Portland OR

A 35-year-old man accused of starting several fires in Portland last month told police he set the fires to “close a portal and protect people,” according to court documents. Aubrey Edwards faces more than a dozen felony counts of arson and three misdemeanor counts of reckless burning. Police...

Two people who hit and killed in separate crashes in Portland Sunday night. Both victims were walking and were hit by car users. According to the Portland Police Bureau, the collisions happened less than one and-a-half hours of each other. Those are just two of the serious crashes in the past three days involving car...

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson’s plan to end unsheltered homelessness includes funding day centers in each of the city’s four voting districts as a companion to the 12 to 15 overnight-only shelters he’d also like to open. The idea is to offer people staying in nighttime shelters a chance to spend the day in a safe space...

TUALATIN, Ore. (KPTV) - Tualatin Police are searching for a missing 61-year-old woman who they say was last seen in Wilsonville on July 24. Police say Lee Ann McNerney of Tualatin was last seen at around 6:30 a.m. on July 24 near SW Parkway Avenue and SW Elligsen Road in Wilsonville.

While the total number of homeless children in Oregon remains elusive, Multnomah County has recently upped its efforts at accuracy when it comes to data on its homeless population. In April, the county released a detailed database of non-personally identifying information on everyone who had received county services...

Umpqua Bank will become Columbia Bank on Sept. 1, it told customers in a message Monday. It had announced the change earlier this year. Tacoma-based Columbia Bank acquired Umpqua Bank in 2023, and said in April it would scrap the Umpqua name to reduce confusion and simplify its portfolio of brands.

Portland is bracing for yet another threat to the city's greenery. The emerald ash borer, a half-inch-long metallic-green beetle, is expected to arrive in Portland soon. More than 95,000 trees are at risk.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Blanchet House has officially purchased a property at Northwest 17th and Lovejoy Street, which will be turned into a new shelter for people facing houselessness. Bethanie's Room will serve about 75 women each night, and availability will be referral-based. Blanchet House said the location is...

PORTLAND, Ore. – Rain chances return to the Portland metro beginning late Tuesday, but the bigger story arrives by the weekend as temperatures surge into the 90s with sunny, dry skies. The National Weather Service warns of a transitional weather pattern this week, with scattered showers midweek followed by a sharp...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — More speed cameras are coming to Portland. On Monday, the Portland Police Bureau and the Bureau of Transportation announced a new contract with NovoaGlobal. It will now be the city of Portland’s sole supplier and operator for the speed and intersection safety camera program.