First furlough day planned for PPS this week as district considers shuttering schools
Portland Public Schools will have a furlough day on May 1 due to a $50 million budget shortfall, and are considering closing up to 10 schools in 2027 to save money.
Unique gift ideas to level up Mother’s Day in 2026
Mother's Day is approaching and most Americans will be giving flowers or a greeting card, but lifestyle expert Jen Munoz shares some unique gift ideas that go beyond the usual.
Wells Parents Raise Hell After Portland Axes High School Metal Shop
When Portland Public Schools rolled out its glossy modernization plan for Ida B. Wells High School, one detail landed like a spark in a welding booth: the metals shop was gone. Students, alumni and teachers at the Southwest Portland school are now pushing back, arguing that cutting the program shrinks hands-on career training just as the district prepares to demolish the current building...
Three wounded in overnight shooting at Northwest 13th Avenue bar, Portland police say
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Portland police are investigating an overnight shooting that left three people injured. Officers were called to a bar in the 500 block of Northwest 13th Avenue just after midnight. Officials said that when officers arrived, “they located two victims with non-life-threatening injuries.”. A third...
Oregon dog owner sentenced in mauling death of 6-year-old boy
A Portland woman whose Great Dane mastiffs killed a 6-year-old boy in her home in 2023 was handed the maximum sentence Friday of just over two years behind bars. Multnomah County Circuit Judge Celia Howes found Koko Miller, 57, guilty of criminally negligent homicide and first-degree criminal mistreatment in January for the Dec. 5, 2023 death of Loyalty Scott, a first...
This 3-Story Portland Hardware Store Feels Like a Museum Full of Hidden Treasures
Portland has never been a city that settles for ordinary. It’s a place where creativity spills into the streets, where old buildings are given new life, and where some of the most memorable spots are the ones you stumble into by accident. That spirit is alive and well at Hippo Hardware & Trading Company, a […]
Family of 19-year-old killed in Willamette River crash mourns as car recovered
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The family of a 19-year-old killed when a car crashed into the Willamette River earlier this month watched their family vehicle towed out of the water this week. “My brother’s story, unfortunately, is an example that tomorrow is never promised,” Yanett Garcia-Chavez, Roberto Garcia-Chavez’s sister, said....
What’s moving into that abandoned Chuck E. Cheese in SE Portland?
Call it a sign of the times. For a certain subset of the population, one of the greatest losses of the COVID-19 pandemic may have been the closure of Portland’s only Chuck E. Cheese. Since shuttering in 2020, the building has sat abandoned on its corner of Southeast Powell...
Allentown alleges fire truck monopoly driving up costs, joins other U.S. cities filing suit
Allentown has joined a growing list of cities suing a private equity firm, its subsidiaries and a select few fire truck manufacturers for creating a monopoly on custom fire trucks and chassis. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court accuses American Industrial Partners of buying up struggling fire truck makers...
East Portland rollover sends two to hospital Sunday evening
PORTLAND, Ore. — Two people were taken to the hospital Sunday evening after a vehicle rolled over in east Portland, according to Portland Fire & Rescue. Crews were dispatched at approximately 6:38 p.m. to the intersection of Southeast Foster Road and Barbara Welch Road. Portland Fire & Rescue said...
