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‘One in a million chance’: Portland leaders push ahead on masking plan despite legal...

Portland city councilors are pushing ahead with an ordinance to ban masks and require clear identification for federal agents and other law enforcement officers despite another top official joining a growing list of those who believe the proposal is doomed to face legal challenges. City Attorney Robert Taylor on Wednes
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Assault suspect arrested for injuring man in NE Portland

John A. Knight, 36, is facing a second-degree assault charge for injuring someone in Northeast Portland last month, resulting in injuries to their shoulder, knee, and hand.
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Portland’s Tree Rules Get Shake-Up In Bid To Fix Canopy Divide

Portland is gearing up for a major rewrite of its Tree Code, and city officials say it is about far more than trimming branches. The planned overhaul of Title 11 is pitched as a way to protect and grow Portland's urban forest, close glaring tree-canopy gaps between neighborhoods, and toughen the city's climate resilien
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Trial of Portland musician accused of assaulting fed during ICE protest ends in mistrial

A judge declared a mistrial Thursday after a jury couldn’t reach a verdict in an assault case against a Portland musician accused of kicking and biting a federal officer during a protest at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building. The 12 jurors deliberated for about eight hours –...
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One of the country’s best vegan restaurants is closing its Portland diner

Another vegan staple is pulling out of Portland after seven years. Business opening or closing in your neighborhood? Email the reporter at [email protected]. Founded in Salt Lake City nearly two decades ago, Vertical Diner puts an all-vegan twist on classic American diner fare. In 2019, the restaurant brought its p
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Who is the mystery tenant that snagged 90K square feet on the Vancouver Waterfront?

Every quarter, the big real estate brokerages publish market updates that deliver their researchers and agents’ analysis of the Portland area’s office market. Groups like Colliers and CBRE don’t always agree on the downtown office vacancy rate, but they do tend to track the same tenants who sign any leases of significa
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Don’t panic when you see the 10-day Portland forecast on your weather app

You can’t always trust the weather app on your phone. For example, Portlanders checking the Apple weather app on Thursday morning may have noticed that way down at the bottom, the projected low for Saturday, May 23 is 28 degrees. Fahrenheit. That’s very, very cold. If Portland were...
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Tires come off semi-truck, crush minivan on I-5 in Vancouver

VANCOUVER, Wash. (KPTV) - Tires detached from a moving semi-truck and hit a minivan on Interstate 5 in Vancouver Thursday morning, according to Washington State Patrol. The incident happened at about 7:40 a.m. just north of Mill Plain Boulevard. WSP said two tires came off a trailer of a semi-truck that was going north
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Two teens arrested after fight with brass knuckles in Tigard

Two teens were arrested earlier this week after police said they assaulted someone with brass knuckles.
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Multnomah Athletic Club reopens after car packed with explosives crashes into building

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - On Wednesday, life returned to normal for Multnomah Athletic Club members as they made their way inside for the first time since May 2. “Like everybody else, we’re very excited to have it open,” member Amy Kaplan said. The popular club in Southwest Portland...

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