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Elle Crée, a local creator of paint-by-number kits, is closing its Milwaukie warehouse and production site and holding a final clearance sale this Saturday. “We’re downsizing, we’re pausing wholesale, we’re laying off staff, and we’re going to be available for online retail only,” owner Rachel Austen said. “I’m going to move production to my home studio, which unfortunately means I have to...

Mayor Keith Wilson is tasked with finding a way to make up an expected $160-million shortfall for next year, but Portland Police Chief Bob Day said the budget for his bureau is already thin.

Architectural historian Eric Wheeler was speaking April 19 about one of his favorite subjects: Portland’s past, and the significant architects and developers who played an early role in the city. Wheeler was inside the 1916 English Arts & Crafts mansion built for developer Paul Cole Murphy on a former...

Students at Grant High School plan to donate money to help rebuild a Portland youth recovery center destroyed by arson.

TriMet riders will see some big changes this summer as budget cuts affect several lines.

West Linn police log: ‘Said he was a lion and roared’ and more. 4/9 7:57 a.m. A resident near Rosemont Road said cars are going over 30 mph in school zones and wants to see more of an officer presence in the area during school drop off and pick up.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – An adorable pair of pups joined this week’s Second Chance Pets. Sam Ellingson with the Humane Society for Southwest Washington joined AM Extra with Sheeran and Yoshi!. The adorable puppy siblings are part of a litter of seven that recently arrived to HSSW with...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Vancouver police say they have arrested the driver who hit a pedestrian in a crosswalk, then helped her out of the street before driving away. The incident happened on March 12 at C Street and Evergreen Boulevard, where a woman had been struck by the driver of a white van while in the crosswalk. The driver of the van got out, helped...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — As homelessness continues to rise in Clark County, local leaders say the challenges — and the solutions — are more complex than many people realize. In a "Straight Talk" interview, Sesany Fennie-Jones, executive director of the Council for the Homeless, and Jamie Spinelli, homeless response manager at the city of Vancouver, dig into the region's evolving crisis.

Portland, Ore. – McMenamins plans to open a 63-room hotel next door to the Crystal Ballroom, thirty years after it took over the northwest Portland concert venue. The Oregon-based chain’s goal is to create a new entertainment and lodging district in the Rose City. “This is kind of a dream scenario,” Shannon McMenamin told reporters Thursday, during a press tour of the hotel...