Portland OR

"We would be especially happy knowing it continues to bring life, food, and joy — rather than sitting unused."

For more than a decade, Boriken was the Portland area’s only full-time Puerto Rican restaurant, a brightly colored oasis of mondongo, mofongo and guava-stuffed pasteles on Southwest Canyon Road. Those days are now behind us, the Beaverton restaurant announced late last year, with rising food and labor costs to...

For the first time in 20-plus years of living in my house, I invited neighbors for a get together so we could know each other better, exchange numbers and be more familiar with who’s living nearby. I view this as a good civic opportunity no matter what. But now...

With four of five upcoming Portland shows sold out, Hannibal Buress is taking over the Helium Comedy Club.

Dear Eric: I am getting older. I have lived in my home more than half my life. I raised my children, educated myself, had a career and launched my kids while living here as a long-divorced person. In the last few years, my body has changed. I now use a...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - A local athlete has reached a major milestone. Paula Harkin, the event director and owner of Portland Running Company and The Run Pub, has been running every single day for the past 17 years. In 2009, Paula set a goal for herself to run at least...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The city of Portland is helping to expand access to overnight shelter with the opening of Transition Projects’ SE Grand Recovery Shelter. The recovery-oriented overnight shelter at 614 S.E. Grand Ave. will provide 140 beds, with 60 beds available at a moment's notice starting Jan. 5.

What initially seemed to be a small incident – with just three police officers being dispatched, on November 24 at 5:39 p.m., to S.E. Rural Street at 74th Avenue – turned into a much more significant crime, to which twelve East Precinct officers responded. Numerous police cruisers were...

The Oregon City Police Department has received reports of a cougar sighting in the middle of town, near Singer Creek Park. The cougar has been captured on residential video surveillance on Latourette St. multiple times within the last 24 hours. The neighborhood is located off Molalla Avenue and Pleasant Avenue,...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Four young men almost had to be rescued near the mouth of Netarts Bay on New Year’s Day, according to the Netarts-Oceanside Fire District. Crews received a call for a boat in distress on Thursday. According to the fire district, a drone operator jumped into action and “had eyes on [the […]