These 8 Unassuming Oregon Restaurants That Are Surprisingly Memorable
Oregon has never been one to show off. Tucked between mountain ranges and miles of rugged coastline, this state keeps its best secrets close, especially when it comes to food. You won’t find neon signs or flashy billboards pointing you toward the most unforgettable meals here. Instead, the magic...
Downtown Lifeline On Ice, Portland’s James Beard Market Bumped To 2027
The long-awaited James Beard Public Market, the indoor food hall billed as a downtown Portland anchor, is now not expected to open until early 2027. That fresh delay, paired with climbing renovation costs, has turned the project into a high-stakes test of whether one marquee destination can help jump-start a...
Nonprofit to open preschool at shuttered West Linn school site
Embrace Preschool would fill the gap left by the suspension of the district’s self-run preschool program. The West Linn-Wilsonville School District announced in a community message that it is finalizing a lease agreement with Embrace Preschool, a nonprofit community preschool with an inclusive instructional model, to...
Sherwood votes overwhelmingly to challenge new state housing laws
The residents of Sherwood challenged Oregon’s plans for increasing housing production this week by voting for more local control over land use decisions. Final results won’t be certified until February, but after the first few rounds of results were tallied, Measure 34-348 was winning by about 80%. The...
Historic Southeast Portland grocery store faces possible closure
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A Southeast Portland market that has been a neighborhood staple for decades could be facing a possible closure. The business has been hit hard since COVID, and while other areas of Portland are showing progress, the business said that if its struggles continue, its future looks dim.
PBOT reveals more puns as naming of frosty plow fleet continues
PORTLAND, Ore. — Portlanders will have another chance to vote on names for five of the city’s snow plows!. The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) opened voting Wednesday on 20 names. Some of the options are "The James Cleared Award," "Plowell's Books," and "a Sleet-car Named De-icer." It's...
Costs soar to more than $100K for Portland business plagued by repeated HVAC thefts
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Montavilla Sewing Centers in Southeast Portland is speaking out after the business’s HVAC units have been stripped of parts five times in the last four months, leaving the store without heat and the business down more than $100,000. The most recent incident happened early...
Sleepover Turns Nightmare as Father Drugs 12-Year-Old Daughter’s Friends — “Mom Please Pick Me...
A sleepover turned into a nightmare for three young girls in Oregon when they were sedated by their friend’s father. As the girls headed to Lake Oswego for a night at their friend’s place, her father, 58-year-old Michael Meyden, made them mango smoothies and added a sleeping drug into it. The incident happened in...
Smoothie-Spiking Oregon Dad Settles $2.4M Civil Suit From Prison Cell
The legal saga involving an Oregon father who drugged his daughter’s friends during a sleepover has concluded. Michael Meyden, 57, has settled a $2.4 million civil lawsuit filed by the family of one of his victims. Meyden is serving a two-year prison sentence at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility after...
Alleged Serial Trailer Thief Strikes Across Oregon and Washington Even While Monitored by GPS...
Nickolas Alexander Edwards was arrested on Thursday by the Portland Police and the Multnomah County District Attorney's Auto Theft Task Force for a series of utility trailer thefts in Oregon and Washington. Despite wearing a court-ordered GPS ankle monitor, Edwards allegedly continued his criminal activities, leading...

















