ICE detains longtime cook who worked at Portland restaurant for a decade
José "Poni" Góngora Poot, a longtime cook at Portland restaurant Güero, was detained by ICE agents while driving to work, prompting an outpouring of support from coworkers, customers and the local restaurant community.
Metro Chamber Threatens Legal Action if City Council Council Makes Changes to Arts Tax
The Portland Metro Chamber is threatening to sue the city if the City Council makes changes to the city’s Arts Tax without voter approval. The chamber of commerce wrote to the council in a May 13 letter that it had “serious legal concerns regarding the proposal by the Council to amend, expand, increase, restructure, or
Mt. Hood National Forest opens 24 campgrounds early
While skiers and snowboarders were left disappointed by the warm winter, the dry conditions means campgrounds are opening early throughout the Mt. Hood National Forest. Twenty four sites will be open Friday, May 15. Others are still waiting on U.S. Forest Service staff to clear hazard trees and debris, pump out toilets
Woman sentenced for fire that heavily damaged Elephants Deli in Northwest Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. — A judge sentenced a woman Wednesday morning for starting a fire that caused millions in damage to Elephants Delicatessen in Northwest Portland in March. She said the fire was accidentally set as she looked for food and a warm place to stay the night. Catherine Stough,...
Armed Gresham road rage leads to teen arrest
A 19-year-old driver is in custody after a road rage incident in Gresham that led to a gun being pointed at the victim. Junior Reyes-Galindo, 19, was taken into custody earlier this month. He was lodged at the Multnomah County Detention Center on charges related to menacing and unlawful use of a weapon.
In the Pearl District, Everybody Knows Daniel Shoemaker’s Name
For a long time, Daniel Shoemaker didn’t think of himself as a Pearl guy. In 2006 Shoemaker came to Portland from San Francisco, where he’d worked for microbreweries for about 14 years, with the intention of opening a cocktail bar. He and his business partner, Ted Charak, considered various locations and settled on the
Teen accused of drunk driving in fatal Clark County car crash
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – After several months, an arrest was made Tuesday in connection with a fatal car crash in 2025. According to officials, on Aug. 2, Clark County deputies responded to a report of a single-car crash on NE Reilly Road in east Clark County. When officials arrived at the scene, they found a 2013 Jeep
Malnourished whale found dead on Washington coast, 18th this year
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Scientists performed yet another necropsy on a deceased whale that washed up on the coast this weekend. The whale was found on the Long Beach Peninsula near Ocean Park, Wash. on Friday and is the 18th dead gray whale found in Washington this year. Four deceased gray whales have been found so far
Skeletal Remains Identified After More Than 20 Years
More than 20 years after the fully skeletonized remains of a man were found in a wooded area of Southwest Portland, the remains have been positively identified as Robert Lee Horton, who would have been 47 years old at the time of his death. On Dec. 19, 2004, two people...
Wildwood Trailer Uncovers the Dark Fantasy Hidden in Portland’s Woods – Reactor
Despite having read Colin Meloy’s Wildwood, and having watched every snippet of video Laika has released about their next animated film, it didn’t occur to me until just now that the story is kind of a sister story to Labyrinth. (Which also recalls Maurice Sendak’s Outside Over There; we do love to steal little sibling
