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The IditaREAD, a creative reading challenge, is bringing a bit of Alaska to a classroom at St. Agatha in the Sellwood neighborhood. The IditaREAD, a creative reading challenge, is bringing a bit of Alaska to a classroom at St. Agatha in the Sellwood neighborhood. Students at SE Portland school compete...

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The IditaREAD, a creative reading challenge, is bringing a bit of Alaska to a classroom at St. Agatha in the Sellwood neighborhood. The IditaREAD, a creative reading challenge, is bringing a bit of Alaska to a classroom at St. Agatha in the Sellwood neighborhood. Fun ideas for spring break 2023.

Students at SE Portland school compete in IditaREAD

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The City of Portland Portland is planning to upgrade the facilities of its homeless camps by replacing tents with “sleeping pods,” which the city will fund with state funds. “Tents will work,” Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said Tuesday at a virtual town hall. “But...

Portland considers plan to build shed-like sleep ‘pods’ at homeless camps

Homeless camp under roadway burns near Broadway Bridge in Portland

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PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - The Oregon Department of Human Services is asking for the public’s help to find a missing 16-year-old girl. Jerrica Landin, who is in foster care, went missing from the Portland area on March 7. DHS says she is believed to be in danger but did not say why.

Oregon DHS seeks help locating missing Portland teen believed to be in danger

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) – Spring break is just around the corner! If you’re short on plans, FOX 12′s Ayo Elise talks about a few ideas to make sure you make the most of it. Check out the website below for more information:. Learn more about the Portland...

Fun ideas for spring break 2023

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A wolverine sighting was reported by two people who were fishing on the Columbia River near Portland on Monday. Wolverine are rarely seen by humans and listed as threatened in Oregon. They largest member of the weasel family and resemble a small bear. This is the first confirmed report of a wolverine outside of the Wallowa Mountains in over 30 years, according to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Rare wolverine spotted along Columbia River in Portland

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A custodian found a gun inside a backpack on a playground at Cherry Park elementary on Thursday morning. There were no students at the school for the day. The Portland Police Bureau tweeted that they had detained two people at the scene while they continued to...

Custodian finds gun in backpack on playground at Portland elementary

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The St. Johns business community is calling for action from city and county leaders and law enforcement saying they need to protect the historic district from a rise in crime. On Wednesday, community leaders held a listening session for business owners and residents to speak about...

St. Johns community call for city, county leader and law enforcement to help with crime

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - It’s cherry blossom time in Portland! Here are four places around the city to get the best look.

Top picks for where to see Portland cherry blossoms bloom

West Linn, OR

WEST LINN, Ore. (KPTV) - Despite a push to ban a list of books that were deemed inappropriate by some parents, the West Linn-Wilsonville School District has voted to keep the books. Some parents were calling for nine books to be pulled from school shelves throughout the district, saying they’re...

West Linn-Wilsonville SD votes to keep controversial books after push for ban

Crystal Ramsey Roberts has been crowned the 2023 Rose Festival Princess for Jefferson High School. Congratulations to Jolynn Ta who was crowned the 2023 Rose Festival Princess for Parkrose High School.

2023 Rose Festival Princess from Cleveland High School crowned

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - The Oregon Health Authority has issued the state’s first psilocybin license as part of the first regulatory framework of psilocybin services. Satori Farms, a women-owned business in Portland run by Tori Armburst, received a manufacturer license. “We congratulate Tori Armbrust of Satori Farms PDX LLC...

Oregon Psilocybin Services issues state’s first license

Oregon City, OR

OREGON CITY, Ore. (KPTV) - The Oregon City Public Works department is testing an artificial intelligence device to help identify and mark the location of potholes. CityRover works by scanning the road while in a city vehicle, like a street sweeper. The AI will mark spots it identifies as a pothole and relays the data to a database accessed by the city.

Oregon City using AI to help with potholes

Portland getting better? Travel Portland says tourist spending up first time since 2019. West Linn-Wilsonville SD votes to keep controversial books after push for ban. Despite a push to ban a list of books that were deemed inappropriate by some parents, the West Linn-Wilsonville School District has voted to keep the books.

What happens if TikTok gets banned in the US?

