Portland OR

Is there any place in Portland drivers won’t go? Seems like every week there’s another example of a person taking their car in a place cars aren’t allowed. Parks, paths, peoples’ living rooms — and now the Tilikum Crossing. We spent $130 million to make this one of the coolest carfree bridges in the country, and it’s...

A woman died late Wednesday night after a hit-and-run in North Portland, police said.

Security-camera footage shared with The Oregonian/OregonLive shows the moment that a dramatic explosion rocked a Southeast Portland food-cart pod this week. The explosion happened around 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday, according to Aileen Kish, who said her family owns the parking lot. Portland Fire & Rescue said in a...

The people I met were the real story, not what I was doing. Those reports galvanized the city but it failed to imagine how bad the homeless problem would become.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Multnomah County is bracing for widespread impacts after state and federal cuts left a $32 million gap in its homeless services budget — a 9% drop from last year. County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson called the reductions “a blow to our safety net and the essential services,” warning that the...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — With just over two months left until Mayor Keith Wilson’s self-imposed deadline to “end unsheltered homelessness,” the City of Portland is still hundreds of shelter beds short — as thousands of people remain unhoused citywide. The City of Portland will resume issuing camping citations starting...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A 43-year-old man was sentenced to four years in prison on Friday for groping a 10-year-old child inside a Southeast Portland grocery store earlier this year. Adam M. Caldwell pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted sexual abuse and will be required to register as a sex offender upon his...

PORTLAND, Oregon — A former security guard was sentenced Friday to more than 16 years, or 200 months, in prison for raping a woman he accused of shoplifting at a Portland Rite Aid in 2015. Daniel Luis Cassinelli, a former loss prevention officer, was found guilty earlier this year...

Democratic members of Oregon’s congressional delegation slammed federal tactics in the ongoing protests outside the immigration facility in South Portland in a news conference Friday, citing The Oregonian/OregonLive’s coverage of federal officers’ use of force. The lawmakers visited the U.S. Immigration and Customs...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Portland saw an increase in activity by federal agents on Friday. A FOX 12 crew outside the U.S. Customs and Border Protection building observed dozens of people huddling in the back parking lot of the northeast Portland building. They then left in several convoys of large SUVs.