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NEW YORK, NY.- Laurel Gitlen congratulates to Kate Newby on her first permanent public commission, The Sound of Trees, now on view in the Arrivals Terminal of the Portland International Airport (PDX). The Sound of Trees is comprised of more than 1,600 handbuilt ceramic tiles and spans 75 feet. From...

Portland Radio legend Bob Miller has passed away. He died Sunday at his home in Astoria. He was 74. Miller came to 1190 KEX in 1979 from his home in Huntington, West Virginia to become the station's program director and midday host working from 10 a.m. to noon. In 1983, Bob moved into the 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. shift at KEX.

The Port of Portland in Oregon in December took delivery of the Cowlitz, a 69'x27'8" dredge tender, constructed at Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Freeland, Wash. While developing the vessel, the design team at Glosten, Seattle, worked to include feedback from the tugboat’s future operators. That included letting the h

VANCOUVER, Wash. (KATU) — According to the Vancouver Police Department, two men holding a yard sale allegedly told a Black woman she was not welcome because of her race after she stopped by to shop. Police said the men then threatened her with a taser. Officers arrested both men...

A crash on westbound I-84 near the Lloyd Center intersection in Portland caused expected traffic delays of about 20 minutes early Monday morning.

Last year, we reported that the FBI warned that criminals are in the streets impersonating ICE agents. Well, this month, the Oregon State Police and federal law enforcement are investigating a report that a group of men disguised themselves as federal officers, identified themselves as “ICE,” and assaulted a woman in P

Somewhere in southeast Portland, tucked between everyday life and something that feels almost too beautiful to be real, sits Leach Botanical Garden. It’s the kind of place that makes you stop, look around, and quietly wonder how you’ve never been here before. Let’s be honest for a second....

If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution to the Mercury, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support!. GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND! After a brief, weekend-long cloudy respite, the sun returns today and for most of...

Here are some of the stories we’re looking at in our AM-edition of ARC PDX. More than one million acres have burned across Oregon as wildfires continue to grow, stretching firefighting resources thin. The Akawa Butte Fire near Sisters remains the highest priority fire in the county. We're diving...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — One person was arrested after allegedly stabbing another person early Monday morning. Portland police say officers responded to the intersection of North Fessenden Street and North Wall Avenue just after 4 a.m. When officers arrived, they found a person suffering from a stab wound. "Fortunately,