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People experiencing homelessness represented 19% of the overall traffic fatalities, including 36% of pedestrian fatalities. → Read More
Gov. Tina Kotek declared the state of emergency shortly after taking office, but Clatsop and other coastal counties argued that they had been unfairly left out. → Read More
Portland is still known — and sometimes mocked — for refusing to use road salt during winter weather, but in recent years, the city has changed its approach. → Read More
The Feb. 10 derailment near Newport spilled an estimated 2,000 gallons of diesel when a locomotive's fuel tank was punctured. → Read More
The police union wants officers to be able to review footage in all incidents, including when there's a use of police force. The city of Portland disagrees. → Read More
Investigative reporter Bryan Denson spoke to KGW about his New York Times story and his history with former Earth Liberation Front spokesman Craig Rosebraugh. → Read More
The school district says a final decision has not yet been made, but it's zeroing in on the former Humboldt Elementary campus as a new home for the middle school. → Read More
The Willamette River Crossing project is intended to replace aging pipes that carry water to downtown Portland and are not expected to survive a major earthquake. → Read More
Aimed at preventing homelessness, SB 799 would delay eviction proceedings over unpaid rent for up to 60 days if a tenant has applied for rental assistance. → Read More
School board members said the ban was content-neutral, but critics decried it as a thinly-veiled extension of a prior ban that singled out LGBTQ Pride and BLM signs. → Read More
The big, green buses were pulled from service just a few weeks after their debut and replaced with regular buses after TriMet discovered a mechanical defect. → Read More
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed three executive orders Tuesday aimed at addressing the state's housing and homelessness crisis. → Read More
The Oregon Legislature is about to convene for the 2023 session, which will run for nearly six months. Here are the big things to know about this year's session. → Read More
An earlier financial estimate assumed tolling would start once the replacement bridge was open, but the latest plan switches to "pre-completion" tolls. → Read More
The project office says it can still pull together the necessary funding in time for a late 2025 start of construction. → Read More
Mayor Ted Wheeler said the overhaul would help prepare the city for the transition to the new city manager form of government in 2025. → Read More
Twenty of the almost 120 Oregon laws passed this year will go into effect Jan. 1. From workers' compensation to family medical leave benefits, here is a list. → Read More
About 42,000 PGE and Pacific Power customers were still in the dark at about 10 a.m., down from combined peaks of more than 150,000 during Tuesday's storm. → Read More
A heavy storm moved through western Oregon Monday and Tuesday, also causing traffic backups and power outages. → Read More
Here are the 10 stories that captured headlines and readers' attention in Portland and beyond throughout 2022. → Read More