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Ready for top-notch Hawaiian comfort food in the ‘burbs?. Well, that’s exactly what Kove Island Comfort Kitchen has brought, having recently moved near the intersection of Murray Avenue and Cornell Road in Cedar Mill. On March 31, the restaurant opened in space at 811 N.W. Murray Ave. —...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Bronze animal statues were recently stolen from a North Portland park, and other parts of the playground were vandalized. The kid-friendly play area at Arbor Lodge Park was filled with sea animal sculptures for kids to interact with, but when families arrived at the park, they discovered that the sculptures, which had been there for decades, were suddenly gone.

Portland Public Schools will face a $56.3 million budget deficit in the upcoming 2026–27 school year. Superintendent Dr. Kimberlee Armstrong’s proposed budget, which she presented to the Portland School Board on Tuesday night, would reduce 336 full-time employees as a consequence. Armstrong’s proposals recommend reductions of 112 school-based...

“Tough choices” is public officials’ shorthand for this year’s budget cycle. In Portland’s Community and Economic Development service area, the mayor and his administrators have turned to cutting social programs and staff to balance a proposed $1.24 billion budget for the service area’s bureaus. This...

Boston has its "Big Dig," New York has its Second Avenue Subway, and the states of Washington and Oregon are getting set to play in the same league. Replacing the aging Interstate Bridge between Portland and Vancouver will be the biggest construction project our two states have ever undertaken. We’ve been working on this megaproject for 22 years, and we are closer to breaking...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Cuts are coming to the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, and Sheriff Nicole Morrisey O'Donnell previewed on Tuesday that they could fall on a program which helps people living on the streets. Meanwhile, local service providers are already preparing to pick up the slack. The county's ongoing...

Ivory Mathews, the embattled CEO of Home Forward, the state’s largest public housing authority, is resigning. That’s according to people with direct knowledge of Mathews’ decision, which has not yet been announced by the agency. Mathews’ impending resignation follows reporting by WW that showed she spent more...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — After his throat was slashed last week by a man he didn’t know, 33-year-old Christopher Thomas miraculously survived the brutal attack. It happened in the Jantzen Beach area, not far from the Denny’s restaurant there. As Thomas continues to recover, KOIN 6 News spoke with his mother, Deborah Thomas, who said […]

Concerned parents and members of the community have put forward a counter-proposal as a local school district eyes eliminating elementary school music. The Gresham-Barlow School District shared its proposed budget for the 2026-27 school year, which has several cuts to address a $10 million funding gap. The proposed cuts include spending, materials, reductions to programs, and laying off nearly 70 positions...

All lanes have reopened on northbound I-5 in Ridgefield after a semi-truck rolled over and blocked off the roadway. At approximately 7:40 a.m., a semi-truck rolled over on NB I-5 at Milepoint 18, south of the East Fork Lewis River Bridge in Ridgefield. NB I-5 in Ridgefield reopens after hours...