Portland OR

Fire and public-safety officials on Tuesday encouraged Portlanders to follow the citywide ban on the use and sale of fireworks ahead of July 4, when the number of emergency calls typically double that of the average day. Officials held a press conference at Fire & Rescue Station 21, alongside doctors...

Portland Parks and Recreation’s “Free Lunch+Play” program returned to Creston, Mt. Scott, and Essex parks on June 23rd. New this summer: While chowing down on some free grub, Southeast Portland kids could also get the chance to listen to opera, learn about insects, and to try out roller skating.

It'll be America's 249th birthday on Friday, and that means it's time to watch some colorful explosions. Why it matters: Watching a professional fireworks display lets you mark Independence Day without breaking local laws — and without losing a finger or starting a wildfire. Here are a few places...

Untold Portlanders have gazed at the artwork of Isaka Shamsud-Din — they just might not have known it. From Dawson Park in the heart of Albina, to the Oregon Convention Center and Portland State University student union, Shamsud-Din’s murals and portraits depict many of the Pacific Northwest’s pioneering Black...

There’s a stretch of Interstate 84 in Portland, near where it connects to Interstate 205, that for weeks last year was unnervingly dark at night. The reason: many of the streetlights weren’t working. They’d been badly damaged by people stealing expensive copper wire. In the Portland metro area alone, the Oregon...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) - Four defendants made their first appearances in federal court on Monday, June 29th, for charges related to ongoing protest gatherings near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in South Portland. The individuals involved are facing charges including arson and willful...

In the past week, decisions in Salem and Washington DC have driven a stake through the heart of the $2.1 billion plan to widen a mile-and-a-half stretch of I-5 near downtown Portland. The metaphor for this project is quickly changing from “driving stakes” to mark the start of construction, to...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A 75-year-old man was safely rescued after going missing near the 2000 block of SW Scenic Drive on Wednesday afternoon. The man, who left his home on foot around 12:30 p.m., was reported missing and believed to be endangered, according to the Sheriff's Office. The...

Police have released the name of the man accused of shooting another man to death in downtown Portland on Tuesday afternoon before fleeing officers across eight city blocks. Hassan Mohamed Muse, 26, of Portland, faces likely charges of second-degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon after he allegedly shot a man at...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Her name is Jewel. She's homeless. And she knows it's a matter of time before the city of Portland moves her and her fellow campers out. "Yeah, we're going to have to move probably no later than probably the end of this week," Jewel told KATU.