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For years, critics have blamed Oregon’s 2020 ballot measure that decriminalized possession of small amounts of drugs for the state’s rising crime and overdose rates. But a new study suggests otherwise. Researchers from Portland State University’s Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice released their final...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A Crook County teenager is recovering in a Portland hospital after suffering serious injuries in a car crash last weekend. Paige Wood, 16, is well known in Crook County for her involvement in multiple sports, including volleyball. She competes and coaches with the Central Oregon Volleyball...

The fried fish sandwich at new eatery Pal's is a huge hunk of rainbow trout coated in crushed kettle chips, topped with American cheese and smothered in a house-made sauce. It's a monster of a bite that the restaurant's owners hope will lure Portlanders over to Hayden Island to try.

Blood donations in PNW critical during ’100 Deadliest Days’. We are currently in a period known as the “100 Deadliest Days,” a time between Memorial Day and Labor Day where we see a spike in accident and trauma cases. Updated: 4 hours ago. |. Two people were...

The Portland Police Bureau has provided new details in the tragic shooting that claimed the life of a young woman over the weekend. The victim has been officially identified as 21-year-old Kimberly Venegas-Gonzalez from Portland. After the sorrowful task of notification, her family has released a photograph for...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - More than four years after a deadly shooting in northeast Portland, a suspect has been arrested and the victim’s family feels like they are one step closer to justice. Friday’s arraignment of Daundre Willis was something William Kendrick’s friends and family had been waiting for,...

Philip E. Redmon, 41, was found dead inside a North Portland motel on Monday from a gunshot wound, and the shooter remains at large.

Decades after Tom Belesiu sold the place to his daughter and son-in-law, Tom’s Restaurant regulars could still find him every day at the business he founded in 1975. He greeted customers, cleared tables, made minor building and equipment repairs. He was there at the beloved Southeast Portland diner and bar the day...

PORTLAND, Ore. — What started as a casual afternoon swim in the Willamette River ended with one local man unintentionally becoming Portland’s newest source of renewable energy. Witnesses say 34-year-old Derek Morrison emerged from the Kelly Point Park section of the river last Tuesday “radiating a soft green...

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi sent letters to Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and Portland Mayor Keith Wilson warning that the state's and city's sanctuary policies could violate federal immigration law. According to a post on X by Bondi on Thursday, the Department of Justice sent...