Portland OR

(Forest Grove, Cornelius, Hillsboro, Rock Creek) The most heated Democratic primary contest in the state is playing out in a Senate district that covers a passel of Washington County towns and the maze of office parks and industrial prefab surrounding Intel. Here, state Sen. Janeen Sollman, 56, seeks a second term but faces a strong, union-backed challenger in Myrna Muñoz, 51, a longtime...

The Family Peace Center is meant to offer domestic violence survivors and children in need any support service they could need in one building in Hillsboro.

Boston has its "Big Dig," New York has its Second Avenue Subway, and the states of Washington and Oregon are getting set to play in the same league. Replacing the aging Interstate Bridge between Portland and Vancouver will be the biggest construction project our two states have ever undertaken. We’ve been working on this megaproject for 22 years, and we are closer to breaking...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Cuts are coming to the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, and Sheriff Nicole Morrisey O'Donnell previewed on Tuesday that they could fall on a program which helps people living on the streets. Meanwhile, local service providers are already preparing to pick up the slack. The county's ongoing...

Ivory Mathews, the embattled CEO of Home Forward, the state’s largest public housing authority, is resigning. That’s according to people with direct knowledge of Mathews’ decision, which has not yet been announced by the agency. Mathews’ impending resignation follows reporting by WW that showed she spent more...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — After his throat was slashed last week by a man he didn’t know, 33-year-old Christopher Thomas miraculously survived the brutal attack. It happened in the Jantzen Beach area, not far from the Denny’s restaurant there. As Thomas continues to recover, KOIN 6 News spoke with his mother, Deborah Thomas, who said […]

When I started documenting Portland’s bike scene in April 2005, my main goal was to provide a window into an amazing community. I was new to town and was deeply inspired and excited by what I saw on the streets — and I figured other people would be too. I wanted everyone on the Internet to get a taste for the creative and vibrant culture...

A long-quiet corner of Portland's Pearl District might be gearing up for last call instead of last rites. A Vancouver business owner is eyeing the old Mounted Patrol building at the Centennial Mills complex for a restaurant and nightclub, a fresh twist in a redevelopment saga that has dragged on for years along the Willamette River.

Oregon — Versa Force LLC, the Washington company that enticed homeless people to move into a Portland house, free of charge, and required Oregon residents to fraudulently enroll in Washington’s Medicaid program for nightly Zoom counseling sessions with a nurse practitioner in Texas, is not where it says it is. It’s not in the Vancouver strip mall its website claims is its place of business...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A man has been charged with attempted murder after Portland Police say he shot a person in Old Town early Sunday morning. PPB says the shooting happened just after midnight on Sunday, April 26, near NW 6th Ave and NW Flanders St. The suspect, identified by...