These Traffic Lights Reward Drivers Who Obey the Speed Limit
The rest in red system uses sensors to detect drivers complying with the speed limit and gives them an earlier green light.
Man hit, killed by car in SE Portland; SE Belmont closed near scene
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A man was hit and killed by a car in southeast Portland on Saturday evening, according to police. At 8 p.m., officers were sent to the report of a crash on Southeast Belmont Street between Southeast 35th Avenue and Southeast 37th Avenue. Officers arrived to find...
Pedestrian Killed on SE Belmont in Portland, Street Shut for Blocks
A pedestrian was struck and killed by a car on SE Belmont Street in Southeast Portland late Friday night, prompting police to shut down a stretch of the busy corridor while they investigated. Officers were called to the crash between SE 35th and SE 37th avenues, and the closure ultimately stretched from SE 34th to SE 3
This Century-Old Oyster Bar In Oregon Was Almost Lost Forever, But Locals Refused To...
There are restaurants you visit, and then there are restaurants that visit you back, settling into your memory like a warm bowl of something wonderful on a cold Portland evening. Dan & Louis Oyster Bar in Portland, Oregon is firmly in that second category, and the fact that it’s still...
Readers respond: I-5 closure cheaper for whom?
The Oregon Department of Transportation says closing a portion of southbound I-5 through Portland for five continuous weeks is the most efficient way to complete necessary repairs (“Southbound I-5 through Portland’s Rose Quarter to close for up to 5 weeks; Officials warn of severe delays,” Aug. 24). I appreciate the im
‘Shots fired’ calls bring officers to Mt. Scott-Arleta neighborhood
Usually, when shots have been fired, somebody has heard them. In this case, residents found a lot of spent bullet casings on their street and assumed the worst. But, when East Precinct officers responded to the calls received on a Sunday evening in early August, all they found was the discarded casings. Nobody reported
Milwaukie Cocktail Bar Owners Turn Old Dental Office Into Hidden Garden Venue
A former dental office next to Decibel Sound & Drink in downtown Milwaukie is being transformed into a hidden garden event space called Lulu Mae, with room for 15 to 30 guests indoors and a rear courtyard that fits up to 49 people among plants and gravel pathways. The venue is scheduled to host its first private event
Willamette Falls is undergoing a generational facelift. These 4 projects are leading the way
Crammed with industrial ruins, bound by bureaucracy and choked by generations of trauma, Willamette Falls — once one of the biggest gathering places for Indigenous people in the region — is in the midst of generational change. Since 1829, when industry first came to the sacred fishing spot,...
Albuquerque And Portland Reward Those Who Obey Speed Limits With Faster Green Lights
Speeding to catch the next green light can now have exactly the opposite effect on certain streets in Albuquerque and Portland. Drive too quickly toward one of their specially equipped intersections, and the traffic signal ... Read more
Man who beat fiancee so hard with coffee mug a ceramic shard entered her...
An Oregon man accused of killing his fiancee with a coffee mug and placing her body in the back of her car and driving away in the middle of a winter storm before crashing into a snow bank has entered a plea. Jon French, 35, pleaded no contest to manslaughter and guilty to abuse of […] The post Man who beat fiancee so
