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PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Portland Fire & Rescue told KATU News that a body was recovered from the Willamette River on Friday morning. Rick Graves with Portland Fire & Rescue said the body appeared to have been in the water for some time. "This was a very decomposed body...

Portland’s food scene is something to celebrate every day, but it’s not every day you get to celebrate it with your pals at the Mercury! Our new food issue hits stands July 8, and on that day, we’re celebrating with an all-ages, free-to-attend shindig at one of Portland’s very best food cart pods, The Heist (4727 SE Wo

More than 1,000 people gathered in Oregon City on Thursday to celebrate one of Oregon’s oldest, strangest creatures: the Pacific lamprey. Best known for their round, razor-toothed mouths, lamprey are an ancient, jawless fish that have been around for some 450 million years — predating even the dinosaurs. Lamprey are an

CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. (KPTV) - A 52-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a woman on New Year’s Eve 2024, according to the Clackamas County District Attorney’s Office. On Thursday, Jason David Perillo was convicted of second-degree murder for the death of 41-year-old Catherine...

EUGENE Ore. (KPTV) - Police in Eugene have found a hidden camera that they think was being used to monitor an Asian American family in connection to a string of burglaries in Beaverton and Salem, they announced on Wednesday. Officers did not release any details about how or where the...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Portland Police have detained two people after hit-and-run crash in northeast Portland on Thursday afternoon. PPB says officers responded to a reported crash near NE Fremont St and NE 127th Ave just before 3 p.m., where a caller said a person drove away after the crash.

A Portland man is accused of weaving his Mercedes through traffic at over 100 mph, crashing into two cars and then running away with thousands of dollars in cash on Friday — while wearing a court-ordered ankle monitor that tracked his every move. Antonio Chris Hall, 23, was booked...

A new ordinance was approved that prevents mobile syringe distribution near schools in Multnomah County, officials announced.

ST. JOHNS — Good news, fish and chips fanatics: There’s a successor to the popular and much-missed Arlo’s Fish & Chips at the St. Johns Food & Beer Porch pod: Hey Hey Paula. After a several-year hiatus following the death of Arlo’s co-owner, Larry, Jess and Adam of the pod’s Two of Us breakfast cart relaunched the cart

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Tigard police announced Thursday that they are investigating a pair of unrelated “violent” assaults that occurred over the weekend. Both cases required “significant police resources,” officials said. The first assault took place on Saturday around 3:30 p.m. in the 11600 block of SW Gallo Avenue.