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PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - A car belonging to a missing woman has been found in Skamania County, according to the Portland Police Bureau. Claudia Grandy, 78, was last seen on Sunday, July 26, at her home in the 7600 block of Southeast Alder Street in the Montavilla neighborhood. Police said her family reported she has cog

Nobody walks into the Goodwill Outlet at 5950 NE 122nd Ave in Portland, Oregon for the first time and walks out feeling neutral about it. You either become a devoted regular on the spot, or you go home, tell everyone you know about it, and then become a devoted regular on your second visit.

Here are some of the stories we’re looking at in our AM-edition of ARC PDX. The Centennial Mills water tower is now gone after fire devastated the building weeks ago. Crews detonated the structure yesterday, sending it into the building below, but the danger isn't over in the pearl district.

By the time long-distance hiker Derek Hu reached Washington’s Stevens Pass on the Pacific Crest Trail, the engineer from Taiwan had crossed 2,467 miles of mountains, snowfields, forests, and deserts, starting at the border with Mexico. Smoke from the rapidly growing Little Giant Fire, just northeast of Stevens Pass,...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A man is dead and another is hurt after being hit by a freight train in North Portland on Monday night. Portland Police responded to reports of two men who were hit by a BNSF train just before 9 p.m. at N Willamette Blvd near the St. John’s Water Tower.

Big boom. Image: Kale Williams/Axios Demolition of the fire-ravaged Centennial Mills building began Monday, starting with four controlled explosions to bring down the building's rooftop water tower. State of play: Ever since a blaze gutted the blighted 116-year-old Northwest Portland landmark earlier this month, nearby

Times are tough. Inflation increases, wages stagnate, government programs are cut and some families are struggling just to feed themselves and keep the lights on. Portland General Electric is attempting to aid customers with that last challenge with its Income-Qualified Bill Discount program and reports that many easte

RIDGEFIELD, Wash. (KATU) — Ridgefield, Washington’s fastest-growing city according to census data, has seen sprawling development in recent years with little pushback. However, the latest plans for residential, commercial and tourism development along the city’s waterfront have a number of residents up in arms. “In Apr

The demolition of the Centennial Mills building in the Pearl District could kick up asbestos-laden dust, but city and state officials insist residents near the fire-ravaged structure have nothing to worry about. The controlled explosion to topple the water tower atop the building, which happened on Monday, is the first

If education is indeed the great vehicle of social and economic mobility, then higher education is no longer delivering the promise of the “American dream.” In fact, this “dream” has become a fiscal nightmare. Colleges and universities saw 9,000 job cuts and buyouts in 2025, and several college closures, mergers, and l