Portland OR

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Facing a budget shortfall, TriMet has announced that it will be reducing the number of private security officers it contracts. While budget cuts play a factor in TriMet’s decision to reduce the number of private security officers contracted through Allied Universal, the company says that they had previously anticipated becoming less reliant on private security as more police officers became available...

BAKER CITY — Sarah Heiner was stunned to learn that her longtime friend, Bruce Whitman, a 1995 Baker High School graduate, had died Saturday, May 2, after driving an SUV loaded with homemade explosives into the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland. Whitman, 49, was the only person killed in the explosion. Heiner, who lives in Baker City, said she met Whitman in the 1990s when...

A man has learned his fate for fatally shooting a mother of three when a fight erupted outside an Oregon bar and he apparently aimed his weapon at someone else. The post Mom of 3 shot dead before she could celebrate her son's 8th birthday after street fight broke out nearby as she was on sidewalk first appeared on Law & Crime .

The Columbia River Gorge between Portland and Hood River, Oregon, is an iconic Pacific Northwest destination, with 80 miles of jaw-dropping scenic vistas. Quaint Hood River is internationally known for its world-class wind sports and vibrant wine and craft beer scene. But by driving just a wee bit further east and crossing the Columbia River, you can visit one of the Gorge's...

While California remains In‑N‑Out’s largest market by far, the chain has been steadily expanding eastward over the past decade.

A two-decade-old cold case involving scattered skeletal remains in Portland has finally been solved, with the victim identified as 47-year-old Robert Horton.

While California remains In‑N‑Out’s largest market by far, the chain has been steadily expanding eastward over the past decade.

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Portland Police are asking for the public’s help with identifying a suspect accused of assaulting a man in northeast Portland. At around 7 a.m. on April 20, PPB says the unidentified suspect assaulted a man along NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd near NE Graham St.

Portland-based startup Panthalassa has received $140 million investment to support its development of floating data centers powered by wave energy and cooled by seawater. The funding round, which will support continued development of prototype devices and development of a pilot manufacturing facility in Vancouver, values the company at $1 billion. It was led by billionaire Peter Thiel and includes a number of other...

Behind a chain-link fence at the end of a road in Northeast Portland, a stretch of one of the city's most neglected and polluted waterways is getting new life. Why it matters: The Columbia Slough, which runs parallel to the Columbia for about 19 miles, has been turned into a natural oasis in a heavily industrialized pocket of Portland.