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At a small Latino grocery tucked into Southeast Portland, the shelves are stocked but the aisles are quiet, and owner Joe Esparza is worried. He says longtime customers have stopped coming because they are afraid of immigration enforcement, and the hit to his bottom line has put the store’s future in doubt. Esparza...

Kroger’s plans to shutter dozens of underperforming locations is in full swing. The Fred Meyer and QFC parent company announced in June that it intended to close approximately 60 stores over the next 18 months. A few months later, a longstanding Northeast Portland Fred Meyer in Gateway Shopping Center closed its doors.

A stalking suspect was arrested Wednesday night following a pursuit and K-9 search in Hillsboro, according to police.

During the past few months, the “open sharing” portion of the Camas Friends Church’s weekly gatherings has included a lot of discussion about current events — in particular, the actions of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. Pastor Matt Boswell knew that some of the church...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Portland man was arrested and accused of drug dealing after a police investigation resulted in the seizure of cocaine, Xanax and cash, authorities said. Sineca Legard, 48, was lodged in the Multnomah County Detention Center on multiple charges. This comes after the Portland Police Bureau...

When Paul Knauls Sr. walked into the Spare Room for his 95th birthday celebration (technically, the after-party), the packed Northeast Portland institution exploded. “The mayor is in the house,” people yelled, and showered him with affection. Known colloquially as the “mayor of Albina” or the “honorary mayor of...

A small granite marker behind the Astoria Column commemorates an invention that traces its roots to the Oregon coast: cable television. In 1948 – four years before Portland got its first TV station –Astoria residents were already watching broadcast television, thanks to Leroy Edward “Ed” Parsons. Using a system of...

A shocking video recorded earlier this week shows a man breaking into a car in Portland, Oregon, to steal a bag containing only school books, sparking both outrage and disbelief among viewers. The footage, shared on Reddit, captures the moment the thief shatters the vehicle’s rear window and quickly grabs the bag...

PORTLAND, Ore. – Portland police arrested a man Tuesday night after he was found slumped behind the wheel of a running vehicle. Officers from the East Precinct responded around 10:20 p.m. to reports of 34-year-old Cory Holland of Portland unresponsive at a stoplight near Northeast 139th Avenue and East Burnside...

There’s a reason people are willing to drive an hour or more to get to Picc-A-Dilly Flea Market in Eugene. Actually, there are about a thousand reasons, and most of them involve prices that make you wonder if someone made a mistake with the decimal point. The phenomenon of...