Portland to build apartment complex, serving people with physical and intellectual disabilities
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - An affordable housing complex breaking ground next week will offer an accessible environment for people living with physical and intellectual disabilities, as well as other low-income households. 73Foster, a 64-unit complex, will feature 22 apartments with wrap-around services from Community...
Portland man who shot 2 deputies sentenced to 30 years in prison
A 34-year-old man was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in prison for shooting and wounding two Clackamas County sheriff’s deputies in 2023. Tyler J. Scott, 34, wearing jail scrubs and jail-issued orange shoes, leaned back in his chair as Clackamas County Chief Deputy District Attorney Chris Owen told the judge how...
13-year-old missing from Gresham, believed to be in danger
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The Oregon Department of Human Services is asking the public for help to find Brittan Arrington, 13, a child in foster care who went missing from Gresham on Tuesday. Arrington is believed to be in danger, according to ODHS. She has blonde or occasionally dyed black...
Racial disparities persist in Multnomah County offices, audit finds
The audit comes the year after leaders approved the Office of Diversity and Equity’s new Workforce Equity Strategic Plan.
Backyard Social Will Close in Portland
Over the weekend I received an email with the news about the upcoming closure of Backyard Social, a bar and restaurant in North Portland. They will close their doors at the end of August 2025. Backyard Social: The Lease Is Up. The reason for closing is pretty straightforward: The owner,...
Alleged leaders of Tepa gang arrested in Washington County
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Two men and one juvenile were taken into custody last Thursday after four simultaneous search warrants were executed at residences in Washington County. Alleged leaders of the Tepa gang, Maximiliano Alvarez, 35, and 29-year-old Roberto Cisneros-Vite, both of Beaverton, were apprehended...
TriMet to reduce services, workforce amid $300 million budget gap
TriMet General Manager Sam Desue Jr. said that they are making these service cuts now to avoid "sudden, catastrophic cuts in the future" by way of falling off "a fiscal cliff in 2030."
Suspect in Portland area murder arrested, 5 kids found unhurt but traumatized at scene
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The suspect in a deadly stabbing in Portland's Pleasant Valley neighborhood has been arrested and is facing serious charges. S Mate Joseph of Battleground, as police identified him, is 28 years old and was arrested and booked into the Clark County Jail. He is facing charges of first-degree...
Man arrested after store employees track stolen tools to Facebook Marketplace ads, Clackamas Co....
CLACKAMAS COUNTY Ore. (KPTV) - Investigators are seeking more victims after a man was arrested in connection with tool thefts through deception from stores in Portland and Clackamas, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday. On July 10, an employee at a Clackamas interior supply store reported...
Trader Joe’s nears grand opening of Gresham store
Progress continues on the long-awaited opening of a Trader Joe’s in Gresham. City officials said it could happen as early as the end of the summer. After decades of dreaming, the specialty grocer is nearing completion of its newest store in Oregon. Construction is ongoing at 2083 N.E. Burnside Road. That location was...