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A crash investigation on Highway 26 nearly turned into a disaster when a second impaired driver steered around cones and emergency lights and pushed into a closed crash scene, narrowly missing a Beaverton police officer who was working an earlier collision. The driver was arrested on suspicion of DUII, and the first cr

At the head of the dining room in Rose Schnitzer Manor, high schooler Anderson Kitzis presented Monday about the life of Holocaust survivor Sonia Lieberman. Lieberman, 92, is one of many residents at Rose Schnitzer Manor, an assisted living community in Southwest Portland, who Kitzis and his classmates interviewed over

VANCOUVER, Wash. (KATU) — A woman abandoned her newborn baby for nearly an hour after giving birth in a van outside a Vancouver apartment complex. According to court documents obtained by KATU, Vancouver police responded on the morning of May 12 to 911 calls about a woman giving birth outside the Meriwether Apartments

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Four Portland Public Schools could soon have new names as the board will decide on a resolution to start the renaming process on Tuesday. Portland Public Schools is weighing changing the names of four district schools, and one Portlander said it’s an easy answer for him.

A 71-year-old pedestrian has died after being hit by a vehicle late Wednesday night in Portland's Lents neighborhood. East Precinct officers responded around 11:30 p.m. to a reported crash in the 5500 block of Southeast 92nd Avenue. The victim, identified as Ronnie J. Jessie of Clackamas, was taken to a hospital with l

I first became aware of Salami Mammi kind of by accident; but when I realized what it was and who was involved, I knew I had to reach out to them to learn more. This is a new Italian deli from the folks behind Don’s Favorite Foods and Burger Stevens: Kate Laurents and Don Salamone, plus their business partner Adam Galb

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — In a memo to councilors on Monday, Portland Mayor Keith Wilson warned the city’s affordable housing portfolio could soon face financial insolvency. “Barring swift action, major housing assets may cease operations in as little as six months,” he wrote. The memo comes as Portland nears its 12th ye

"With the new rate structure, we should see a slowdown in the significant increases to home PGE bills."

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office says a jury found Wayne Conrad Thompson guilty of second-degree murder with a firearm. Multnomah County Judge Kelly Skye also found Thompson guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm. PREVIOUS COVERAGE | Victim identified in...

The Portland Association of Teachers has filed an emergency class action grievance against Portland Public Schools after 82 educators received layoff notices, claiming that 77 of the notices directly violate their contract.