Funding from the new program will pay for a pair of bike lane sweepers, electric leaf blowers and eight full-time employees ...

It’s undeniably good news that deadly violence in Portland continued to tick downward last year. The city recorded 71 homicides in 2024. That’s six fewer than the year prior and a 30% drop from the ...

Portland officials have pumped the brakes on an effort to find a permanent director for the city’s revamped permitting and development bureau after too few people applied for the job, The ...

On the latest Beat Check, reporters Sami Edge and Shane Dixon Kavanaugh offer a Salem legislative preview. You can support local journalism by becoming a subscriber to The Oregonian/OregonLive.