City Club of Portland petitions governor to reclaim Ross Island
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The City Club of Portland released a report petitioning the governor’s office to help in the reclamation of Ross Island in Portland’s Willamette River. Ross Island comprises around 400 acres of the lower Willamette River. It is the source of the summer’s toxic algae...
Interstate Bridge Replacement project’s steep new price tag accounts for all the ways it...
PORTLAND, Ore. — The price tag to replace the aging Interstate 5 bridge between Oregon and Washington has climbed to $14.4 billion — more than four times its 2013 estimate — but Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle says the rising cost is no reason to halt a project she calls critical to the region's safety and economy.
Urgent search for vanished 15-year-old Brandy Bird in Oregon
The Oregon Department of Human Services is asking for the public’s assistance in finding 15-year-old Brandy Bird, who went missing from Beaverton on March 13. Officials believe the teenager is in danger and is most likely in the Portland metro area. Bird is also known by the names Sky...
Vancouver schools begin layoffs after board approves $24M in budget cuts
VANCOUVER, Wash. (KPTV) - Notifications to employees affected by budget cuts in Vancouver Public Schools began last week and are expected to continue through early April, district officials said. The layoffs follow the school board’s March 10 approval of Resolution No. 941, which adopts a reduced educational program...
Suspect In Copper Theft Ring Allegedly Processed Over $487,000 In Stolen Metal
Authorities in Oregon say a “key suspect” was arrested this month, following “numerous” other arrests in connection with a “widespread copper theft operation.” The Portland Police Bureau said 55-year-old Dedri White was arrested on March 19 and charged with theft in the first degree, money laundering, criminal...
Man accused in deadly Portland stabbing expected to be found guilty except for insanity
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A resolution is expected Friday afternoon in the case of a man accused in a violent two-day crime spree that left a man dead and an elderly woman badly injured. According to court records obtained by KATU, Kalil Clifford Ford, 24, has a GEI stipulated-facts...
The hidden divide in Portland’s homelessness crisis
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Downtown Portland’s struggles with homelessness remain highly visible, but new data shows the crisis does not affect all residents equally — particularly people of color. The findings are part of KATU’s ongoing series, “A Year in Downtown,” which tracks changes in a section...
The Best Sushi In Oregon Is Hiding In This Unassuming Hole-In-The-Wall Restaurant
Some of life’s greatest treasures come wrapped in the most humble packaging, and Saburo’s Sushi House in Portland proves this delicious truth every single day. This tiny Southeast Portland restaurant has lines stretching around the block for one simple reason: the sushi is absolutely extraordinary. You know that...
ICE and Fire: Roseburg protests agency, Portland welcomes new team
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HISTORY: Evolution of the Southeast Portland grocery shopping experience
Most consumers today don’t remember, and cannot imagine, a time when there were no grocery store chains. Despite that, Americans are still intrigued by the “mom and pop” individually-owned grocery stores of the past. Some of us remember them because of stories told to us by our...
