UW field work shows selective thinning can raise winter snowpack and recover water for the Yakima Basin, offering a dual benefit for wildfire and water managers.

Honorable Mention opens March 6 beneath the Benson Hotel with Damian Lillard listed as a part owner and rotating art by local Black artists.

A load of fish spilled onto Seven Devils Road near Bandon, coating the pavement and prompting deputies and county crews to clear and sand the roadway.

State crews responded after an asbestos exposure forced the Trader Joe's on SE Cesar E. Chavez Blvd to close. Health officials say public risk appears low while testing proceeds.

ICE told a federal court it has paused plans for a Newport detention site through May 1, but Newport leaders say the pause isn’t a permanent guarantee.

Cloudy and mid-40s in Portland with on-and-off showers; rain strengthens tonight into Friday. Boaters should expect choppy seas this afternoon.

Police blocked Sandy Boulevard after a reported early-morning shooting near NE 113th; investigators searched the Horseshoe Inn Motel while officials released no details.

Police cleared a Southeast Foster encampment on March 3, arresting 12 people and seizing suspected fentanyl while offering shelter to others.

A Marion County judge sentenced Atilano Davalos to 110 months after prosecutors say Carla Vasquez was ejected from his car and later found dead in May 2024.

Multnomah County’s DA has stopped sending major felonies to Judge Adrian Brown, citing rulings he says impede fair trials. Legal experts are split on whether the move is lawful.

A committee declined to advance SB 1586, stopping a plan to add roughly 1,700 acres to Hillsboro’s industrial land and reigniting fights over farmland and data centers.

A new SE Clinton restaurant tied to Abbey Road Farm has opened, serving farm‑sourced plates and a compact wine program in an intimate open‑kitchen room.

Prosecutors say the suspect targeted an elderly bus rider and was arrested nearby; court filings say he confessed and faces robbery and weapons charges.