City Council Passes Street Fee to Raise Revenues for Street Maintenance
Over the past month, the Portland City Council hit the gas pedal on its road-paving ambitions. The council in late April passed a street fee that is estimated to bring in around $47 million annually to help the Portland Bureau of Transportation maintain roads. The average monthly fee will appear...
Portland’s historic Dan & Louis Oyster Bar continues fight to survive downtown decline
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Dan & Louis Oyster Bar has survived as a family-owned restaurant in downtown Portland for four generations. But this summer is make or break. “If you look, every other storefront in old town is empty,” said Michelle Wachsmutch, co-owner of the historic restaurant. Standing proudly...
Readers respond: Replace gas tax with weight-mile fee
I agree that Measure 120 is destined to fail, (“Editorial endorsement May 2026: Vote ‘no’ on Measure 120 and set the stage for a new transportation funding deal,” May 3). However, failure to pass this measure does not solve the problem of how to pay for...
Portland organizer’s sudden death at 49 shakes immigrant community, Oregon politicians
Cayle Tern, a Reynolds School District board director whose family resettled in Portland from Laos when he was a child and who championed the city’s Southeast Asian immigrant community, died last week of a heart attack. He was 49. Tern recently jumped in to advocate for Oregonians at risk...
Ladd Tower Lets Go For 20% Less In Downtown Deal Shake-Up
Ladd Tower, the 23-story, 332-unit apartment high-rise at 1300 S.W. Park Ave. in downtown Portland, just changed hands in a deal that quietly underlines how far the market has come down from its post-recession peak. A joint venture led by Tom Brenneke’s Guardian Real Estate Services and Los Angeles investor PCCP paid a
Demonstrators said Kash Patel was in Portland over the weekend. They were right
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel was in Portland over the weekend, KOIN 6 News has confirmed. Demonstrators, agitators and influencers gathered outside the Sentinel Hotel at 614 SW 11th Ave. late Saturday following an unverified rumor that Patel was staying there. “Why is the
Woman says Kaiser failed to protect her from abuse by practitioner as a minor
CLARK COUNTY, Wash. (KATU) — A woman is alleging that she was sexually abused at the Kaiser Permanente Salmon Creek Medical Office. The plaintiff, Jane Doe, filed a lawsuit which alleges Kaiser Permanente failed to protect a patient from sexual abuse by Dr. Michael Wilmington while she was receiving care at its Salmon
The Portland Soul Food Restaurant So Good Locals Wait In Line For Hours Just...
There are certain Portland restaurants people mention with a kind of reverence. The kind of place locals insist you have to try at least once, visitors plan entire mornings around, and hungry diners willingly stand in line for before the doors even open. In Portland, that place is often Screen Door. Sure, people know i
MAC families thank first responders after car crash and explosives scare
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — On Monday, not even two weeks after a car drove into the Multnomah Athletic Club (MAC,) families are saying thank you to the first responders that helped save their club. CONTINUING COVERAGE | Man drives car filled with explosives into Portland's Multnomah Athletic Club. According...
10 New Oregon Restaurants You’ve Probably Never Heard Of But Need To Try Immediately
New restaurants pop up all the time but most of them vanish just as fast. These ten spots are different because people are already talking about them quietly everywhere. I found a taco place hidden inside an old gas station that serves magic. Another spot does fried chicken with a honey butter that haunts my dreams lat
