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WASHINGTON COUNTY, Oregon — Authorities are investigating a house fire that displaced five residents in unincorporated Washington County Saturday. At 12:38 p.m., multiple 911 callers reported black smoke and flames coming from the 21900 block of Southwest Hillsboro Highway. When the first Tualatin Valley Fire &...

Organizers of Portland World Naked Bike Ride and World Naked Bike Ride Portland will reveal the time and location at a later date.

Four adults are without a home after a fire in southeast Portland on Saturday morning, according to firefighters.

Portland’s transition to a new form of government last January brought new practices and procedures for the City Council. Among the largest changes, impacting both the Council and members of the public, was the introduction of eight policy committees. The committees, which considered topics including transportation,...

Portland is staring down the possibility of a multibillion-dollar cleanup bill if a major earthquake shreds the city’s Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub, and state lawmakers and county officials are scrambling to settle who would be on the hook. A proposed statewide policy would make terminal operators prove...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A former executive of one of the largest homeless service providers in Multnomah County has filed a $4.5 million lawsuit for unfair dismissal for attempting to disclose alleged gross mismanagement by top executives of the nonprofit organization. Kate Fulton, the former financial director of Sunstone...

Note: The city says forced removal from shelter sites are not legally considered evictions because guests are not tenants and the individual units are not considered a home in legal terms. For the purposes of brevity and clarity KATU will continue using the term. The Cambridge English dictionary defines an eviction...

With 14 Trader Joe’s stores in the Portland-Vancouver area and more than 600 nationwide, the quirky California chain has built an almost cult-like following on social media and in person. Fans of the brand even broke out in dance to the song “Celebration” in front of the Gresham store in the days before it opened...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Someone was taken to the hospital early Saturday morning after a fight in a downtown Portland parking lot ended in gunfire, police officials said. The shooting was reported at about 2:40 a.m. in a parking lot off Harvey Milk Street between 3rd and 4th avenues. Initial...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — U.S. 26 eastbound is congested with traffic due to snow on the roads, seven miles east of Welches. This comes after a brief closure near milepost 48-53, with a line of cars backed up on U.S. 26 on Saturday afternoon. The Oregon Department of Transportation said that there may be delays […]