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Most of the neon sign doesn’t light, graffiti covers the walls, and the place is no longer open for lunch.
But the Republic Cafe — Portland’s oldest Chinese restaurant — is still operating. The spot once attracted local politicians and visiting celebrities. On a recent Thursday,...

PORTLAND, Ore. — When snow is expected to fall in the Portland metro area, the Oregon coast range and the Cascade Mountains, not everyone may see sticking snow. Whether or not it covers the ground and how much accumulates may depend on the elevation of where you live. The...

There’s a place in Portland where treasure hunters, bargain enthusiasts, and the environmentally conscious converge like pilgrims to a shrine of secondhand splendor. Goodwill Industries of the Columbia Willamette on SE 6th Avenue isn’t just any thrift store – it’s a cavernous wonderland where one person’s castoffs...

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PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A group is trying to ban hunting, fishing and pest control in Oregon. The group is called the People for the Elimination of Animal Cruelty Exemptions, or PEACE. The initiative “criminalizes injuring or killing animals, including killing for food, hunting, fishing; criminalizes breeding...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — KATU remains in a Storm Tracker 2 Weather Alert for lowering snow levels across the region and snow piling up in the Cascades. Snow is accumulating at Government Camp on Highway 26 this morning. Another one to two inches are expected to fall throughout today.

A man’s night out ended in a Southeast Portland carjacking at gunpoint after he got drunk and fell asleep in the back of his BMW, he told police. Prosecutors last week charged 18-year-old Kyren J. Collier with first-degree robbery, coercion, unauthorized use of a vehicle, possession of a stolen vehicle, reckless...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The first taste of winter weather arrives in Portland this week as a KOIN 6 Weather Alert goes into place Monday night and lasts through Friday morning. The threat of brief and light snow showers returns to the lower elevations of the greater Portland-Vancouver area....

Rumors surfaced recently that the Acropolis Steakhouse, a longtime Inner Southeast Portland eatery and “gentleman’s club” on S.E. McLoughlin Boulevard at Umatilla Street, had shut down for good, and that the building was up for sale. As it turns out, claims that the Acropolis is closed are...

Change is coming to Portland City Council’s crowded and clunky meetings. This week, councilors will review a plan to overhaul the number and makeup of council committee meetings. Committees are still relatively new in City Hall — they were introduced as part of the government transition that went into effect in...