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Editor’s note: By the end of the year, Portland and Multnomah County will have 1,100 fewer shelter beds due to budget cuts necessitating the closure of 11 facilities. Read more about how the Portland-area got here just six years after approving a seminal new tax to improve homeless services.

Oregon State Parks closed bathrooms at six coastal locations due to vandalism damage.

Commuters who travel the Rose Quarter stretch of southbound Interstate 5 are in for significant traffic delays when officials close the busy thoroughfare 24/7 for up to five weeks. The closure, part of the long-delayed renovation of the Rose Quarter, is set to begin Sept. 11 and will focus on...

A multi-vehicle crash on Highway 26 near Elsie, Oregon, caused heavy traffic backups toward the Oregon Coast early Tuesday morning.

BATTLE GROUND, WA – A brush fire in Clark County sparked evacuations Monday. The Hidden Meadows Fire broke out around 11am near S-R 503, burning 12 acres in the first few hours. Initially, around 250 people were under Level 3-Go Now evacuations. Crews made significant progress and evacuation orders were lowered at arou

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Some residents on the east side of the Portland metro area are waking up to small pieces of ash on their cars and property. The Austin Fire burning in east Clackamas County produced a decent-sized smoke plume around 3 a.m. Tuesday. The plume was picked...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An Oregon farm will pay to settle claims that it contaminated the groundwater supply in Morrow and Umatilla counties. Echo-based Madison Ranches has agreed to pay $6.2 million to compensate local residents who rely on private wells that draw water contaminated with nitrates and nitrogen in the L

HomeGoods is coming to East Multnomah County for the first time, signing an 18,300-square-foot lease at Gresham Station that stands as the single largest retail lease inked anywhere in the Portland metro area during the second quarter of 2026. The off-price home decor chain plans to open its doors at the shopping cente

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An injured cougar is still at large after being spotted in a neighborhood in Northeast Portland, authorities said. At 5:11 p.m., the Gresham Police Department said they responded to a report via Oregon State Police about cougar sightings in the Wilkes Neighborhood. Gresham police used drones, at

Two dozen drag performers from across the Pacific Northwest climbed into hot air balloons before sunrise Monday, trading stages and spotlights for wicker baskets and open sky above Yamhill County's wine country. The goal: an attempt at the world record for the most drag performers airborne in hot air balloons at the sa