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GRESHAM, Ore. (KATU) — Police confirmed a cougar was spotted in Gresham late Wednesday night. “At 10:30 p.m., police responded to the 2000 block of Southeast Fleming Avenue after a citizen reported seeing a cougar in a tree near Springwater Trail High School,” Gresham police said. When officers...

A vegetation fire broke out alongside westbound Interstate 84 in Portland on Wednesday night, growing serious enough that fire officials called for a second alarm to bring in reinforcements. Heavy brush burned close to the freeway lanes on the north side of westbound I-84 near NE 72nd Avenue, according to local communi

Kenneth A. Lacey, 37, was arrested on August 17 for the alleged murder of 47-year-old Johnny Alexander, whose body was discovered with suspicious injuries in a Portland apartment on August 5.

A judge issued a no-contact order between the 31-year-old man and the victim, though he currently remains in custody.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A serial thief was sentenced to more than six years in jail after he pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges for stealing from several stores – including one Plaid Pantry 39 different times. Investigators say that Timothy Jones, 54, stole goods that total about $50,000...

Plans to renovate the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds will move forward after the county council authorized $44 million in limited tax general obligation bonds to finance the work. The council previously approved moving forward with $31 million in financing for the renovation work in April. The additional.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Portland police have identified the cyclist killed in a crash Aug. 25 in the Ashcreek-Crestwood neighborhood. PREVIOUS COVERAGE | Driver strikes, kills bicyclist in Southwest Portland. Officials say 72-year-old Margret N. Shrader of Portland was killed when the e-bike she was riding was struck h

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The Oregon Department of Transportation is providing more details about the upcoming closure of southbound Interstate 5 in the Rose Quarter. Southbound Interstate 5 will close at 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, for about five weeks for long-overdue preservation work and the first work to improve traffi

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Oregon child welfare officials are asking for the public’s help to find a baby reported missing from southeast Portland. The Oregon Department of Human Services Child Welfare Division said Dakota Simone Williams, about 2 months old, went missing from the Findley Apartments at 3440 SE 54th Ave. i

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A community is grieving five lives lost in a domestic violence incident this weekend outside of Forest Grove. The Kimsey family lost three generations of women, including a local tattoo artist who made a mark on Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood. The Montavilla community has been hit...