Multnomah County Employee Charged with Theft and Official Misconduct in Portland
A Multnomah County facilities employee found himself on the wrong side of the law on Thursday after an alleged theft at a hardware store. Portland Police officers arrived at a store in the 1700 block of North Tomahawk Island Drive to find Leonel Sandoval, 55, detained by store loss prevention employees. Sandoval, a...
Woman hospitalized after being hit by car on NE 122nd
A woman was hospitalized after being hit by a car on a Northeast Portland Sunday morning, police said.
Pearl District’s new overnight homeless shelter, discussed by City Councilor Clark
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The Pearl District in Northwest Portland is set to welcome a new overnight homeless shelter next month as part of Mayor Keith Wilson's initiative to address unsheltered homelessness in the city. The shelter, located at Northwest 15th and Northrup, is scheduled to open in September.
Portland ranks among top 5 most pet-friendly cities, new study says
Portlanders, put your paws up in celebration, because a new study has ranked the city as the fifth-most pet-friendly in the country.
La Guelaguetza brings more than a thousand Indigenous Oaxaqueños to Hillsboro
It was a sunny, hot afternoon in Hillsboro’s Shute Park last Saturday. Vendors selling textiles and crafts lined the perimeter, while the smell of smoke and tortillas rose out of food trucks. Some community members sought respite in the shady fringes of the park. Others positioned themselves right in...
Driver dies; 2 Oregon City adults, 4 kids hospitalized after head-on crash in Deschutes...
DESCHUTES COUNTY Ore. (KPTV) - A person died and a group from Oregon City suffered serious injuries after a head-on crash in Deschutes County on Thursday, according to the Oregon State Police. Just before 10 p.m., officers responded to the two-vehicle crash on Highway 97 near milepost 145. According to...
‘Like motherhood thrown at you:’ 26-year-old to care for teenage brother, family business after...
Alondra Sotelo García stood in the warm morning light, hose in hand, watering the colorful petunias her dad had neatly planted in front of his Newberg home. It was just after 8 a.m. last Monday. The 26-year-old was already checking items off her to-do list at the start of another long week, one that would be unlike...
Tractor-trailer driver detained after 1 dead, 1 hospitalized in NE Portland hit-run
A tractor-trailer driver was detained by police near Oak Grove after hitting and killing one pedestrian and seriously injuring another in Northeast Portland early Sunday morning.
Blue-city pastor sees signs of revival after tens of thousands attend Christian crusade
Portland pastor Brett Meador said the city is ripe for a religious revival after successful evangelism crusade this month and years of turmoil in the city.
Portland State Study Finds COVID and Fentanyl, Not Measure 110, Drove Oregon’s Spike in...
A recently released report by Portland State University (PSU) researchers into the effect of Measure 110 on Oregon’s spike in drug-related deaths reveals that the Covid-19 pandemic- specifically the increased use of fentanyl, played a significant role. Oregon Drug Deaths Spike Post-COVID-19 Oregon’s Measure 110...