Portland OR

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Police have arrested a 20-year-old man in connection to a carjacking in North Portland. Police say it happened on Friday near North Portsmouth Avenue. Police say they saw Damaree Baxter driving recklessly and at some point, going faster than 115 mph. Baxter eventually got out...

Educators in the Oregon City School District turned out in force at Monday’s school board meeting — demanding better pay and safer classroom.

In early March, a Bridgetown Bites tipster told me that there was going to be a new restaurant in the space that was recently home to Phaya Thai Express—and that it was going to be a “Thai fine dining” concept. Then late last month I learned the new restaurant’s name: Hua Hin. I reached out to the owner, Ize Piyanut (Sampaotong), to learn...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - Centennial Middle School has been identified as a measles exposure site, according to the Oregon Health Authority. The OHA said people may have been exposed if they were at the middle school, located at 17650 Southeast Brooklyn Street, on these dates and times:. Between 9:20 a.m....

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Portland’s new city administrator, Raymond Lee, recently finished his third full month on the job. He leads the city’s day-to-day operations as the top unelected leader in Portland. He sat down for a wide-ranging discussion with KATU earlier this month, where he said...

K9 Griff, a six-year-old German Shepherd/Belgian Malinois mix, and his partner, Corporal Sam Terry, located and apprehended wanted suspect Rafael Ortiz after he fled from authorities and hid in blackberry bushes.

On Jan. 1, a new law went into effect in Oregon that was supposed to make it easier for authorities to force someone with acute mental illness into treatment against their will. It remains to be seen whether this is actually having any effect; lawmakers are set in a few...

The mother of an Oregon student who died while planting trees to reach his school's volunteer goal to graduate has secured a settlement after suing for millions. Court records viewed by The Oregonian state that Central Catholic High School in Portland and the nonprofit tree-planting organization that Christopher Kelly was doing volunteer work for, Friends of Trees, have reached a settlement with Kelly's...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Crystal Wallace and her family are grateful their 13-year-old son, Brayden Wallace, is alive after he was hit by a pick-up truck on April 7. He was reportedly walking with friends along the shoulder of the road just before 8:30 p.m. when he was hit, according to the Clark County Sheriff's Office. The road does not have a...

Troutdale residents who secured an exemption to a parking fee placed upon a popular park and river access point won’t have to mess with the renewal process, unless their information has changed. If you have already registered for an exemption to the Glenn Otto Park weekend fee, your registration...