You have to be a really special basketball player to be a top-10 pick in the NBA Draft. Kentucky's Shaedon Sharpe fit the criteria. Sharpe was taken by the Portland Trail Blazers with the No. 7 pick in the NBA Draft earlier this week. The Western Conference franchise is expecting big things from the unknown star - emphasis on unknown.
Portland, Ore. — Thousands of people gathered in downtown Portland Friday evening for demonstrations following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Our news partner KGW reports two crowds gathered separately near the Multnomah County Justice Center and Tom McCall Waterfront Park. The two groups eventually joined together to an estimated crowd of at least 2,000 people.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Thousands of Portlanders gathered downtown Friday evening to protest the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, ending the nearly 50-year precedent that guaranteed a constitutional right to an abortion. The ruling is expected to lead to abortion bans in about half of the U.S. states.
The Portland Trail Blazers finally took a step forward this week. General manager Joe Cronin acquired Jerami Grant from the Detroit Pistons for a future first-round NBA draft pick and selected Shaedon Sharpe with the seventh overall pick in this year’s draft. Grant, a 6-foot-8 forward, is a bona...
Two men were found dead under what authorities described as "suspicious" circumstances after a fire broke out at an apartment complex overnight in Vancouver, officials said.
PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - A man suffered life-threatening injuries in a shooting in downtown Portland early Saturday morning, the Portland Police Bureau said. PPB said on Saturday just after 3 a.m., officers responded to Southwest Third Avenue and Southwest Washington Street. When they arrived, they found a man with a life-threatening gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital in serious condition.
LIV Golf has quietly scored one of its biggest wins by signing the No. 2 amateur in the world, Eugenio Chacarra. The former Spanish standout at Oklahoma State has joined the LIV Golf league and will presumably make his debut at the Portland event next weekend, just a month after losing in a playoff for the NCAA individual title to Gordon Sargent of Vanderbilt.
CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. (KPTV) - A Portland woman was seriously injured after falling hundreds of feet while climbing Mount Hood early Friday morning, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office said just before 6 a.m. Friday, dispatchers received reports a 31-year-old Portland woman had fallen near...
TUALATIN — The Portland Trail Blazers exited the NBA draft having added two major additions to their roster. Veteran forward Jerami Grant, acquired in a trade on Wednesday, fills a need at forward, while rookie guard Shaedon Sharpe, taken with the No. 7 pick in Thursday’s NBA draft, has the potential to evolve into a star.
HUNTINGTON, Oregon — The Washington County Sheriff's Office announced the drowning victim was located Saturday near Catfish Junction. The drowning occurred Wednesday evening about 4 miles west of Weiser in the Snake River. The man was identified as Bernardo Garcia Jr. He was 50 years old, from Beaverton, Oregon....
The Portland Trail Blazers have completed their 2022 NBA Draft process, and now all eyes are turning to the Las Vegas Summer League, which kicks off in less than two weeks. While Shaedon Sharpe and Jabari Walker are expected to headline the Blazers Summer League squad, the team added an established veteran to the mix late last night.
Dozens of black-clad marchers roamed through the streets of Northeast Portland late Saturday, heading from Grant Park to the Hollywood district and damaging businesses along the way. The “direct action” event was advertised as a response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade on Friday. “If abortions are...
As expected, the Blazers have decided to fully guarantee Josh Hart‘s salary for the 2022-23 season, according to Aaron J. Fentress of OregonLive.com. Hart will now make $12.9M next year. The deadline to guarantee his salary was Saturday. Portland could still dangle Hart in a trade, as the team...
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A bar owner and his son in Southeast Portland are searching for answers after their bar was robbed at gunpoint Wednesday night. Portland Police confirmed Happy Sing bar at Southeast Powell and SE 112th Ave. was robbed just before midnight on Wednesday, and there is an ongoing investigation.