100-mile transmission line would bring power to Portland. But there’s a major catch
A private developer wants to build a new transmission line stretching 100 miles from The Dalles to Portland — pitching the project as a critical fix for one of the region’s most pressing energy problems. But there’s a catch. Most of the high‑voltage cable would be buried beneath...
House fire displaces five people in Vancouver
VANCOUVER, Wash. (KPTV) - Five people are without a home following a fire on Tuesday evening. Just after 6 p.m., the Vancouver Fire Department responded to a fire at 2406 Northeast 166th Court. Crews arrived to find a two-story home with fire in the living room. Crews were able to...
Portland leaders can’t agree how to spend $106 million in housing funds
City leaders universally agree Portland is facing a crisis when it comes to homelessness and housing affordability. Their ideas on solving the problems, however, seem starkly at odds. With recent revelations that the city has $106 million in unspent housing funds, progressives are calling for spending on social...
Removing César Chávez’s Name From Streets and Schools Is the First Step
I struggled for hours to describe the way I felt after I hard the news that United Farm Workers co-founder and civil rights icon César E. Chávez was accused of sexual assault by a number of women who had worked with him throughout his storied career. It’s surreal...
Everyone Oregon Is Talking About The Unbelievable Biscuits And Gravy At This Humble Cafe
There’s a coral-colored building in Portland where breakfast dreams come true and the biscuits are so fluffy they might just float off your plate. Mehri’s Cafe and Bakery is serving up the kind of comfort food that makes you want to hug a stranger, and their biscuits and gravy have become the stuff of local legend.
Evergreen Schools Making Cuts in Vancouver
VANCOUVER, WA.–Yet another school district is making tough budget cuts. This time it’s the Evergreen District in Vancouver. Plenty of people had tough messages for the board. A speaker at a public hearing said, “Cutting these programs doesn’t just remove a class. It cuts a passion that may...
900-foot floating hospital arrives in Portland for $90 million overhaul
Last week, Portland got a gigantic visitor: the USNS Mercy, a 138 million-pound floating military hospital, painted white and marked with giant red crosses, each about the size of a helicopter landing pad. At 894 feet long, the ship would still be 348 feet longer than Portland’s tallest building, the...
This Portland neighborhood is the best place to live in Oregon, study finds
(NEXSTAR) – What is the ideal place to live in the United States? A new study claims to have the answer. On Monday, education research platform Niche.com released the findings of its annual “Best Places to Live in America” ranking, which identifies those coveted communities using data from the U.S. Census, FBI,...
A Bar Called ‘Camp’ Eyes the Former Scandals Space
A liquor license application is in the works for the former Scandals space at 1125 SW Harvey Milk St. If everything goes according to plan, the former Scandals, which closed in 2025 after 46 years in business, will be known as Camp. The application was first spotted by urbanist Iain...
Like many Oregonians, this Beaverton family’s path into homelessness led through eviction
BEAVERTON, Ore. — There are many paths into homelessness, and no two stories look the same. But many of them pass through the eviction process — as is the case for a 70-year-old man and his son, now living out of a van in Beaverton. They never saw...
