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Former Multnomah County Commissioner Loretta Smith launches bid for Portland City Council
Loretta Smith, a former Multnomah County Commissioner who has long eyed a return to elected office, said that she will run for Portland City Council this fall, ending months of speculation. After two unsuccessful City Hall bids in 2018 and 2020, Smith, 59, will attempt a third under Portland’s new...
Two more hikers fall at Oneonta Creek Trail
Two more hikers had to be rescued after slipping down a steep embankment at a popular Columbia River Gorge trail. At 6 p.m. Monday, July 15, Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a 911 call from a hiker who reported he and a friend, both adult males, had fallen while recreating at Oneonta Trail. The pair had fallen about 1.5 miles from the trail head into Oneonta Creek, with one of the hikers suffering a laceration to the head. ...
Multnomah County has its first measles case
Multnomah County public health officials are investigating one case of measles in an unvaccinated young child with recent travel to an area with measles activity. The news broke Tuesday, July 16. The child and the child’s family recently spent time abroad in a country where measles is more common, county officials said. Public health officials...
"Top Chef Masters" star Naomi Pomeroy dies in river tubing accident
Naomi Pomeroy, an award-winning chef who helped put Portland on the map as a culinary destination and starred on "Top Chef Masters," has drowned in an inner tubing accident, authorities said. She was 49 years old.Pomeroy drowned Saturday evening in the Willamette River near Corvallis after the group she was tubing with got caught on an exposed snag in the water, the Benton County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. Pomeroy was pulled under the water and trapped by a paddle board leash attached to her, Captain Chris Duffitt said. The group had tied their inner tubes and paddle board...
DMV Patrons Are Pissed Off By the Restroom at Mall 205
ADDRESS: 9900 SE Washington St. WHY IT’S EMPTY: Tenants aren’t happy. Earlier this month, WW devoted its cover story to examining the fate of Portland’s most famous zombie mall, Lloyd Center. It’s been repurposed as a hub for Portland’s burgeoning DIY scene after its owners slashed tenants’ rent.
2 young boys seriously injured in Deschutes Co. crash on way to soccer tournament
DESCHUTES COUNTY Ore. (KPTV) - A Portland youth soccer community is asking for help after two young players on their team were involved in a serious crash over the weekend near Bend. While 8-year-old Diego is home recovering, 9-year-old Anthony is in the hospital and fighting for his life. “We’re...
‘Can’t solve everything’: What are authorities doing to stop repeat graffiti on I-84?
State and local officials are coordinating efforts to combat graffiti on I-84 after taggers targeted the section of Portland freeway one day after a massive cleanup effort had been completed.
Man killed in SE Portland stabbing was self-appointed neighborhood camping ‘sheriff’
Portland police officials identified the man killed in an early Monday stabbing in the Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhood as a 73-year-old man who lived nearby. Kenny L. Housman was a self-appointed camping “sheriff” for his street, according to a September 2023 KATU-TV interview with Housman. KATU reported Tuesday that a...
Celebrate Portland Pride with local drag queen Nicole Onoscopi
Portland Pride celebrations are underway this week as the queer community end the week with a march on Sunday. Local Portland drag queen Nicole Onoscopi has multiple family-friendly events leading up to Sunday.
Bookkeeper for Portland transportation union embezzled nearly $190,000
A bookkeeper for the Portland chapter of a transportation workers union on Tuesday was sentenced to time served for stealing nearly $190,000 from the union over two years. Emerald Keever, 40, also was ordered to pay $189,119.48 in restitution to the local chapter of the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation workers union, known as SMART Local 16. The union represents about 2,400 members.
PHOTOS: PDX airport debuts ‘immersive, forest-like’ terminal Aug. 14
A newly renovated terminal designed to immerse travelers in “Pacific Northwest landscapes” is debuting at the PDX Airport on August 14. Read online: https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/photos-pdx-airport-debuts-immersive-forest-like-terminal-aug-14/
Non-Alcoholic Drink-Finding App BuzzCutt Brings Back Booze-Free LGBTQ+ Pride Party
BuzzCutt, the drink-finding app for non-alcoholic and low-alcohol beverages that WW highlighted in 2023, has grown into a national presence for anyone with a smartphone. But Portland and the LGBTQ+ community hold a special place in the hearts of founders Sarah and Olivia Sears. “It really just put us on...
Block left vacant for 50 years in Portland's historic Albina neighborhood to gain new life
PORTLAND, Ore. — After nearly five decades, a block of dirt and dry grass in North Portland is being returned to Portland’s Black community and will become a site with over 100 affordable homes. The Williams & Russel project looks to create 85 affordable apartments, 20 townhomes for...
Notifications raise more questions in HIV, hepatitis infection scare at Oregon hospitals
Weeks after undergoing a medical procedure that required intravenous anesthesia at Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center in Gresham, Anthony Laszlo was perplexed to find a letter in the mail from the hospital suggesting that he might have exposed other patients to an infectious disease. Laszlo said his primary care doctor...
A poetic powerhouse: Nina Bernat at Chamber Music Northwest
Nina Bernat may be petite, but she is a poetic powerhouse when playing the double bass. Bernat, one of Chamber Music Northwest’s protégé artists, enticed the audience at Lincoln Recital Hall (June 9) with an emotive performance of works by Chopin, Sofia Gubaidulina, Mendelssohn, and Rossini. The program marvelously showed off the expressive range of the bass, making a strong case for more chamber works to be written for the lowest of string instruments.
Two people killed in Morrison Bridge crash identified
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The two people who were killed in a crash on the Morrison Bridge were identified on Tuesday afternoon. On Thursday, June 13, a crash left two people dead on the Morrison Bridge and Southeast Water Avenue. A motorcycle had crashed and the rider and passenger were thrown over the barrier, into a parking lot below.
‘Ramming the crap out of them’: Southeast Portland arcade owner repeatedly rams truck into suspected burglar's getaway car
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Southeast Portland arcade was burglarized in broad daylight Monday morning, in which one of the suspected burglars pointed a gun at one of the arcade owners to get away after the owner started ramming his truck into their vehicle. This all happened in a residential...
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