Portland OR

This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. Sign up for First Look to get our stories in your inbox six days a week. On any given night, thousands of people sleep on the streets in Portland, Oregon. They seek shelter in tents, bushes and overpasses in a city that has struggled wi

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A growing debate over data centers was front and center in Hillsboro on Tuesday night as city leaders took a closer look at the incentives helping fuel that growth, from cloud storage to artificial intelligence. The discussion comes ahead of a state moratorium taking effect on Saturday. “This is

HILLSBORO, Ore. (KPTV) - A 35-year-old man was arrested after Hillsboro Police say he stole a car with a 7-month-old child inside. “I just can’t comprehend that someone would be that, I don’t even want to say desperate, I’m going to say crazy,” said Linda Rockers who lives nearby.

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. (KPTV) - The Washington County Sheriff’s Office released video of deputies using a drone to track down a man wanted for damaging a car. On Saturday, May 30, a 911 caller reported a man damaging a car outside their home on Southwest 179th Avenue in Aloha. The sheriff’s office said it was reported

CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. — A Portland woman has died and a juvenile driver has been cited following a multi-vehicle, head-on collision on Highway 26 on Friday afternoon, May 29, 2026. Oregon State Police responded to the crash scene near milepost 29.5 and SE Weber Road at approximately 2:43 p.m....

A 46-year-old cyclist who broke his hand while crashing after riding over a pothole on a Portland street filed a $950,000 lawsuit last week against the city, which has been struggling for decades to scrape together the funds to fix up a historic backlog of cracked, rutted and worn roads.

Everyone needs a favorite place to go when they have to get out of the house and just relax. For Nutmeg the cat, that place is the CVS Pharmacy at Southeast 17th Avenue and Tacoma Street — a choice that earned him the title of “unofficial mayor of Sellwood” in Willamette Week.

Portland police swept through the city's downtown core in a targeted retail-theft mission that ended with 10 arrests and piles of suspected stolen merchandise laid out on the sidewalk for documentation, video shows. Officers moved in and out of storefronts and nearby public spaces, stopping people, sorting through good

Is it OK to tip less in Oregon now that we have more fair minimum wages and workers are paying no federal taxes on tips?. I understand that even $30 per hour is a challenging living wage and have no misconceptions about how far $16.20 per hour can get someone. However, some of the server wages are surely passed along t

Follow part of the Mt. Hood Scenic Byway this summer on your ultimate road trip!. Hit the road for forest hikes, soothing hot springs, waterfall views and mountain towns full of local eats, Oregon Trail history and memorable places to stay tucked beneath towering evergreens. Make a few new friends...