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Oregon Midsummer Festival, Milk Carton Boat Race among Portland-area weekend events

Plus, “Portland’s original açaí cafe” is commemorating 11 years with a big anniversary party.
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SE Portland City Councilors Pledge Funding for Frequently Broken Bob Stacey Elevators

Portland is one of the most biked cities in America, with an estimated four percent of residents regularly biking to work. Although Portland has substantial biking infrastructure in place, bike commuters still face many barriers. For SE residents and commuters, one of the main challenges is navigating the train tracks.
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See inside this $5M mansion that had a ‘Portlandia’ cameo and was home to...

A handsome 1912 Colonial Revival mansion built for a wealthy industrialist in Southeast Portland’s Laurelhurst Historic District is for sale at $4,995,000. The 0.57-acre property at 3360 S.E. Ankeny St. has a large front lawn and a pathway to the 7,220-square-foot mansion with red bricks, white-framed Palladian windows
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The delightful surprise waiting for you at this Portland dessert spot: having your fortune...

What’s more fortunate than having 24-hour access to high-end desserts? How about actual fortunes?. Pix Patisserie has been serving tasty treats on East Burnside since 2001, and some of them have been available at all hours in their Pix-O-Matic vending machines since 2020. The machines have long included random amusemen
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14-year-old crash victim identified; friends share loss after passing

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Candles, flowers, and pictures covered the corner of Southwest Scholls Ferry Rd and SW Barrows Rd to remember 14-year-old Jacob Tran. About a dozen friends prayed over the growing memorial on Thursday. “He was kind, always brought a smile to people,” one friend said during the...
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Body recovered from Willamette River Friday morning

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Portland Fire & Rescue told KATU News that a body was recovered from the Willamette River on Friday morning. Rick Graves with Portland Fire & Rescue said the body appeared to have been in the water for some time. "This was a very decomposed body...
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Former Woodland mayor charged for theft and destruction of public records

The former mayor of Woodland is facing multiple felony charges, including charges that he allegedly destroyed public records while leading his Southwest Washington community. Will Finn, who worked as a Washington State Patrol officer while he served as mayor, also faces identity theft-related charges linked to a separa
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3 WA dental practices pay more than $1M to settle Medicaid fraud allegations

Three dental practices in Southwest Washington have reached settlements that total more than $1 million to resolve allegations that they engaged in fraudulent billing practices and overcharged the Medicaid program.
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OREGON DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES OFFICE OF RESILIENCE & EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (OREM): Federal, state...

Local, state and federal leaders converged recently to better prepare for the Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake and tsunami, which is expected to affect Oregon, Washington, California and British Columbia, Canada. More than 50 leaders and staff from Oregon coastal communities, tribes, Oregon Department of Emergency M
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Portland’s Backyard Boom Is Over, Inside The City’s Fireworks Crackdown

For Portlanders who grew up timing backyard bottle rockets to the national anthem, the party is officially over. The city has outlawed personal fireworks inside Portland limits after years of summer fire spikes, injury reports and complaints about the toll on pets and neighbors who are sensitive to loud blasts. Officia

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