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – Iconic Portland drag queen Darcelle XV has died at the age of 92, according to close friends. Born Walter W. Cole in 1930, Cole performed under the stage name Darcelle XV at Portland’s Darcelle XV Showplace which opened in 1967. In 2016, Darcelle was...

Iconic Portland drag queen Darcelle dies at 92

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - On Tuesday night, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler held the first of two “Community Conversations” about a temporary alternative shelter site proposed for Southeast Portland. The site would initially house about 150 people and is the first of six sites the city is planning to establish.

Mayor Wheeler holds ‘Community Conversation’ to discuss temporary shelter site

WEST LINN Ore. (KPTV) - A West Linn family reunited Wednesday with the firefighters and a passerby who helped them safely escape their burning house in February. Firefighters with Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue said Kai Brown was inside his house on the night of Feb. 26 when he spotted a flickering orange glow. He called 911 and warned his grandmother, Jennie Brown, to get out of the house.

Good Samaritan helps save West Linn grandmother from burning house

Florida State

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - You may have accidentally left a bottle of water, lotion or sunscreen in your carry-on bag ahead of a flight before, but what about a taser, chainsaw or ax?. FOX 12 recently got an exclusive look at some of the odd items that the Transportation Security...

Tasers, hatchets, frying pans and guns: FOX 12 reviews what TSA nabs at PDX

ST. HELENS Ore. (KPTV)- Gov. Tina Kotek says she is not quite ready to commit state funding to Mayor Ted Wheeler’s bold plans to set up six sanctioned campsites in Portland. On Wednesday, Gov. Kotek took questions from reporters in St. Helens after visiting Columbia County after the state legislature approved $200 million spending bill Tuesday night to fund her homelessness emergency declaration.

Governor sets expectations for Portland mayor on homeless funds

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A Tesla drove through a glass wall of a Portland building on Thursday morning at Northeast Couch Street and 10th Avenue and pinned a woman behind her desk. Portland Fire Rescue responded to the scene and were able to pull her out. She was taken to...

Tesla crashes into Portland building, pins woman behind her desk

Portland getting better? Travel Portland says tourist spending up for first time since 2019. West Linn-Wilsonville SD votes to keep controversial books after push for ban. Despite a push to ban a list of books that were deemed inappropriate by some parents, the West Linn-Wilsonville School District has voted to keep the books.

Missing mom, daughter found dead in rural Washington

Vancouver, WA

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A community is mourning the death of a 27-year-old Vancouver, Wash. mother and her 7-year-old daughter. Police said they believe two bodies found near an embankment in Washougal, Wash. on Wednesday are the missing pair. FOX 12 has learned the 7-year-old girl was a student at...

Community mourns loss of Vancouver mom, daughter after bodies found in Washougal

Girl battling cancer becomes Dutch Bros barista for a day through Make-A-Wish Foundation. Make-A-Wish Foundation has an incredible impact on local kids battling critical illnesses, and to support it on Friday all you have to do is stop by Dutch Bros. Updated: 4 hours ago. |. Sandra Sermone founded the...

1 person dies after two-alarm house fire in NE Portland

VANCOUVER Wash. (KPTV) - Survivors of domestic violence say the death of a Vancouver, Wash. woman and her child could have been prevented. On Wednesday, Meshay Melendez and Layla Stewart were found dead near Washougal, Wash. after being missing for more than a week. Melendez’s estranged ex-boyfriend, Kirkland Warren was arrested as a person of interest in her and her daughter’s disappearance. The Clark County Prosecutor’s office said Warren has not been charged with any crimes related to their deaths at this time. But he is no stranger to law enforcement.

After death of Vancouver mom, child, advocates say laws should do more to protect DV victims

PORTLAND Ore (KPTV) - A Northeast Portland woman is sharing her story after suffering a major heart attack that she says lasted more than two months. Beven Byrnes, the mother of six-year-old twins, said if she didn’t trust herself that something was wrong, she could be dead. “So, it’s...

Portland cancer patient survives 9-week-long heart attack

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PSU continues feeding students in need of help with free food pantry

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - What first started as a single shelf has evolved into a 400-square-foot food pantry on the Portland State University Campus. “By 2016,...

PSU continues feeding students in need of help with free food pantry

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