Police seek help identifying robbery suspect who targeted Portland convenience stores
PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - The Portland Police Bureau is asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect involved in a series of robberies last year. The robberies occurred in Oct. 2025 at Portland area convenience stores. Police said the suspect robbed the following locations:. 6000 block of Northeast Halsey...
Pearl District Luxury Tower Slaps Portland With $5 Million Shelter Showdown
A luxury Pearl District apartment tower is trying to make the City of Portland pay up over a nearby overnight homeless shelter, arguing the city-backed facility has turned the surrounding blocks unsafe, unsanitary and less desirable for residents. The owner has filed a formal tort claim and warned that a full-blown...
Residents face uncertainty as Portland shelter operator shuts down
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — City and county officials are still not prepared to answer questions about what’s next for hundreds of people living at six shelters run by a nonprofit set to dissolve at the end of June. “We are still in a holding pattern. This is new...
An Alaska Airlines Plane and a FedEx Cargo Plane Narrowly Missed Colliding
There were 171 passengers and six crew members on board the commercial flight from Portland, Ore.
Downtown Portland’s Merchant Bank Building sold at a steep discount
PORTLAND, Ore. — This story comes from the Portland Business Journal, a KGW news partner. The full story is here. A downtown Portland building that formerly housed the Greek Cusina restaurant has sold for below its asking price and millions less than its last sale price. Restauranteur Gilbert Leon...
Mom Found With Throat Slashed Open in Blood-Soaked Car While Her Baby Cried in...
A woman who was killed in Washington will finally see justice. Courtney Clinton was found murdered in November 2024, and now, it will hopefully only be a few more weeks before her accused killer faces a judge. The mother of three had her youngest child with her in the car at the time of her death, but thankfully the...
Jail issues new mugshot rules for Muslim women arrested in Portland area
The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office will allow women lodged in the downtown Portland jail to keep wearing a religious headcovering for their primary booking photo. Jailers previously ordered women to remove their burkas and hijabs prior to being photographed in the basement intake center. Those expected to linger...
‘He was going paralyzed’: Vancouver man awarded $10M after waiting 17 hours in ER,...
VANCOUVER, Wash. — John Douglas Cox, 66, says his life was forever changed in 2021 after a delay in care at a local emergency room. His lawyer, Jane Paulson, told KGW that Cox waited 17 hours before receiving proper treatment. “At its core, this case is about time,” Paulson...
Orca found, killed in Columbia Slough in 1931 buried there
Is a long-dead whale buried on Livingston Mountain in east Clark County?. The short answer is yes. The long answer involves a series of events that eventually became a dimly remembered local legend, passed on from generation to generation. The story of Ethelbert the whale (or Oswald, to people on the Washington side...
Southwest Washington lawmakers weigh in on passage of millionaires tax
About 1,000 high-income earners across Southwest Washington will likely pay the state’s first income tax in nearly a century. Lawmakers passed the so-called millionaires tax Wednesday, shortly before approving an $80.2 billion supplemental operating budget and adjourning Thursday evening. Senate Bill 6346 will place...
