A new mayor with no political experience in Portland has an audacious plan — some say naive — to end street homelessness, writes Danny Westneat.

The small Oregon city at the heart of a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that allowed cities across the country to enforce homeless camping bans is facing a fresh lawsuit over its camping rules as advocates find new ways to challenge them.

An Oregon man has been sentenced to life in federal prison after being convicted of kidnapping and sexually assaulting two women in separate instances, including locking one in a cinder block cell. Negasi Zuberi,

While no blockbuster storms are heading for the Northwest, some opportunities for rain and snow will return and storm travel issues may develop.

Amtrak Cascades' passenger rail service linking Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland saw all-time record-high ridership in 2024.

District Attorney Nathan Vasquez told reporters Wednesday that he would seek charges against demonstrators from “the left, right or center.”

FBI leaders from Seattle and Portland provided an update Thursday ... the special agent in charge of the FBI in Oregon, said. "The person responsible welded the devices using scrap metal for ...

Despite efforts to increase affordable housing and keep people housed, the Portland region's homeless population grew by more than 1,000 as of January 2024 and Oregon's grew by more than 2,700.

PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon man has been sentenced to life ... Zuberi solicited a woman to engage in prostitution along Aurora Avenue in Seattle, authorities said. He told the woman he was ...

An Oregon man has been sentenced to life in federal ... Negasi Zuberi, 31, was sentenced Friday in federal court in Medford, Portland television station KGW reported. A federal jury convicted ...

KATU has verified Miller is the same person who made news in 2016 as Seattle's man in tree. Dispatch also said Miller had called them 42 times in three hours making several threats.

Rounds of rain and snow will move into the Northwest later this week and could cause travel trouble typical for this time of year, AccuWeather meteorologists say. On the heels of Southern California receiving its first significant rain and mountain snow of the winter,