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PORTLAND, Ore. — A ban on gas-powered leaf blowers in Portland is set to go into effect in the new year. Starting Jan. 1, 2026, gas-powered leaf blowers will be banned on public and private property throughout the city. For the next two years, crews can still use them...

Portland Fire & Rescue has issued a fire code violation at a Habitat for Humanity housing complex in Southeast Portland due to blocked fire access and other life-safety issues, which residents have been raising for nearly two years.

On Tuesday, job postings began circulating online hinting that the federal government may open a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Portland.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Residents and business owners are calling for action in the St.Johns neighborhood. This comes as a new online petition is making its rounds online, asking leaders to move the location of the North Portland Day Center. Right now, the day center sits at 9000 N....

Portland City Councilors have spent the past 11 months allowing Mayor Keith Wilson to roll out his solutions to the city’s homeless crisis without criticism or impediment. But just days after Wilson’s self-imposed Dec. 1 deadline to end unsheltered homelessness, several councilors are calling for a change of course.

An oversight group for the Portland police's team to reduce gun violence in the Rose City held its annual community listening session on Thursday evening.

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The clock is ticking this week for everyone living at a homeless camp at the former location of Assembly Brewing in southeast Portland. “We knew that the place had shut down and we thought it’s got a cover, it’s got roof, it’s got cement flooring, it’s protection, it was starting to get cold,...

Gov. Tina Kotek stands with Portland leaders and Portland Police Chief Bob Day at a press conference in Portland, Oregon on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. She highlighted similar experience when announcing her 2026 bid for reelection on Thursday. (Photo by Alex Baumhardt/Oregon Capital Chronicle) Gov. Tina Kotek formally...

On the evening of December 3, 2025, officers from the Portland Police Bureau’s Focused Intervention Team (FIT) conducted a traffic stop near Southeast 82nd Avenue and Southeast Foster Road. The stop was made after a vehicle changed lanes without signaling. During the stop, officers found that the driver, Abdikadir H....

“The Precedent Is Flint”: Rolling Stone Links Amazon Data Centers to Poisoned Oregon Wells. Hillsboro Should Pay Attention. By Dirk Knudsen – Editor, Hillsboro Herald A new investigation fromRolling Stone, […] The post “The Precedent Is Flint”: Rolling Stone Links Amazon Data Centers to Poisoned Oregon Wells....