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Oregon’s restaurant scene includes five long-running spots that turn dinner into a full setting, from moving tables in Portland to a cash-only steak house in the high desert. What keeps them busy is not shock value alone, but the fact that each place pairs its odd premise with an established local following.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The family of Kenneth Hass has filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging Oregon State Hospital and other state defendants subjected him to severe neglect and abuse during a three-year stay that ended with his death, according to a complaint filed in federal court. Sierra Hass, representing...

HAPPY VALLEY, Ore. – U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Lee G. Smith, Command Senior Enlisted Leader for the Oregon National Guard, formally retired from military service after 33 years of commitment to the nation in a ceremony held in his honor at Camp Withycombe in Happy Valley, Oregon, on July 11, 2026. He was the principa

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The cat who became a familiar face — and an honorary “employee” — at the CVS in Portland’s Sellwood neighborhood has died. Nutmeg, an outdoor cat adopted about a year and a half ago, was known for regularly lounging inside the CVS near Southeast 17th Avenue and Tacoma Street. Store staff even mad

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A restaurant that serves “Southern cookin’ with a California twist” has opened the doors to its new location in Gresham. Huckleberry’s Breakfast & Lunch, 881 S.W. Highland Dr., had its grand opening Monday, July 13. The Gresham location marks the restaurant chain’s first foray into Oregon, with the plan to continue exp

A naked man allegedly grabbed a 7-year-old girl at a Portland park before her parents and bystanders fought him off and officers arrived.

Follow-ups — 803 Assisting public — 585 There were 136 public-initiated calls; and 147 deputy-initiated incidents.

I have visited a lot of gardens in my life, and if I am being honest, most of them blur together after a while. Pretty flowers, tidy paths, a bench near a fountain if you are lucky. Pleasant enough, but rarely the kind of experience that rewires something in your...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) —A pedestrian was killed in a crash early Sunday in Portland’s Hazelwood neighborhood, the Portland Police Bureau said. Authorities responded to a crash report at 1:42 a.m. at Southeast Stark Street and Southeast 139th Avenue. When they arrived, they found a man dead at the scene.