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The Portland Police Bureau said it is aware of recent social media posts calling for people to attend a street takeover in inner Southeast Portland this weekend, and police are on a mission to discourage the takeover. “Due to significant public safety concerns this activity raises,” the bureau wrote in...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Portland Mayor Keith Wilson has reaffirmed the Moda Center and Rose Quarter's role as the city's entertainment core as the Trail Blazers transition to new ownership. In an exclusive interview, Wilson emphasized that the arena should be reimagined rather than replaced. "This address in our...

The Interim Executive Director of the Cottonwood School located next to the ICE facility in Southwest Portland says they're relocating due to deployments of gas against protesters that has been seeping into their playground. "Well, in terms of our impact, we have been impacted mostly by chemical weapons that are...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Firefighters helped someone reportedly “trapped between two buildings” in Southeast Portland, authorities said. Crews were on the scene near Southeast 147th Avenue and Southeast Division Street around 10:30 p.m., Portland Fire and Rescue said. Minutes later, PF&R announced the person was...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A high-speed chase through Portland ended with the arrest of a 40-year-old suspect after a dramatic pursuit involving multiple law enforcement agencies. Clackamas County Sheriff’s Deputies attempted to stop a driver in a 2007 white Toyota Highlander SUV, who then led them on a dangerous...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A teenage boy was arrested on Friday in relation to a house fire in Northwest Portland that heavily damaged the home. At around 4:40 p.m. on Aug. 22, crews from Portland Fire and Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue (TVF&R) responded to a reported residential fire at the 1700 block of Northwest Potters...

A man was shot in a parking lot in Southeast Portland’s Centennial neighborhood, police said. Portland Police Bureau officers responded around 2:45 p.m. Friday to reports of gunfire in the 14700 block of Southeast Stark Street. They found evidence of a shooting but no suspects or victims at the scene.

A Portland grade school is relocating due to what it describes as dangerous and violent conditions caused by a nearby ICE facility and its aggressive responses to protesters outside the building. The Cottonwood School, a public charter in southwest Portland, Ore., called the move an “emergency move,” according to an...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A 37-year-old Portland man was arrested Thursday and faces charges related to a burglary at a construction site in Washington County, according to the sheriff’s office. At about 3:30 a.m., deputies responded to the report of a suspicious person walking between houses under construction on...

Oregon residents are bracing for a reduced air quality this weekend as the state contends with the twofold menace of heatwaves and wildfires. Information from KOIN indicates that the National Weather Service has issued an Air Quality Advisory across the Willamette Valley from Saturday morning through Monday night,...