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Custodians from all over the Portland Public School District went to Northeast Portland Wednesday morning, put on their rubber gloves and got to work.

I have spent most of my life calling Oregon home so I'm proud to say that I have personally dined at each one of the restaurants on this list.

More than 11 years after Jeremiah Hartman died of a gunshot wound to the head in front of his girlfriend and 3-month-old son, a Multnomah County jury found a former meth addict responsible.

Portland Mayor Sam Adams discussed upcoming improvements to a deadly intersection in southeast Portland on Monday.

Nearly 500 students and teachers escaped a fire that heavily damaged the historic Marysville Elementary School in Southeast Portland today.

Mark A. Hoffman, 35, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert E. Jones to 50 years in prison following Hoffman's guilty plea to two counts of production of child pornography.

But best-known doesn't always mean best-loved. Fans praise the famously repetitive composer for reuniting serious music with young audiences.

Using a crosswalk in Portland may seem a simple act, but in dozens of intersections in this city you risk your life every time you step off the curb.

Traffic Alert: High water has caused Portland Police to close southbound Macadam Avenue two blocks north of Nebraska Street.

If you're a fan of Bravo TV's Top Chef and you think you've got the culinary skills to compete, here's your chance.

QuantRx Biomedical Corporation , a broad-based diagnostic company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative diagnostic products, today announced that the Company will demonstrate its latest technology at MEDICA 2009, the world's leading medical trade fair, to be held November 18-21, 2009, in DA1 4sseldorf, Germany.

The search resumed at dawn today for a Southeast Portland man swept down the Sandy River Saturday while fishing with his son.

BikeCraft is an annual holiday bazaar that gathers under one roof the many unique and interesting Portlanders who create handmade, cycling related crafts.

High winds and rain caused problems for drivers and pedestrians alike today in the Portland metropolitan area.

Portland City Commissioners Randy Leonard and Dan Saltzman spent most of October sniping at each other in public or not talking in private.

A 47-year-old woman who grew up in a close-knit family of fifth-generation Portlanders was injured in the mass shooting Thursday at Fort Hood, Texas.

Last year's giant winter storm served as a lesson for how local government can best prepare for a coordinated effort in helping homeless families and adults when the weather gets cold.

As temperatures dipped into the 30's and 40's overnight this past weekend, the first warming center for homeless families of this winter season opened Sunday night in Northeast Portland.

An Oregon City company is moving its headquarters to Portland, a shift that will require the construction of a new 105,000-square-foot building on 10.7 acres of land near Airport Way.

Two men escaped an early morning house fire in Southeast Portland, fire officials said.