NE Portland tattoo shop loses $1,000s in equipment and art to overnight break-in
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Bloodhound Tattoo in northeast Portland was open for business on Saturday, even as the women-owned tattoo shop is still recovering from a break-in on Tuesday night. “There was a hole where the lock should have been. I was immediately like, ‘Oh, God,’” said shop owner Dana...
4 people without home after fire in SE Portland
Four adults are without a home after a fire in southeast Portland on Saturday morning, according to firefighters.
Portland City Council Votes To Reshape Its Committee Structure
Portland’s transition to a new form of government last January brought new practices and procedures for the City Council. Among the largest changes, impacting both the Council and members of the public, was the introduction of eight policy committees. The committees, which considered topics including transportation,...
Portland Fuel Hub Time Bomb Ignites Billion-Dollar Liability Fight
Portland is staring down the possibility of a multibillion-dollar cleanup bill if a major earthquake shreds the city’s Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub, and state lawmakers and county officials are scrambling to settle who would be on the hook. A proposed statewide policy would make terminal operators prove...
Whistleblower Files Lawsuit Claiming Gross Mismanagement and Waste of Public Funds at Portland Homeless...
PORTLAND, Ore. — A former executive of one of the largest homeless service providers in Multnomah County has filed a $4.5 million lawsuit for unfair dismissal for attempting to disclose alleged gross mismanagement by top executives of the nonprofit organization. Kate Fulton, the former financial director of Sunstone...
Portland Ombudsman probes tiny home evictions by largest homeless services provider
Note: The city says forced removal from shelter sites are not legally considered evictions because guests are not tenants and the individual units are not considered a home in legal terms. For the purposes of brevity and clarity KATU will continue using the term. The Cambridge English dictionary defines an eviction...
Is Trader Joe’s actually cheaper? We bought the same groceries at 8 Portland grocery...
With 14 Trader Joe’s stores in the Portland-Vancouver area and more than 600 nationwide, the quirky California chain has built an almost cult-like following on social media and in person. Fans of the brand even broke out in dance to the song “Celebration” in front of the Gresham store in the days before it opened...
Man shot, injured after large fight in downtown Portland parking lot ends in gunfire
PORTLAND, Ore. — Someone was taken to the hospital early Saturday morning after a fight in a downtown Portland parking lot ended in gunfire, police officials said. The shooting was reported at about 2:40 a.m. in a parking lot off Harvey Milk Street between 3rd and 4th avenues. Initial...
US 26 eastbound snow congestion creates headaches for Mt. Hood travelers
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — U.S. 26 eastbound is congested with traffic due to snow on the roads, seven miles east of Welches. This comes after a brief closure near milepost 48-53, with a line of cars backed up on U.S. 26 on Saturday afternoon. The Oregon Department of Transportation said that there may be delays […]
Is Senate Bill 4084 Tina Kotek’s Poverty Act : The $4.5 Billion Dollar...
The Real Story- A Column HILLSBORO, OR — Oregon Governor Tina Kotek’s Prosperity Act (Senate Bill 4084) is really more like the Poverty Act if you live in a city […] The post Is Senate Bill 4084 Tina Kotek’s Poverty Act : The $4.5 Billion Dollar “Gift” To The Big Three Is Most Undemocratic appeared first on The...
