News

Clothes dryer blamed in Westmoreland house fire

Smoke wafting through the home at 7539 S. E. 13th Avenue at Rex Street was what alarmed the…

Lifestyle

‘Back-to-School Bash’ for kids, at Eastmoreland’s Holy Family School

A few days before the school year started, parents and students made their way to Holy Family Catholic…

Crime

Police investigate Foster-Powell neighborhood stabbing

A man’s “dining al fresco” experience in the Foster-Powell neighborhood came to a painful and unexpected end on…

Food

Oktoberfest revelry fills Oaks Amusement Park with cheer

After our hot summer, a quick change to autumnal weather graced this year’s Oktoberfest at historic and nonprofit…

Economics

Eastmorelanders pitch trash at 22nd annual Clean-Up

Not having a suitable location in their own neighborhood for their annual Bulky Waste Neighborhood Clean-Up, volunteers from…

Highway

Driver smashes into Woodstock Fire Station 25’s ‘front door’; flees

It’s still not clear if it was just a drunk driver who managed to crash into the large,…

News

Man hit by UP train in Southeast; suffers traumatic leg injury

The report of a “Light Rail Incident” in Southeast Portland sent fire crews and paramedics looking for an…

Hydrography

Sellwood Community House finally reopens after storm repairs

One week in January hammered the Portland area as it had not been hammered before. Portland’s forecasters were…

Hydrography

Thunderstorms bump Sellwood Summer Concert two weeks; change act

Music lovers from all over the Portland metropolitan area – especially those who’d heard Kris Deelane and the…

Buddhism

Citywide Buddhist ‘Obon Fest’ returns to Creston-Kenilworth temple

Obon Fest – primarily a Japanese cultural celebration – attracted hundreds of people to the campus of the…