Portland News

A Gresham man is accused of stealing a car in the city and leading police on a chase through Northeast Portland early Wednesday morning.

A man brandishing a handgun entered a Baskin Robbins Ice Cream store at 11011 N.E. Halsey St.

A car crashed into a power pole overnight, cutting off electricity to thousands of people in southeast Portland.

A four-car crash shut down traffic at a southeast Portland intersection Wednesday morning.

ANYTHING HELPS: Mayor Charlie Hales is signaling that he will launch a new effort to deal with homelessness and panhandling.

Modern Vampires of the City finds the group without prep-school gimmickry and Afro-pop appropriation, instead revealing a self-assured pop craftsmanship.

What is this Union Cab company, with its splashy periwinkle and orange sherbet-colored cars? Can Union be trusted? And who gave it permission to operate here? Your signature suggests you may have a dog in this fight, Cabbie-though I suppose it's possible you're taking poetic license, sort of like when I drop an "Order of the British Empire" between ... (more)

Workmen are putting the finishing touches on a new Directors Mortgage sign to cover the advertising space hovering over the corner of Northeast 37th Avenue and Sandy Boulevard.

A screening of "Guilty 'Til Proven Innocent" will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 29, at the Hollywood Theatre.

A recent photograph shows Ivanice "Ivy" Harris, 29, on a beach in Hawaii while on vacation.

The Oregon Transportation Commission voted last week to designate the city's Canyon Road Safety and Complete Corridor project one of eight statewide priority projects for the this year's round of Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery, or TIGER V, grants.

It's election day. If you haven't mailed your ballot, then you'll have to drop it at one of a couple dozen places around Multnomah County.

Among the programs on the chopping block: Portland's mounted patrol unit. But Mayor Charlie Hales said the Police Bureau will reshuffle money from other positions to keep four officer positions.

The Friends of Tryon Creek are pleased to announce the kick-off of the Gray Family Foundation's annual matching challenge through September 2013.

Something as mundane as a bowl turns out to have an astonishing range of form, function and beauty, as seen in "Object Focus: The Bowl," a two-part exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Craft .

Four rapid response vehicles will not replace, but be added to four Portland fire stations to alleviate the heavy call loads at those locations, under an agreement the chief negotiated with the mayor.

A dozen local musicians have contributed to a benefit album featuring children's songs that will help fund the Johnson Creek Watershed Council.

Author's note: On Capitol Hill "sequestration" may mean a percentage point or two in lower GDP growth, but beyond the Beltway it is more than an abstract economic concept.

Attention Portlanders, Hack Across America is coming to PDX! Come one and all for a geeky good time with Darren & Hak5 Monkey.

In from Ireland, Seamus Begley and Oisin Mac Diarmada live in concert this Friday, May 24, 2013, 9:00pm at the reopening of ASP 1036 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR.