Portland OR

The Oregon Department of Transportation is taking a fresh look at a rural Hillsboro-area intersection after a June 15 collision killed a motorcyclist. Neighbors and relatives say they had been sounding the alarm for years about the corner at SW Hillsboro Highway (OR‑219) and SW Scholls Ferry Road and are pushing for re

6/26 9:15 a.m. The caller could hear someone screaming from their house. 6/26 11:36 a.m. Two kids walking a pit bull were only just able to leash the dog before it charged at a neighbor and a smaller dog. 6/26 10:07 p.m. While at Safeway, the caller found a mysterious...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A vigil was held Tuesday night for the victim in the deadly boat crash over the holiday weekend on the Willamette River. 25-year-old Rosalyn Lopez died in a boat crash on the Willamette River on Saturday. Her mother, Juana Lopez, said when she first learned of the news, she initially thought Rosa

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Rare noctilucent clouds were spotted over downtown Portland late Tuesday night. The National Weather Service defines noctilucent clouds as “thin silvery-blue cirrus-like clouds frequently seen during summer twilight conditions at high latitudes (above 50°) in both hemispheres. These clouds are p

One day at their home, in April 2023, Rebecca Alvarez’s husband, Victor, went into sudden cardiac arrest. In the coming months at Oregon Health & Science University, Rebecca worked and lived with Victor at his bedside as he awaited organ transplants, and the couple’s four children moved in with extended family. That’s

A Southwest Portland neighborhood is battling some serious parking problems due to construction on a new apartment complex.

GRESHAM Ore. (KPTV) - Two years later, police are still looking to identify the driver from a hit-and-run crash that left a woman with “lasting” injuries. According to the Gresham Police Department, the crash occurred on July 7, 2026, on Northeast 162nd Avenue in Gresham - near East Burnside Street - when the woman was

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The Portland Japanese Garden will host its annual Tanabata (Star Festival) celebration on Sunday, July 12. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. “Tanabata celebrates the annual meeting of Orihime (Vega) and Hikoboshi (Altair), two lovers separated by the Milky Way who...

Portland City Councilors may tweak a policy meant to boost homeownership for lower-income Portlanders due to a lack of buyers. The change, which councilors will consider on Wednesday, would allow people of all incomes to buy homes initially intended for lower-income buyers. The Portland Housing Bureau says the decision

Sip & Forage, a new food-cart pod taking over the shuttered Wells Fargo site in downtown Portland, is flipping the usual opening playbook. Instead of waiting for the surrounding building to be finished, the pod plans to welcome customers to its outdoor carts first. Set at 1900 SW 5th Ave, just a block from Portland Sta