Portland OR

Two days of high-stakes argument in a Portland courtroom this week put Big Oil and Multnomah County on a collision course over who should pay for the deadly 2021 heat dome and its long tail of costs. Oil industry lawyers told a Multnomah County judge that federal law leaves no...

A Portland city councilor failed to pay last year’s property tax bill on his home for more than six months, racking up penalties and interest. Mitch Green, a District 4 representative, had $7,328 in unpaid 2025 taxes on his West Portland Park home through Friday morning, according to Multnomah County records.

HILLSBORO, Ore. (KPTV) - Part of NE Brookwood Pkwy has been closed due to downed utility lines in Hillsboro on Thursday evening. Hillsboro Police said around 5:30 p.m. that the utility lines are partially blocking northbound and southbound lanes of NE Brookwood Pkwy between Hwy 26 and NE Huffman St.

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Portland Parks & Recreation kicked off the city’s summer Free Lunch + Play program with a celebration at a southeast Portland park on Thursday. The event was held at Parklane Park from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for kids 18 and under. More than half...

On June 12, standing in front of the aging and historic Grover Cleveland High School with current and past faculty and families watching and cheering, Portland Public Schools (PPS) leaders and affiliated parties dug shovels into a trough of bright-blue sand to symbolically kick off construction for a new, modernized ca

Nearly 10,000 people are expected to gather for Lake Oswego’s star-spangled parade and concerts over the Fourth of July weekend, according to event organizers. For America’s 250th birthday, the city’s extended and expanded celebration features a dunk tank, two performing bands instead of one and more food vendors and a

Plus, “Portland’s original açaí cafe” is commemorating 11 years with a big anniversary party.

Portland is one of the most biked cities in America, with an estimated four percent of residents regularly biking to work. Although Portland has substantial biking infrastructure in place, bike commuters still face many barriers. For SE residents and commuters, one of the main challenges is navigating the train tracks.

A handsome 1912 Colonial Revival mansion built for a wealthy industrialist in Southeast Portland’s Laurelhurst Historic District is for sale at $4,995,000. The 0.57-acre property at 3360 S.E. Ankeny St. has a large front lawn and a pathway to the 7,220-square-foot mansion with red bricks, white-framed Palladian windows

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - For more than a decade – Verónica Gutiérrez and her parents have worked hard to bring a taste of Venezuela to Portland. “We just wanted to be ambassadors of our country,” she said. But Thursday, her mind was not on the food...