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PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A union that represents roughly 10% of Portland's workforce is set to strike Monday after weekend contract negotiations fell through. Negotiations between the city and the City of Portland Professional Workers (CPPW) union have been going on for nearly a year. After a more than...

After yesterday’s active day (thousands of power outages, 1/4-1/3″ rain in 1-2 hours, wind gusts 40-50 mph at the coast), today has been calm & mild! This evening will be cloudy with overnight lows in the 40s. MONDAY + TUESDAY SHOWERS. A couple weak systems pass through early...

VANCOUVER Wash. (KPTV) - A fire destroyed a house in Vancouver on Sunday afternoon, according to firefighters. At about 12:30 p.m., crews with the Vancouver Fire Department were sent to a house on Northeast 142nd Avenue near Northeast 99th Street after people called 911 to report smoke and flames. Firefighters...

Portland is waking up Sunday under mostly cloudy skies and temperatures in the mid-50s, with a few showers still possible before lunchtime. The city should reach about 59 degrees, making Sunday the quieter half of a weather pattern that turns much wetter Monday. Showers could linger before 1 p.m., but...

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON — The Pacific Northwest is in for a stormy week, with one Pacific storm after another moving onshore. The stretch starts with strong winds, including gusts up to 60 mph along the coast. An atmospheric river then arrives Tuesday night, November 10, aimed at Vancouver Island and northwest Washington. Rainfall forecasts through Saturday, November 14 show parts of the Olympic Peninsula getting 12 to 14 inches of rain. Seattle could pick up 2 to 3 inches, and Astoria, Oregon could

TROUTDALE, Ore. (KATU) — An e-bike battery explosion caught on camera engulfed a Troutdale home in flames this week, raising concerns about the safety of lithium-ion batteries and the growing number of fires involving rechargeable devices. The fire broke out Thursday night at a two-story wood-frame home on East...

PORTLAND, Ore. — More than 800 Portland city employees belonging to the City of Portland Professional Workers Union (CPPW) could be on strike on Monday, November 9, after negotiations between the city and the union stalled. State mediators are due to bring the two sides together again on Sunday,...

Wet pavement, gray skies and another approaching Pacific weather system could make Monday's commute considerably messier across the Portland-Vancouver metro area. Rain chances jump to 90% Monday, with showers continuing into Tuesday before a brief midweek break.

A house fire tore through a home in Southeast Portland's Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhood early Saturday, displacing two adults and several children and sending one resident away with a burned hand. Firefighters found heavy flames inside the house, including in the attic, before knocking the blaze down and clearing the structure. Portland...

A violent knifepoint carjacking on Holgate Boulevard near S.E. 76th, on Tuesday, October 6, ended up with a massive police response a short time later on 85th Avenue in the […]