Portland OR

Saturday marks day one of the southbound I-5 shutdown through Portland’s Rose Quarter, and drivers are adjusting to a temporary new normal. ODOT spokesperson Rose Gerber said Saturday afternoon that the closure process went smoothly and that the intense repair work has begun. Gerber said the initial work involves...

Pyro Pizza serves wood-fired comfort food that turns an easy Portland dinner into a warm, satisfying experience worth slowing down for. Located inside the Cartopia food-cart pod on SE Hawthorne Boulevard, this popular stop draws diners with blistered crust, melted cheese, and relaxed outdoor seating. The formula is sim

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A motorcyclist was severely injured after a crash involving an SUV in Northeast Portland Saturday night, officials said. After 7 p.m., Portland Fire and Rescue announced in a post on X that people should avoid the area of Northeast Sandy Boulevard and 20th Avenue due to a motorcycle accident in

Portland’s comedy community was devastated to learn Friday that Nariko Ott has died. He was 46. Ott’s colleagues and contemporaries began offering testimonials on Friday afternoon, many calling him a mentor and supportive presence in the city’s comedy scene. Kickstand Comedy postponed Saturday night’s Comedy in the Par

Even after two decades, Wanna Lei still keeps a photo of herself and her work buddy at a Chinese restaurant in Southeast Portland where she started working as a part-time receptionist the year after immigrating from China. In the photo, she’s wearing a dark green bow tie that matches the color of the restaurant’s exter

In early August a BEE reader showed the power a motivated individual can have in bringing an end to a community problem. The woman was Tess Brown, and she contacted us to report that on July 9th she had been walking her dog in her Mt. Scott/Arleta neighborhood, when an unattended large dog jumped out of an open minivan

After a story about the Milwaukie-Portland Elks Lodge appeared in The Oregonian and on OregonLive last week, lodge leaders received more than 40 phone calls and emails from prospective members that weekend. “All of them said, ‘I saw The Oregonian article and we’ve been interested in joining for years. Now...

Portland journalist and zine maker Shay Mirk loves comics. “I always like just making comics as a fun kind of side hobby. I would spend all my weekends photocopying stuff that I’ve made and distributing it out to people,” they said. From their North Portland home, Mirk creates...

Portland, Ore. – Southbound Interstate-5 is now closed, between I-405 and I-84, as Oregon’s Department of Transportation undertakes a massive maintenance and repair project the agency says is long overdue. Saturday morning, nearly 12 hours after the closure, ODOT reports no major issues. The shutdown occurred overnight

On Saturday morning, Jeremy Tellock and Nicole Harvey were bound for the Oregon Convention Center, where hundreds of people were gathering for Rose City Comic Con. They work in media production for large events like Comic Con. But that wasn’t easy to guess from the small gear bag Tellock was carrying, as they sat on a