Portland OR

Lake Oswego voters this May will decide whether they’ll pay a new property tax to fund the rebuilding of the city’s oldest firehouse — the South Shore Fire Station — making it better suited to withstand earthquakes and safer for firefighters who work there. Ballot Measure...

A 20-year-old man shot in Vancouver Saturday has died, police said. Vancouver police found the victim in a parking lot in the 11800 block of Southeast Mill Plain Boulevard around 2:20 a.m. and took him to a hospital. The shooter had fled the scene, they said. Police canvassed the area...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Portland woman is suing Trader Joe’s after she claimed to have found the fingertip of a rubber glove and potentially a human finger in her Orange Juice. According to court documents, the woman bought a 52-ounce bottle of Orange Juice from the Trader...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Pacific Power is expanding a customer incentive program to include more parts of Oregon. Cool Keeper program is now available in Portland, Hood River and some parts of Northeastern Oregon. The program involves a device installed on central cooling systems, which subsequently turns off the...

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson plans to close one of his largest — and most contentious — overnight-only shelters in the face of a massive budget shortfall. The city plans to terminate its lease in the Pearl District building where the 200-bed Northrup Shelter operates, according to city spokesperson Cody Bowman. He did not say when exactly the shelter will close.

Prosecutors with the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday touted the sentencing of a bong shop, liquor and game store burglar as evidence that a burglary task force had stopped a “prolific” burglar from “preying upon Portland business owners.”. A judge sentenced Brandon Lee Hellard,...

A certified nursing assistant who worked in multiple senior care facilities across Washington County is facing a slate of felony charges for allegedly financially exploiting elderly residents, according to police. The Forest Grove Police Department, working with the Beaverton Police Department and the Washington County District Attorney’s Office, is investigating...

Last-minute errands just got easier for Portland shoppers. Business opening or closing in your neighborhood? Email the reporter at [email protected]. Target expanded its next-day delivery service to include 50 of the United State’s top markets, according to a Monday news release — including in Oregon’s largest city.

VANCOUVER, Wash. (KATU) — The man accused of killing a Portland woman and leaving her one-year-old child alone in a car with her dead body was back in a Clark County courtroom on Tuesday. Daniel Munoz Montero is accused of murdering 31-year-old Courtney Clinton in 2024. He was arrested...

The continuing saga of budget issues within school districts across the state hit home the week of April 20 when 53 staff members at the Canby School District were informed they wouldn’t have a job for the 2026-27 school year. The staffers received layoff notifications April 22-23 for the...