PPB: Downtown protest, shootings and crashes kept officers busy over Fourth of July weekend
PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - The Portland Police Bureau said the Fourth of July weekend brought a surge of calls, including a downtown protest with small fires, multiple shootings, and arrests. Protest in Downtown Portland. PPB said they became aware of a planned protest at Lownsdale Park and tried to connect...
Deputies ID woman killed in Willamette River boat crash at Sauvie Island on Fourth...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Deputies have identified the 25-year-old Portland woman who died in a boat crash on the Willamette River on the Fourth of July. Reports came in shortly before 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 4 saying a boat had run ashore on Sauvie Island near the 14900 block of Northwest Gillihan Road.
Police looking for missing Gresham man
GRESHAM, Ore. (KPTV) - The Gresham Police Department is asking for help locating a missing man. Joseph Leffler, 40, was last seen just after 7:30 p.m. on Sunday in the area of Southeast 92nd Avenue and Southeast Clinton Street in Portland. Police said Leffler has health conditions that present concerns...
Hillsboro Patient Says Kaiser Doctor Injected Rubbing Alcohol Instead of Painkiller
What was supposed to be a quick fix for an ingrown toenail has landed a Portland-area woman in court, accusing Kaiser Permanente and a podiatrist of turning a routine visit into a medical nightmare. Sarah Blackman alleges that during a Jan. 29 procedure, the podiatrist injected a 70% isopropyl rubbing...
‘Miracle’: Family reunited with lost child after 4th of July rescue mission on Oregon...
A four-year-old girl was found five miles north of Cape Lookout State Park after becoming separated from her family during an Independence Day hike, and was treated for hypothermia and dehydration at Adventist Health Tillamook.
Police: Suspect killed in officer-involved shooting after armed robbery at Beaverton dispensary
BEAVERTON, Ore. (KPTV) - An armed robbery at a dispensary led to a deadly officer-involved shooting on Sunday night, according to the Beaverton Police Department. Just before 10 p.m., officer responded to a report of an armed robbery at Nectar, located at 8705 Southwest Hall Boulevard. Officers located a suspect believ
This vintage Milwaukie soda fountain outlived pharmacies, computer shops and a visit from JFK....
Customers at the downtown Milwaukie fountain — part of a 12,000-square-foot redevelopment project — will be able to sit at the same stool then-Sen. John F. Kennedy once used.
19-year-old Portlander makes Goodwill thrift store find of a lifetime
Several days a week, Quinn Brown will head to Goodwill stores in the Portland area to spend hours at a time sifting through blue bins to look for clothes to resell on the secondhand clothing site Depop. Brown launched his business reselling vintage clothes in 2023, when he was a junior at Lincoln High School. He says h
What Most Oregon Residents Don’t Know About Crows Sitting on Power Lines
Across Oregon, crows seem to be everywhere. They patrol Portland neighborhoods before sunrise, gather above Willamette Valley farmland during the afternoon, call loudly from coastal towns overlooking the Pacific, and glide across forests east of the Cascade Range. Wherever people have built roads and utility lines, cro
ATV Rider Killed in Late-Night Crash at Clark County Washington Intersection
CLARK COUNTY, Wash. — A 39-year-old ATV rider died after a collision with an SUV late Saturday night in Clark County, according to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded at approximately 11:30 p.m. on July 4, 2026, to a crash involving a vehicle and an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) at the intersection of Nor
