Oaks Bottom Fire Fears Put Southeast Portland On Edge
A Reed College researcher is warning that the wooded wetlands at Oaks Bottom and the Southeast Portland neighborhoods wrapped around it could give a fast-moving urban fire a straight shot to nearby homes. Portland Fire & Rescue has already flagged Oaks Bottom after several small blazes in the past year, and utility and city officials say new detection technology is not on the drawing...
Portland settles lawsuit over 2022 death of young mother during street racing incident
An attorney noted the drivers’ actions were the primary cause of McGill’s death, but jurors could have argued the city was also at fault.
Chinese Zipper Giant Snaps Up Portland For First U.S. Beachhead
Portland is about to get zipped into the global supply chain story. SBS, a major Chinese zipper manufacturer, is planning to open its first U.S. office in the Portland area, giving the company its first permanent foothold in the country and potentially speeding up access to its zippers and trims for North American brands. The move lands as more overseas suppliers and showrooms quietly...
Rent in Seattle is more affordable than Portland, study finds
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – With rent prices on the rise, WalletHub released a list on Wednesday, ranking cities with the most affordable rent in the United States. But where do cities in the Pacific Northwest fall?. Rental costs have grown more than 50% in the last decade, WalletHub said,...
Snowy Highway 26 Spinout Near Welches Kills Gresham Woman, Hurts 2-Year-Old
A 34-year-old Gresham woman was killed and a 2-year-old girl suffered minor injuries Wednesday afternoon after a pickup slid off U.S. Highway 26 and slammed into a tree near Welches, as snow and hail covered the roadway. Troopers and emergency crews were called out around 3 p.m. The Oregon State...
The Slide Inn, German restaurant in Portland, to close in May
A longtime neighborhood restaurant in Portland is preparing to serve its final meals. The Slide Inn announced it will host its final day of service on May 10, ending a run that traces back more than 30 years to its original concept, Il Piatto. Owners Lenor and Eugen Bingham shared...
This restaurant was a regular on ‘Portlandia.’ Now it’s closing after 32 years in...
A Portland restaurant that survived more than 30 years across two incarnations and served as a frequent location on “Portlandia” will close for good next month. The Slide Inn will shut its doors on May 10, owners Eugen and Lenor Bingham wrote in a press release. The German-inspired...
Gresham ‘raises glass’ to new groundwater system
The City of Gresham is about to hit a major milestone in a sweeping change to how residents get their water. In June, the transition to groundwater will be fully online. The project, co-helmed by the city and Rockwood Water People’s Utility District as the Cascade Groundwater Alliance, breaks from the Portland Water Bureau and Bull Run Reservoir.
Property Watch: Another Spanish-Style House Steps from Forest Park
Things were pretty wild in 1904. It was the year before the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition was to take place in Portland, and people were jazzed about what the celebration could mean for the city. Vendors were pitching fair organizers like crazy. A rumored observation tower promised the “most magnificent panorama on the American continent.” One guy wanted to build a toboggan slide...
License plate readers are helping ICE bypass Portland’s sanctuary laws
Surveilled and Sold is an investigative series about how surveillance technologies track immigrants in an era of mass deportation — and the ways private companies and the U.S. government buy, sell, and exchange our personal data. This story first appeared on palabra, the digital news site by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
