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A boutique London hotel brand is taking a novel approach to revitalizing its downtown Portland location — tapping into the Rose City’s deep reserve of culinary talent. Half a year after The Hoxton hotel brought on the Portland food cart Baon Kainan to run the Filipino restaurant residency Pamana in its Old...

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) has released a statement condemning the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by federal agents on Friday. Pretti was an ICU nurse at a VA hospital, and the ONA says his death is sending shockwaves of fear through healthcare facilities right here in Oregon. The...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Seattle, Washington – The Pacific Northwest is entering a noticeable pattern shift as above-normal temperatures take hold during the February 7–20 period, bringing a milder, more spring-like feel to much of...

Portland city councilors this week will weigh a potential ban on foie gras, the French delicacy made with the livers of force-fed waterfowl such as ducks or geese. A proposal scheduled for a hearing Tuesday before the council’s Arts and Economy Committee would prohibit the sale of the luxury food item in the city and...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Portland Fire and Rescue responded to the area of Northeast Marine Drive and Northeast 33rd Drive for a confined space rescue. On X, Portland Fire says their technical rescue team was headed to help free a trapped individual inside a tunnel, but they were able to get out on their own.

A shop fire fully engulfed and destroyed a business along Southeast Highway 211 in Boring over the weekend. At 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25, Clackamas Fire responded to a heavily involved blaze that had spread throughout the 20-by-100-foot building and had ignited nearby trees and adjacent homes. The first-arriving crews...

A contemporary mansion with an English-style conservatory built in 1999 at the highest point in Northwest Portland’s exclusive Kings Heights neighborhood is for sale for the first time. The asking price for the 1.55-acre property at 3039 N.W. Monte Vista Terrace is $6.9 million. The residence by Green Gables,...

Larry Hurwitz, convicted in 1990 murder case, allegedly violated parole and faces new domestic violence charges in Clackamas County with $500,000 bail set.

PORTLAND, Ore. — A 68-year-old Northeast Portland man was arrested after police found his 104-year-old mother's body in a refrigerator, according to court documents obtained by KGW. Richard William Vinyard told police he put his mother's body in the appliance to continue collecting her Social Security payments,...

Federal authorities are investigating a shooting involving U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in Portland, Oregon, that left two people wounded. The incident occurred just one day after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, in Minneapolis, intensifying scrutiny of the use...