Fight involving gun, machete in SE Portland
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - On Monday afternoon, two people reportedly fought one with a gun and one with a machete at a home on Southeast 100th Avenue, according to the Portland Police Bureau. The person with the gun reportedly fired one round. PPB is still investigating, and no one has...
City launches bike lane upgrade effort with new curbs on NW Naito
The Portland Bureau of Transportation is finally making good on its promise to upgrade and harden bike lanes throughout the city. About 3.1 lane miles of bike lanes at nine different locations that currently use plastic posts to separate bicycle riders from other road users will be replaced with concrete curbs.
Portland arson suspect allegedly yells racial slurs before 4-alarm fire, pleads not guilty
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A fire that ravaged a 19-unit apartment complex on East Burnside Street has been linked to suspicious origins, according to fire investigators. The fire broke out in the Hazelwood neighborhood on Friday and prompted a four-alarm response from Portland Fire & Rescue. An elderly woman...
Portland Man Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison For Manslaughter And Attempted Murder
A Portland man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter and two counts of attempted murder, court documents revealed. Multnomah County District Circuit Court Judge Andrew Lavin sentenced Brandon Nicholas Gilpin to 25 years in prison on July 9, following a 2023 shooting that...
This Wacky Oddities Museum In Oregon Is Unlike Anything You’ve Seen Before
Ever had that moment when you walk into a place and your brain does a double-take, like it’s trying to process whether what you’re seeing is actually real?. That’s the Freakybuttrue Peculiarium and Museum in Portland, Oregon – a delightfully disturbing cabinet of curiosities that makes your average roadside...
Police: Man smoking cigar hit in head with hammer, suspect damages TriMet Property
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A man is being held without bail on several probation violations after an unprovoked attack in Portland over this past weekend. According to court documents, police responded to an assault call Saturday near the intersection of North Interstate Avenue and North Graham Street. They found...
Iconic Portland Bar Closing in August After 21 Years
Residents of Portland, Oregon will sadly be saying goodbye to a beloved local bar next month. Last Thursday, Slow Bar shared a bittersweet post on its official Facebook page. The bar, known in part for its famous onion ring–topped Slowburger, was celebrating its 21-year anniversary on July 10--the same day it...
Portland named among ‘cities on the rise’ as Oregon falls in state business rankings
Portland, Maine was ranked as LinkedIn's sixth city on the rise, while Portland, Ore. ranked at No. 20
F-15C Eagles visit Oregon Air National Guard base for trainings through the week
PORTLAND, Ore. — A dozen F-15 aircraft from California are at the Portland Air National Guard base for daily training missions through the week. “During this time, we will be flying a higher volume of aircraft in and out of the base on a daily basis, with the exception of weekends,” the 142nd Wing, Oregon Air...
Cyclist struck by car spends night in ditch until passerby finds her, OR cops...
A woman was struck by a hit-and-run driver and left injured in a ditch overnight until someone discovered her, Oregon deputies said. She was found before 7:20 a.m. July 13 on Northwest Dairy Creek Road in North Plains, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Deputies said she had been riding...
