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Salty's restaurant entrance carport damaged by car crash
PORTLAND, Ore. — A car crashed near the front entrance of the Salty's seafood restaurant in Northeast Portland Friday morning, damaging part of the carport that extends over the passenger loading area. A large carport awning extends out from the building and over the driveway, supported by two wooden...
Mountain range between Portland, Washington County nets federal funding
The U.S. Forest Service has awarded $3.63 million to the Tualatin Mountain Forest Project, which will establish a 3,111-acre working research forest owned by Oregon State University, featuring 24 miles of publicly accessible hiking and biking trails.
PHOTOS: Remembering Mount St. Helens 44 years later
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Mount St. Helens roared awake 44 years ago on May 18, 1980 with a deadly eruption. The northern facing explosion sent ash and debris across the Pacific Northwest after scientists kept a watchful eye on the Cascade peak for months. The eruption killed 57 people as ash blanketed nearly 11 states.
Homeless encampment outside Portland medical school clinic is disrupting patient care, students say
PORTLAND, Ore. — Surrounded by tents and piles of debris, Eric plays his guitar to drown out the hum of street life. He’s been homeless in Portland for the past nine years, and his latest spot to camp is near the Ross Island Bridge on the corner of South Corbett Avenue and Woods Street.
Senior living community reopens in Portland after winter storm damage
PORTLAND, Ore (KPTV) - A senior living community was reunited for the first time in months after a tree fell down during January’s winter storm. That fallen tree forced 30 seniors out of their homes living at the Brookdale Oswego Springs Senior Living community. When the tree fell on...
Portland weekend weather: Partly sunny with cooler temperatures
If you’re heading to the Oregon International Airshow in Hillsboro today, you may want to bring a jacket. The Portland area will enjoy partly sunny skies Saturday, but temperatures are a little bit cooler than the last few days with a forecasted high of 63 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. The’s a small chance (20%) of some afternoon showers after 3 p.m. The overnight low will be about 45.
Public Feedback Shapes Draft Design for Portland's 82nd Avenue Revitalization Project
Revamping a local thoroughfare is moving forward with resident input at the forefront. The 82nd Avenue upgrade project has advanced to the draft final design stage, as stated by the Portland Bureau of Transportation on Friday. Feedback from the public has been taken into account, with significant maintenance improvements on the horizon for the bustling corridor.
Oregon Zoo’s record hatching year, of 13 fluffy chicks, offers hope for endangered condors
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Thirteen fluffy California condor chicks are hopping in their nest boxes at the Oregon Zoo’s Jonsson Center for Wildlife Conservation this month — the biggest cohort yet in the zoo’s 21-year effort to save this critically endangered species from extinction. “It’s been...
Zoo releases hundreds of endangered Oregon silverspot butterfly caterpillars on the coast
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — In a breezy coastal meadow this week, Oregon Zoo conservationists and their partners said goodbye to 381 of the zoo’s tiniest residents. They were releasing Oregon silverspot butterfly larvae at select sites in the coastal mountain range in an effort to save this beautiful and threatened Northwest species, which has been listed under the federal Endangered Species Act since 1980.
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