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Portland's Waterfront Blues Festival was ranked by USA Today readers as one of the best in the United States . USA Today asked a group of industry experts to nominate their favorite festivals across eight categories before readers voted on the final rankings to determine the best in the United States. Categories for...

Atomix, the Korean fine-dining restaurant in New York that landed the top spot on the inaugural North America’s 50 Best list last year, is coming to Portland for three floors of collaborative dinners at Kann, celebrity chef Gregory Gourdet’s wood-fired Haitian restaurant. The main event — an April...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A logger was rescued by the Oregon National Guard on Monday after being struck by a tree in the Mount Hood National Forest. Crews responded to a remote area off Forest Road 4610 around 11:15 a.m. and found that the logger had broken their leg after being pinned by the falling […]

A Beaverton man who fatally shot his wife at close range while in a surreal state of intoxication was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday. Talon G. Mitchell pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter for shooting his wife, Mona Chopheng, as part of a deal with Washington County prosecutors. Mitchell,...

Over the weekend outside a federal immigration facility in Portland, a protest took a bizarre turn when a demonstrator attempting to burn an American flag accidentally set himself on fire. The incident happened during an anti-ICE protest outside the facility, which has been the site of frequent demonstrations in...

Oregon City, Ore. – Supply concerns and market uncertainty sent oil prices soaring this week, pushing up pump prices for local drivers. Portland’s average rose 29 cents a gallon, to $4.33. The national average for “regular” is up 43 cents over last week, to $3.54, while Oregon’s average is now $4.26 a gallon; that’s...

An investigation from the Portland Ombudsman reveals that the city’s policies and enforcement on short-term rentals are far more punitive than in comparable cities. As Jennifer Singh explains for KATU, “An investigation was sparked after a short-term rental operator contacted the Ombudsman in late 2024, reporting...

The Portland Arts Tax, which is a $35-per-year tax that everyone who earns money is supposed to pay to support arts organizations and pay for music and arts teachers in schools, could be made easier to pay and tied into TurboTax, with the possibility of raising the tax to $50 a year for high earners.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A strong atmospheric river is headed to the Pacific Northwest, taking aim at southwest Washington and northwest Oregon. KATU has declared a Storm Tracker 2 Weather Alert for heavy rain over a three-day period beginning Wednesday and continuing through Friday. “This round of heavy rain...

“Secret shoppers” tried to set up primary care appointments for someone with Medicare insurance in four cities: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland. Overall, they found that 77% of the sample clinics in the four cities accepted new Medicare patients. But there was an outlier: Portland. Just 35%...