This Giant Oregon Thrift Store Charges By The Pound, And $30 Fills A Cart
Forget everything you thought you knew about thrift shopping, because the Goodwill Outlet Store in Milwaukie, Oregon is playing by a completely different set of rules. This isn’t your average browse-the-racks-and-hope-for-the-best kind of place. Here, the game is wilder, the deals are realer, and the thrill of the hunt
Person accused of firing gun at tree workers in Oregon City prior to SWAT...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A man is accused of shooting at tree workers in Oregon City on Saturday, which generated a response from deputies, a SWAT team and subsequent arrest. Just before 2:30 p.m., the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office said they responded to reports of a neighbor firing a gun at workers cutting down tre
Readers respond: Riders are an afterthought for TriMet
Jarrett Walker is right about one thing: TriMet’s shrinking service should concern the entire region (“Trimet is shrinking. Do we care?” Aug. 23). But there is another part of TriMet’s crisis that deserves considerably more attention — the experience of the people who actually use the system.
Portlanders honor Dolly Parton with popup roller disco at Convention Center
People gathered at the Convention Center Plaza in Portland for a special roller-skating disco event to honor the style, spirit and life of Dolly Parton on Friday.
Woman dies while hiking Oregon’s Horsetail Falls trail
A 70-year-old woman fell 400 feet to her death Friday afternoon while hiking near Horsetail Falls in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge, according to the Multnomah County sheriff’s office. The woman’s name has not been released, pending next-of-kin notification. Cascade Locks Fire notified the sheriff’s office around 1:45..
As I-5 Closure Looms, Portland Will Consider Paying TriMet Fare for City Employees
Budget documents show the city and TriMet have negotiated a one-year pilot program that would provide all city employees with full transit coverage, including TriMet buses, MAX and WES trains, and C-Tran local service. An emergency ordinance was added by Mayor Keith Wilson to the consent agenda of the Sept....
Fire destroys house in NE Vancouver
VANCOUVER Wash. (KPTV) - A house was destroyed by a fire in northeast Vancouver on Saturday afternoon, according to firefighters. Crews with the Vancouver Fire Department were sent to the area of Northeast 75th Street and Northeast 124th Avenue after multiple people called 911 to report seeing flames and smoke coming f
Fiancée of worker killed in Longview tank failure says he looked for other work,...
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Clutching her fiancé’s wedding band, Patti Craff shares her heartbreak three months after her partner Norman Barlow died in the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company tank failure in Longview. “I don’t think I’m going to meet someone like him ever again. And that’s what’s really...
How did Oregon become one of the most expensive places to live?
Oregon used to be something of a bargain. The state was a rare find on the West Coast, a place where homes were cheap by national standards, household products like groceries were relatively inexpensive and utility rates were the envy of many other parts of the country. No longer. Oregon...
Man found dead on sidewalk after shooting in SE Portland Buckman neighborhood
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A man was found dead after a shooting in southeast Portland’s Buckman neighborhood early on Saturday morning, according to police. Just after 2:30 a.m., officers with the Portland Police Bureau were sent to Southeast 12th Avenue after reports of gunfire. When police arrived, they found a man dead
