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10 most expensive homes sold in the Portland metro area, April 22-28
A house in Portland that sold for $4.6 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Portland metro area in the past week. In total, 731 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $638,105, or $334 per square foot.
A rainy weekend in store for the Portland area
If you’re heading to the Cinco de Mayo Fiesta, make sure to wear some rain gear because it’s going to be a wet weekend in the Portland area. Saturday will be rainy with a high around 55 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. Between one-quarter and one-half inch of rain is expected during the day with another one-tenth to one-quarter inch overnight.
Clackamas historic cemetery on list for cleanup in May
SOLVE, in partnership with Oregon Heritage, has announced the revival of the Historic Cemetery Cleanup Days after a hiatus since 2018. The list of cemeteries scheduled for cleanup includes one in Clackamas. The cleanup events are scheduled on various weekends throughout May, leading up to Memorial Day on Monday, May 27. A full list of events can be found here. The Clackamas event is set for 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.,...
Portland ‘Weather Machine’ predicts weather downtown for more than 35 years
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A fanfare of music has been alerting Pioneer Courthouse Square visits of the day’s weather forecast for more than 35 years. Unsuspecting spectators look in awe and confusion as music echoes through Pioneer Courthouse Square every day at noon. A spray of water and three sculpted characters emerge from the reflective global that sits in the northwest corner of the park. Flashing lights along the sculptures coincides with the nearly two-minute long fanfare of music, water and moving sculpture display.
'It's sickening': Orangetheory donations never sent after charity class in honor of man who died of cancer
PORTLAND, Ore. — Orangetheory Slabtown held a fundraising class to raise money for a charity in honor of a longtime class member who died of cancer — but the nonprofit never received the money. Justin Ramos, whose late husband Matt Rygg died of lymphoma in December 2022, said...
Portlanders continue to view homelessness as a ‘very serious’ problem, poll finds
Residents of the Portland metro area have once again said homelessness is a significant negative for the region, with 78% calling it a “very serious problem,” according to a new poll commissioned by The Oregonian/OregonLive. That remained true in Washington and Clackamas counties, despite the big successes both...
Jury awards $1M to family of suicidal man fatally shot by Portland police in 2021
Portland police Officer Curtis Brown failed to use less-lethal weapons or consider de-escalation tactics before fatally shooting a man experiencing a mental health crisis outside a Lloyd District motel, a jury ruled Friday. The Multnomah County Circuit Court jury awarded $1,030,661 to the parents of Michael Townsend after finding the...
Wet weekend weather continues in western Oregon, Washington
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A late season and weak atmospheric river will continue to keep skies rainy over Portland this weekend. Rain showers are expected to last from sunrise to sunset on Saturday as temperatures suffer. Afternoon highs will sit over 10 degrees cooler than expected for the first weekend in May. Temperatures in some locations along the Willamette Valley will struggle to get warmer than the mid-50s.
Portland's 90-day fentanyl emergency expires; officials say foundation has been laid for further progress
PORTLAND, Ore. — It's been three months since Portland, Multnomah County and Gov. Tina Kotek declared a joint fentanyl state of emergency, aimed at syncing up and coordinating how each level of government is responding to the fentanyl crisis in downtown Portland. The 90-day declaration expired this week, and...
Grand jury declines to indict police officers in 2023 deadly shooting outside Mall 205 in SE Portland
A Multnomah County grand jury declined to indict three Portland police officers who shot and killed man while trying to arrest him late last year. Police shot Tyrone Lee Johnson II, 33, outside Mall 205 on Dec. 27, 2023. The officers involved in the shooting were John Bartlett, Adi Ramic and Brian Wheeler.
9K voters in Gresham area get ballots missing Measure 26-244
MULTNOMAH COUNTY Ore. (KPTV) - About 9,300 people in Multnomah County will be getting updated ballots after the county elections office discovered on Thursday that the original ballots omitted a measure, officials said Friday. County officials said voters who live in three east county precincts, with most in Gresham and...
‘I feel personally violated’: PSU students lament ruined library after protests
“I wish when a protest is happening people didn't feel licensed to cause damage to something that doesn't have anything to do with what is being protested,” said Christina Osborn, a PSU senior.
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