Portland expands right-on-red limits to more crash-prone city streets
Portland will expand existing limits on right-on-red turns along some high-crash streets, furthering the city’s effort to reduce traffic deaths. The plan, unanimously approved last week by the City Council, will begin as a pilot program at 30 intersections identified by the Portland Bureau of Transportation as particul
1 person hospitalized after shooting in SE Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - One person was hurt in a shooting in southeast Portland early Monday morning. At about 4:15 a.m., officers responded to a shooting call in the 7700 block of Southeast Washington Street. Officers arrived and found one person who had been shot. The person was taken to a hospital with non-life-thre
Lawsuit accuses Southwest employee of discriminating against Black family at PDX
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A Southwest Airlines employee humiliated and discriminated against a Black family traveling through Portland International Airport, a new lawsuit alleges. According to the lawsuit, the DeWeese family was traveling from Portland to New Orleans in August 2025 when the father checked in his firearm
Vancouver Public School Board Has Decision This Week
VANCOVUER, WA – We’ll find out soon if Vancouver Public Schools will accept what’s known as binding conditions from the state of Washington to help them balance their budget. The strings are serious because it would put the district under the financial oversight of the Office of...
Popular Park and Campground in East Multnomah County will Close Through At Least End...
GRESHAM, OR – Labor Day weekend will be the last hurrah for Oxbow Regional Park, at least for a couple of months. Oxbow Park is closing on Mon., Sept. 8. MG Deveraux with Metro Parks and Nature says the closure will shut down all access to the park, including the boat launches.
WSP searching for missing 7-month-old baby taken in Vancouver
The Washington State Patrol put out a call for information about a missing baby from Vancouver, WA, on Sunday afternoon.
Portland’s Anti-Auto Planning Has Deepened Congestion, Cut Transit Use and Driven Up Traffic Deaths,...
A new Cascade Policy Institute analysis argues decades of policies designed to suppress driving have left Portland with worse congestion, collapsing transit ridership and sharply higher traffic fatalities while delivering few of the promised environmental or equity gains. Right Now Oregon August 17, 2026 (Last updated:
‘Never again is now’: Protesters demand end to family detentions during Portland ICE facility...
Participants held a six-mile march from a former World War II detention center to Portland's ICE facility on Sunday to call for changes to U.S. immigration detention policies.
Kotek addresses loss of SNAP benefits for 35,000 Oregonians
Bend, ORE. (KTVZ) --- Gov. Tina Kotek hosted a roundtable discussion on Saturday at an Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon food bank in Northeast Portland to address major federal changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Approximately 35,000 Oregonians have lost their SNAP benefits under federal law HR 1,
A Night at Portland’s Only All-Ages Music Venue
On a bright Friday evening last month, the sun shone through gaps in the blackout curtains at what used to be the Dancin’ Bare on North Interstate Avenue. In February, the former strip club began serving a different clientele. Under new ownership, it reopened as the city’s first dedicated all-ages music venue in over a

















