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The Portland City Council failed to find a compromise this week between the council’s two factions that could have saved a number of city jobs slated for elimination under Mayor Keith Wilson’s proposed budget. The council’s progressive caucus backed a proposal on Wednesday that would’ve prevented 103 layoffs...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A man was shot and killed in the Portsmouth Neighborhood early Thursday evening, Portland police said. Officers responded to the shooting at North Fessenden Street and North Haven Avenue near McCoy Park around 4:45 p.m. “When they arrived, they found an injured victim on a sidewalk. EMS arrived

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - A teenager was hurt in a shooting at Sellwood Riverfront Park early Friday morning, according to the Portland Police Bureau. At about 1:15 a.m., officers responded to a shooting at the park in the 8000 block of Southeast Oaks Park Way. Police said officers found an 18-year-old girl who had been

Oregon resident Khanh Tran purchased a 1.2-acre lot in southeast Portland with the intention of cleaning up the property and doing some construction on it. When he bought it in February, he knew there was a pile of about 40 tires on it that he would have to discard. When he returned to visit the […] The post Hundreds O

A Portland man was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to throwing a rock that struck an ICE officer in the face at a protest.

George Crandall, the architect largely responsible for Portland’s iconic Big Pink skyscraper, died Tuesday. He was 88. Crandall died of cancer at The Watermark at the Pearl retirement community in Portland, his daughter said. Raised in rural northern Canada, Crandall worked a series of rough-and-tumble jobs before comi

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Battle Ground stabbing that left the suspect’s adoptive father dead has officially been ruled a homicide, the Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office announced Thursday. The June 2 stabbing also left the suspect’s adoptive mother seriously injured. Steven Williams appeared in court for two do

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PORTLAND, Ore. — One of Portland's most visible vacant buildings is getting a fresh coat of paint — and new owners with plans to turn it into housing for homeless veterans. On Thursday, crews began repainting the old Gordon's Fireplace building in Northeast Portland, which sits along Interstate...

GRESHAM, Ore. (KATU) — Gresham police are asking the public for help in finding a missing 14-year-old girl. Police say London Williams was last seen leaving her home on Southeast Stark Street near 202nd Avenue at about 1 p.m. Thursday. Police say her family is concerned about her after...