Preschool for All should be set for funding over the next few years, report...
PORTLAND, Ore. — A much-anticipated report on Multnomah County's Preschool for All program is advising county leaders of what they should do in the near-term to keep it on firm financial footing. PFA offers free preschool to 3- and 4-year-olds in Multnomah County regardless of a family's economic status....
Police arrest suspect going 115 mph in Portland carjacking
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Police have arrested a 20-year-old man in connection to a carjacking in North Portland. Police say it happened on Friday near North Portsmouth Avenue. Police say they saw Damaree Baxter driving recklessly and at some point, going faster than 115 mph. Baxter eventually got out...
Hua Hin Will Bring Thai Fine Dining To Southeast Portland
In early March, a Bridgetown Bites tipster told me that there was going to be a new restaurant in the space that was recently home to Phaya Thai Express—and that it was going to be a “Thai fine dining” concept. Then late last month I learned the new restaurant’s name: Hua Hin. I reached out to the owner, Ize Piyanut (Sampaotong), to learn...
Middle school in SE Portland identified as measles exposure site
PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - Centennial Middle School has been identified as a measles exposure site, according to the Oregon Health Authority. The OHA said people may have been exposed if they were at the middle school, located at 17650 Southeast Brooklyn Street, on these dates and times:. Between 9:20 a.m....
Portland Lawmaker Wants to Turn Up the Dial on Forced Mental Health and Addiction...
On Jan. 1, a new law went into effect in Oregon that was supposed to make it easier for authorities to force someone with acute mental illness into treatment against their will. It remains to be seen whether this is actually having any effect; lawmakers are set in a few...
Student planting trees to reach school’s volunteer goal gets killed by branch during avoidable...
The mother of an Oregon student who died while planting trees to reach his school's volunteer goal to graduate has secured a settlement after suing for millions. Court records viewed by The Oregonian state that Central Catholic High School in Portland and the nonprofit tree-planting organization that Christopher Kelly was doing volunteer work for, Friends of Trees, have reached a settlement with Kelly's...
Why we published a painful photo: Letter from the Editor
Last weekend was a dangerous one on the streets around Portland. On Saturday evening, two people led police on a chase through the city after allegedly robbing a jewelry store at Washington Square. Hours later in a different incident, police arrested six people at “street takeovers” in North and Northeast...
Vancouver City Council could vote to oppose shorter I-5 light rail route
Plans to bring light rail to the heart of Vancouver and reconnect two neighborhoods separated by Interstate 5 in the city’s downtown core are in danger because of heightened costs for the Interstate Bridge. Now, city leaders are expressing concern about the change that could terminate light rail service...
Mom of Brush Prairie teen hit by truck demands safer streets
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Crystal Wallace and her family are grateful their 13-year-old son, Brayden Wallace, is alive after he was hit by a pick-up truck on April 7. He was reportedly walking with friends along the shoulder of the road just before 8:30 p.m. when he was hit, according to the Clark County Sheriff's Office. The road does not have a...
One of Portland’s few remaining Spanish restaurants is closing
After 10 years, one of Portland’s few remaining Spanish restaurants is closing. Business opening or closing in your neighborhood? Email the reporter at [email protected]. Bar Casa Vale first opened at 215 S.E. 9th Ave. in 2016 — at the time, one of approximately 10 restaurants serving Spanish cuisine across...
