Portland OR

Portland, OR—The Portland City Council voted 8-4 Wednesday, to adopt the “Right to Know Who’s Policing You” ordinance. Councilors Candace Avalos, Jamie Dunphy, Mitch Green, Sameer Kanal, Tiffany Koyama Lane, Angelita Morillo, Steve Novick and Elana Pirtle-Guiney voted to approve the ordinance. Portland now joins L.A...

One person is dead and another seriously injured in two unrelated crashes about eight hours apart in the Portland metro area. The first crash occurred in Clark County near Yacolt at about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday when a motorcyclist “left the roadway in a curve and collided with vegetation off the shoulder,” the Clark Count

CLARK COUNTY, Wash. (KPTV) - A motorcyclist is dead after a crash near Yacolt on Wednesday evening, according to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office. Just after 6:30 p.m., emergency crews responded to a crash near the 25200 block of Northeast Worthington Road. The sheriff’s office said an investigation showed a motorcycl

PORTLAND, Oregon — Two affordable housing developments in Portland are receiving financial support from Portland City Council with the goal of increasing Black homeownership in some of the city's historically Black neighborhoods. City councilors voted unanimously Wednesday to approve $2.5 million that will help subsidi

Alex Banuelos remembers how the rules changed Nov. 1. Banuelos, 42, said he’s been homeless for a year and a half and was living in an encampment in Portland’s Old Town neighborhood when police approached to begin enforcing the city’s ban on setting up tents or structures on public property.

A United States District Court judge has ordered a motion for summary judgment that would dismiss all claims against the city of Lake Oswego and Police Chief George Burke related to an $800,000 lawsuit filed after a former LOPD officer was convicted of official misconduct for having sex while on duty in 2024.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Public Schools has agreed to a one-year collective bargaining agreement that opens the way for teachers to receive a pay raise for the 2026-2027 school year. The district and the Portland Association of Teachers reached a tentative contract agreement earlier in May that would give...

OREGON CITY, Ore. — A man caught living in the crawl space of a Happy Valley townhome was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison, according to the Clackamas County District Attorney's Office. The case began back on Sept. 3 of last year, when a neighbor spotted someone going...

A surge of homeless shelter closures has been one of the most talked about fallouts from the huge budget shortfalls Portland and Multnomah County are facing this coming year. Next month, city and county leaders are set to finalize their budgets for the coming fiscal year. Despite that, local leaders haven’t publicly sh

Portland officials approved a policy Wednesday that supporters say could open the door for local police to stop federal agents and ask for their identification, in a move aimed at stopping potential imposters. But the plan likely faces legal challenges. The policy, led by Councilor Sameer Kanal, bans law enforcement...