Southeast Portland grocer identified as another measles exposure site
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Southeast Portland grocery store is the latest location in the metro area to be exposed to measles. On Thursday afternoon, the Oregon Health Authority and Multnomah County health leaders announced the Safeway on 2800 SE Hawthorne Blvd. as another exposure site for the virus.
Business as Usual at North Portland Scrapyard, Despite Years of Environmental Violations
NW Metals LLC is facing new enforcement actions brought by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for repeated violations at its north Portland scrapyards. The notice, sent to the company in November 2025, lists a slew of violations including operating without the proper permits and continually dodging...
After 9 years on the job, TSA worker says he quit rather than keep...
PORTLAND, Ore. — As of Thursday, an ongoing partial government shutdown had reached its 48th day. Though some received backpay this week, thousands of federal workers continue reporting to work without any promise of pay going forward — and for some, the damage was done weeks ago. "It's...
Man sentenced to 25 years prison for 2023 Scappoose stabbing
A Scappoose man will spend 25 years in prison for the 2023 homicide of Rhiannon Meyer. On Dec. 19, 2023, 34-year-old Meyer was stabbed to death at her home on Southwest Fourth Street in Scappoose. Meyer had been allowing then-30-year-old Derek Lee Welter to shower and do laundry at her...
Portland leaders want to dole out fees for vacant buildings downtown. Stakeholders aren’t having...
The City of Portland is commissioning a study to explore the possibility of imposing a fee on landlords who leave spaces vacant for too long in an effort to reduce the number of empty storefronts and housing units.
Bruce Springsteen brings hope and the power of rock and roll to Portland
Bruce Springsteen is out to save America with rock and roll. On Friday night, in a Moda Center packed with screaming, singing fans, it felt like he might just do it. At 7:30 p.m., long lines still snaked around the Rose Quarter. So it was about 10 minutes after the planned start time that Springsteen and the E Street...
Feds Nail Portland Drug Runner With 10 Years Over Hidden Fentanyl Stash
A cross-state drug pipeline packed into a Dodge Ram just earned a Portland man a decade in federal prison. Luis Garcia Zurita, 38, was sentenced Thursday to 120 months behind bars after investigators say they found thousands of counterfeit fentanyl pills and more than two kilograms of cocaine hidden in a vehicle he...
Suspect in Portland mother’s killing extradited from Kentucky, appears in court
CLARK COUNTY Wash. (KPTV) - The man accused of killing a Portland mother appeared in a Clark County courtroom for the first time on Thursday, two years after the alleged crime. Dariel Nunez Montero, 32, wore an orange jumpsuit while joining the hearing remotely from jail. Deputies extradited him from...
Armed man who robbed a Happy Valley Denny’s sentenced to prison
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An Oregon man who robbed a Denny’s in Clackamas County of its video poker money is heading to prison. Douglas Wayne Kelsey, 33, was sentenced Thursday to 14 years after he pleaded guilty to two counts of first degree robbery. According to court documents...
Scandal-plagued homeless service nonprofit will close
Two weeks after union members called for top bosses to resign at Sunstone Way, workers at the nonprofit homeless camp operator got an email saying Sunstone will permanently close on July 1. The March 12 memo to workers blamed the closure on reduced funding and increased expenses, but gross mismanagement...
