A lifeline for Oregon mothers battling addiction is going away
The Letty Owings Center, a residential treatment facility in Portland where patients can recover from drug addiction while parenting their babies, will close at the end of October. First opened in 1989, the center has long been a place for pregnant women and new mothers to get well and bond...
Portland man pleads guilty to attacking Pioneer Courthouse security officer
Jett Avery Thomas, 42, pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated assault on a federal employee for attacking a security guard at the Pioneer Federal Courthouse in 2023.
After 40 years, one of the Portland area’s oldest ice cream shops is on...
The corner shop served countless scoops of ice cream to Portland-area kids under its distinctive blue roof over the past 40 years. And now it’s on the brink. The Lake Oswego Ice Creamery and Restaurant, at 37 A Ave., is “facing the tough possibility of closing due to rising costs and declining business,” according to t
Candidate seeking top Multnomah County job gets tripped up by elections rule
Voters selecting Multnomah County’s next top executive this fall will see only part of candidate Sharon Meieran’s campaign pitch in the Voters’ Pamphlet. That’s because the emergency room doctor and former county commissioner filed a candidate statement that significantly exceeded the 325-word limit set by the state.
Vancouver Habitat for Humanity buying mobile home parks to protect affordable housing
A nonprofit affordable housing developer is expected to close on the sale of two neighboring manufactured home parks north of Vancouver this month. Evergreen Habitat for Humanity plans to fix up many of the approximately 60 mobile homes in the Hazel Dell parks and potentially build more affordable housing on the surrou
Man sentenced for gunfire, weapon on Legacy High School campus
A man who brought a gun onto Legacy High School’s campus and fired it will serve local jail time and years of supervised probation.
Facing Budget Shortfall, Home Forward Plans to Increase Portion of Income Most Clients Pay...
Home Forward, the city of Portland’s housing authority, plans to increase the portion of income the vast majority of its tenants and voucher holders must pay on rent in an effort to close an estimated $31 million budget gap. Unlike how a rent increase typically works for market-rate housing,...
Car linked to hit-and-run death of Gresham flagger found in Vancouver
GRESHAM, Ore. (KPTV) - A car linked to a hit-and-run crash that killed a flagger in Gresham was found in Vancouver on Wednesday, according to police. Miguel Jimenez, 50, died after being hit by a driver while working as a construction site flagger in Gresham early Monday morning. Investigators say...
Oregon teen who devised an intricate terror plot to behead and bomb ICE agents...
Coleman signed a plea deal to drop 13 charges. BY: MEGA and KATU NEWS/YOUTUBE An Oregon teen who threatened to behead multiple ICE agents and was found with enough material to make Molotov cocktails, has been given a rather lenient plea deal, which would see him in prison for not more than 75 days along with three year
3 arrested in copper theft bust at vacant Portland hospital
PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - Three people were arrested following a copper theft investigation in Portland. On Aug. 25, at about 9 a.m., officers responded to Vibra Specialty Hospital at 10300 Northeast Hancock Street on the report of people trespassing on the property. The hospital closed in Jan. 2026, and police said it h
