September events from Eugene to the coast spotlight a decades-long effort to bring otters back after fur traders wiped them out.

A century of wooden steps, WWII radar bunkers and landslides later, Oceanside's cliffside path to Short Beach has a brand-new staircase.

Hecho de Mano opens September 15 across from Away Days Brewing, with $55 family meal packs and a beef tallow tortilla special.

Cascadia Health's Mountain View facility offers locked, round-the-clock care as Oregon still faces a shortage of thousands of treatment beds.

Moyasar Osman Mohamed-Ahmed returned to finish an argument with a gun, prosecutors say. Sean Smeeden, 39, died at the scene.

A hiker who climbed 4,000 feet up Mt. Hood got trapped above a waterfall in Big Zigzag Canyon as storms rolled in.

Detectives have made no arrests after a woman was found dead near NW 18th and Irving, blocks from an August standoff.

Portland reaches 77 Thursday before a cooler weekend brings rain, showers and thunderstorm chances. Drier, warmer weather returns Monday.

A construction crew struck a natural gas feeder line off Cully Boulevard, forcing evacuations while NW Natural raced to seal the rupture.

Portland’s last big warmup arrives Wednesday with sunshine and an 85-degree high. Rain and possible thunderstorms return by Saturday.

Sonic Silents brings Decemberists and Los Lobos musicians to score silent classics at Portland's 100-year-old movie palace this month.

Twenty men caught buying sex chose a closed-door class over a criminal record, as survivors confronted them face to face.

Dajohntae Richard forced teens onto Southeast 82nd Avenue to solicit buyers. He faces at least 15 years in federal prison.