Portland OR

JASON LEE ELEMENTARY RENAMED “SUNRISE”: At press deadline May 12, the Portland School Board was poised to approve the renaming of Jason Lee Elementary School in East Portland to Sunrise Elementary School. The board first authorized the renaming process in March 2024, following advocacy from people at the school who sai

Portland could close nearly 450 permanent sleeping spots for homeless people, or about a quarter of its pod shelters, overnight-only beds and RV safe parking spots, according to a staff presentation delivered at a City Council budget meeting Tuesday. Under the budget proposed by Mayor Keith Wilson, Portland’s street se

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Summer-like heat helped cook Portland’s atmosphere enough to produce storms capable of lightning Tuesday evening. The thunderstorm activity is possible over the Cascades and parts of the Willamette Valley Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. The thunderstorm threat fades Wednesday as temperatur

UPDATE: Margery has been found safe in Portland, the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office says. Deputies in Clackamas County are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing 78-year-old woman with cognitive issues. Margery Ellen Dietrich was last seen on Tuesday at about 5:20 p.m. near Southeast 90th Avenue...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An Oregon resident has been transported to Nebraska for risk assessment and monitoring following exposure to the hantavirus while aboard the M/V Hondius cruise ship. The Oregon Health Authority confirmed to KOIN 6 News on Tuesday that the Centers for Disease Control notified them of the exposure

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Portland Public Schools (PPS) is facing a risk of mid-year budget cuts because its proposed plan for 2026-2027 is "extremely optimistic" on the cost of employee pay increases, according to a new report discussed by the board Monday night. In April, Superintendent Kimberlee Armstrong presented...

Drivers headed out for a Memorial Day weekend excursion in Oregon should remain cautious on one route in particular. A new study from transportation analytics company INRIX shows a troubling trend for Portland drivers over the holiday weekend: a clear uptick in crashes among drivers leaving the metropolitan area for th

West Linn’s Dean Suhr is considering moving to a warmer, more politically moderate state. “I’ve raised my kids here,” said Suhr, 68, a semi-retired entrepreneur. “I’ve had a good life up here. But as we’re getting older and our income becomes more fixed, we need to look at how we can make what we’ve got stashed away la

The National Weather Service issued an alert that thunderstorms with potential lightning, rain, hail and erratic winds could hit the Willamette Valley the evening of May 12. The weather agency in Portland said there was a 15-30% chance for the thunderstorms to hit a widespread area from Portland to Eugene, and across

Portland had itself quite a Saturday night. What started as an illegal street takeover involving roughly 100 people at a Northeast Portland intersection spiraled into a multisite cat-and-mouse chase, a foot pursuit, and an aerial ... Read more