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A coming-of-age tale from a professional storyteller is the center of a new solo show by Ash Allen, one of the hosts from the award-winning podcast BACKFENCE Storytelling.

Busy Hands Montessori in northwest Portland abruptly shut its doors last Saturday after what the school's founder called a "mass resignation" by teachers, suddenly leaving more than 80 students without classrooms and families scrambling for child care. Parents say some teachers walked out after discovering retirement...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — After clinching a bronze medal, a local Olympian has returned home to Portland. Alpine skier and Canby High alum Jackie Wiles landed at Portland International Airport Monday night, after winning the bronze in the women’s combined team event at the Milan Cortina Olympics. This marks her first...

The Evergreen Public School Board is proposing over $14 million in budget cuts due to enrollment decline, inflation, and inadequate state funding, which could result in staff and program reductions.

Two weeks ago, Portland Parks & Recreation announced the new name it had come up with for the 6.3-acre Southwest Portland park previously known as Custer Park. ‘Scht Wiwnu, pronounced “ish-chit way-el-noo,” means “path of the huckleberry” in Ichishkin Sńwit, a language spoken by Native tribes in the Columbia River...

BEAVERTON, OR – The Oregon Department of Human Services is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 15-year-old who disappeared earlier this month and may be in danger. Brandy Allison Bird, who also goes by Brandy Bird and Sky Flores, was reported missing March 13 from...

At approximately 2:24 a.m. March 21 Newport Police Department officers and Lincoln County Sheriffs Office deputies responded to 1000 SE Bay Boulevard to the report of an intoxicated male firing a handgun inside of his room. The male, later identified as 44-year-old Johnson Rin, of Portland, had allegedly made threats...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - A hotel on Hayden Island was evacuated Tuesday afternoon as crews battled a two-alarm fire. Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R) crews responded to the Holiday Inn at 909 North Hayden Island Drive on the report of a fire. Portland Fire says the call came in around...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Portland Police say they have arrested five suspects linked to a major copper wire theft operation, including a “broker” who helped recycle the stolen metal for profit. Police say the investigation began in May 2025 due to a sharp increase in communication lines being...

OREGON CITY Ore. (KPTV) - Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying three suspects they say stole nearly $2,000 worth of merchandise from the Coastal Farm & Ranch store in Oregon City. According to the Oregon City Police Department, the theft occurred on the night of Monday,...