Portland OR

PORTLAND, Ore. — Out in front of Providence Park along West Burnside Street, Karen Chirre first opened the doors at Stadium Superette six years ago. "It was my husband's dream," said Chirre. "This is truly a family business." But the dream has met with the tough reality of running...

A pedestrian is critically injured after being hit by a car in Beaverton on Friday evening. Around 8:38 p.m., police responded to the crash near the intersection of Southwest Scholls Ferry Road and Southwest 121st Avenue, where they confirmed a person had been struck by a car. That person was...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Portland city councilors are seeking more information from administrators about how the city’s shelter oversight systems are working. The request comes after a new report found the nonprofit Urban Alchemy, which manages several shelters in Portland, faces allegations including drug dealing, drug use, theft, and sexual violence.

An Oregon family came across a sight that stopped them in their tracks and broke their hearts at the same time: a mother dog tied to a tree, with her eight tiny puppies huddled tightly against her for warmth. The devoted mama seemed to be injured, but even in pain,...

Portland police are seeking help identifying three suspects involved in an April armed robbery.

BEAVERTON, Ore. (KATU) — Crowded streets, double-parked cars and drivers circling for spaces in Beaverton have sparked debate over how the city should address parking problems. On a busy Friday evening, residents and business owners described ongoing frustration with limited parking on Watson Avenue and nearby streets. “Yes, it...

Elon Musk visited Intel’s chip factory in Hillsboro this week, the billionaire said Friday, to meet with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan two weeks after Musk announced a vague partnership with the chipmaker. Last month, Musk said he would use Intel’s forthcoming 14A manufacturing process in his “Terafab” — an...

The bodies of three members of a family who left their home in Portland, Ore., on Dec. 7, 1958, to gather evergreen branches to decorate their house for Christmas have been found more than six decades after they disappeared. The remains of Kenneth, 54, and Barbara Martin, 48, and their daughter Barbie Martin, 14, were […]

A new food truck pod, Couve Carts, is in the works in Vancouver. “The search for the best food trucks starts now,” said an Instagram post published by Andrey Bolokhovskiy back in September. “Comment your favorite FOOD TRUCK here in the Portland metro area.”. Thus began the Couve...

The Oregon Symphony is celebrating this week after a work co-commissioned by the Portland institution won a prestigious Pulitzer Prize. The 2026 Pulitzer Prize for music went to Gabriela Lena Frank’s “Picaflor: A future myth,” an orchestral work that depicts an original story inspired by Andean Peruvian mythology, reimagined in a futuristic setting.