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The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT), alongside Portland City Elections, is once again inviting Northwest residents to awaken the jokers within. Portland’s second annual snowplow naming contest has officially launched!. The agencies are asking the public to submit wacky, yet Portland-appropriate, name ideas...

Here’s your chance to put your creativity to work and earn bragging rights for the whole year. Submit your ideas to the Portland Snowplow Naming Contest. Portland Bureau of Transportation invites the public to participate in the second annual snowplow naming contest. Last year’s inaugural contest was a hit....

Oregon has earned its reputation as a breakfast lover’s paradise, with restaurants serving everything from Southern comfort classics to French pastries that transport you straight to Paris. Whether you’re craving fluffy biscuits smothered in gravy, creative omelets packed with farm-fresh ingredients, or Belgian...

Christmas Day is widely known for closed shops and quiet streets, but some grocery stores remain open to serve last-minute needs and essential errands. Here are the Portland area grocery stores open on Christmas. I’ve provided a list of your favorite grocery stores throughout Portland, including ones that are open...

Oregon’s oldest dining rooms have always felt to me less like businesses and more like stubborn campfires, the kind that keep glowing long after the weather changes, tended quietly by people who know exactly how much attention is required and no more. I notice it the moment I step...

Confession time: For more years than I’d care to admit, I was something of a sandwich cynic. Sure, I thought, there were a couple of good ones out there, but I associated them more with a hasty outdoor meal than a food worth savoring. The truth was, I just hadn’t ever had an exceptional sandwich. […]

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A man from New York State was arrested two weeks ago at the Portland International Airport for abusing a child in Sandy, police announced on Sunday. According to the Sandy Police Department, 27-year-old Erik Lopez allegedly previously visited the victim in October, and was making a second visit...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Police are investigating after a woman was stabbed at a Northwest Portland bar late Saturday night. Just after 11:30 p.m., officers responded to reports of the stabbing in the 500 block of Northwest 13th Avenue. Police said they found a woman injured, and she was taken to a hospital by...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A wanted man from Washington was arrested early Sunday morning after allegedly trying to flee from deputies in Fairview. The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office said they recovered a handgun with an extended magazine after a traffic stop culminated in the arrest of 25-year-old Matthew Cash, who...

"Do not stop to gather your belongings." Officials issue multiple 'Go Now' evacuations in major city amid escalating crisis: 'They realized this morning when they woke' first appeared on The Cool Down .