Rose Festival parade floats take shape in unassuming North Portland warehouse
Portland's 119-year-old Rose Festival Floral and Starlight parade floats are getting dressed for their big day at the end of the week.
Residents displaced, 1 sent to hospital after 2-alarm fire in Vancouver
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A two-alarm fire resulted in damage to a home in Vancouver and one person sent to the hospital on Sunday morning, officials said. Just after 11 a.m., the Vancouver Fire Department responded to a fire at a two-story home at 12801 NE 4th Ave. Clark County Fire District 6 also responded […]
Burnside Bridge celebrates 100 years with picnic, music – and love letters
Thousands of people showed up on the Burnside Bridge on Saturday to celebrate the span’s centennial. The bridge – one of Portland’s oldest – connects the city’s east and west sides and has been the backdrop to countless protests and other community events over decades.
Readers respond: Don’t rank councilors who raise taxes
I refuse to pay the increase in the Portland arts tax (“Portland arts tax increased for the first time since 2012,” May 27). I am fed up with what feels like an ongoing war on Portland’s working class. First came the transportation utility fee, and now we...
Southeast Portland Councilors Fund Shatterproof Glass at Oft-Vandalized Accessibility Elevators
Portland city councilors representing District 3 are fed up with the frequently broken elevators at the Bob Stacey Crossing, which are supposed to allow cyclists and people with mobility issues to reach the pedestrian bridge—which crosses over train tracks—without having to climb a steep flight of stairs. The...
‘Portland slayer’ serial killer charged in murder of woman found in lake years after...
Months before being murdered, a young woman informed law enforcement of a physical assault and strangulation, an incident prosecutors now link to her alleged killer.
Inside the ‘experimental and avant-garde’ Portland boutique recognized by the NY Times
Owner Diana Kim told KOIN 6 that Stand Up Comedy strives to connect Portland with an international audience.
Search underway for suspect in Multnomah County road rage incident
Authorities are searching for a driver who shot at a 24-year-old man in a road rage incident on Southeast Foster Road, with the suspect's vehicle described as an older dark blue Ford Expedition with a distinct gold-colored bumper.
PacificSource Layoffs Hit Four Oregon Cities as Insurer Pulls Back From Marketplace Plans
PacificSource, which recently left the Affordable Care Act marketplace in Oregon, is laying off 97 employees in Portland, Salem, Bend, and Springfield, effective at the end of July. The nonprofit insurer provides coverage for 500,000 members affiliated with the Affordable Care Act via Medicare, Medicaid, and employer-s
Hundreds line up for hours outside the Criterion Mobile Closet in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Film fans waited in long lines outside the Portland Art Museum on Friday for a chance to step inside a traveling version of one of the movie world’s most famous rooms: the Criterion Closet. The Portland Art Museum’s Center for an Untold Tomorrow (PAM...

















