‘A lot of uncertainty’: Portland burger joint closing Lloyd Center spot sooner than expected
Stoopid Burger, which opened its location in the Portland mall in 2025, also operates two food carts.
Oregon mother accused of trying to kill kids with carbon monoxide before calling 911
Chardonnay Marie Benavidez, 32, was charged with three counts of first degree attempted murder after allegedly trying to poison her twin 2-year-old boys and 4-year-old daughter with carbon monoxide in their home in Kezier, Oregon.
Portland Woman Who Hit a Pothole and Slammed Her Head on Her Car’s Ceiling...
A Portland woman who says she never even saw the pothole coming may be walking away with what could be the heftiest roadway damage settlement in the city’s history. Gillian Conroy was driving along Southwest ... Read more
Portland Mayor Implores City Council to Tighten Policies Around Affordable Housing
Mayor Keith Wilson in a Monday letter implored the Portland City Council to make policy changes that he says would ensure that affordable housing providers don’t go belly-up in the coming year. He warned in the June 8 letter that structural issues plaguing such providers were so severe that...
Heavy fire engulfs SE Portland home as crews rescue 1 person
Firefighters rescued one person from a burning house in Southeast Portland on Monday morning, Portland Fire & Rescue said. Fire crews responded to a call at 5:39 a.m. at Southeast 88th Avenue and Liebe Street, fire officials said on social media. They found “heavy fire” at the scene and quickly pulled a resident “off t
Oregon stars storm Broadway, taking home Tony Awards for actress and director in a...
Shoshana Bean and two others with Oregon ties took home honors at the Tony Awards Sunday night. Bean, a Beaverton High School graduate, won best featured actress in a musical for her performance in “The Lost Boys,” an adaptation of the 1987 comedy-horror film. Based on the Lost...
Washington driver identified as Friday’s deadly crash victim on Portland’s SE Powell
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A 36-year-old Washington man has been identified as the driver who died after a two-vehicle crash on Southeast Powell Boulevard earlier this week, Portland police said. Stephen M. DeWeese, 36, of Lyle, Washington, was killed in the crash on June 5. His family has been...
Neighbor Tried to Enter the Apartment, Tenant Says — Then Police and Apartment Security...
A Portland-area renter said a long-running problem with upstairs neighbors turned frightening when one of them allegedly ran down the stairs, banged on the door, and tried to force her way into the family’s apartment. The renter shared the situation in a post on r/legaladvice, explaining that he lived in the apartment
Washington union supports workers and their families after deadly Longview mill disaster
The Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers in Vancouver, Washington, is the union that represents the nearly 400 workers who were working at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. when a chemical tank ruptured at the paper mill last month. Eleven employees died, all of whom were union members. AWPPW...
Predawn Inferno Rips Through Lents Home Across From Lents Park
An early-morning fire tore through a single-family home in Southeast Portland on Monday, sending a thick column of smoke over the Lents neighborhood and drawing a major emergency response. Flames from the house, near Southeast 88th Avenue and Southeast Liebe Street directly across from Lents Park, were visible from blo
