Portland OR

Julia West House is opening this week in Downtown Portland, marking Oregon’s tallest mass timber building and a new milestone for affordable housing. The permanent housing development aims to support homeless elders and members of Portland’s BIPOC community. The 12-story structure highlights eco-friendly and...

An armed man who had barricaded himself in a garage in Southeast Portland on Wednesday afternoon shot himself after police attempted to force him out of the garage with irritant gas, the Portland Police Bureau said. The man, whose name has not been released, is now at a local hospital...

PORTLAND, OR – The United States Attorney’s Office has announced that Brian Keith Kapileo Nepaial, 38, of Aloha, has been charged for allegedly pointing a laser at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Helicopter and possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. According to court documents, a CBP...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Residents of an affordable housing complex across from the Portland ICE facility say tear gas and pepper balls used by federal agents during protests are making it difficult to live in their homes. Gray’s Landing, which houses 249 affordable housing units, sits directly across from the...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The Portland Police Bureau is asking for the community’s help gathering video footage from the Northwest Portland area as detectives work to connect the dots in a homicide investigation. On Oct. 11, 39-year-old Krystal Pendergraph was found dead from a gunshot wound inside her car...

Portland city leaders are asking voters to weigh a November ballot measure that even they admit presents an exasperating choice: either significantly increase money collected from property owners to maintain existing parks and recreation services, or watch one of the city’s most treasured civic assets wither under...

With “No Kings” marches and rallies scheduled across the country this Saturday, including in Portland, police are preparing the public on expected impacts.

As dusk fell over Portland's South Waterfront on Tuesday, the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) was on alert, not for confrontation but for observation. The PPB had their Incident Command Team on deck, managed by a Crowd Management Incident Commander and supported by Dialogue Liaison Officers (DLOs), Rapid Response Team,...

Think you can take the heat? A mouth-numbing spicy fried chicken chain plans to move into what was once one of Portland’s oldest taquerias. >> Business opening or closing in your neighborhood? Email the reporter at [email protected]. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a...

When the going gets weird, the weird turn chicken. Dr. Gonzo himself on his wildest mescaline binge never foresaw the menagerie that has materialized on the South Waterfront, a Noah’s ark of inflatable animals prancing outside a federal immigration compound. The puncturing of Homeland Security seriousness seems to...