hold off on any moves that would change its funding structure. Why it matters: The program, passed by a sizable majority of voters in 2020, has come under criticism from Gov. Tina Kotek...