Portland News

Portland police arrested a man after officers were dispatched about 1:40 a.m. Sunday to the 14700 block of East Burnside on a stabbing call.

Those anticipating a possible arts levy that would generate $15 million to $20 million in dedicated arts funding across the three metro counties will have to wait a year or two to vote on it, reversing previous hopes of bringing such a ballot to voters as early as this year.

They call it the Miniature Golf Apocalypse. Smash Putt, a wildly creative traveling science/putt putt golf exhibition, will be visiting Portland until April 4 at 1719 W. Burnside St.

City council has been discussing City Commissioner Randy Leonard's ordinance this afternoon, which would give the city's Independent Police Review more power.

A Portland attorney told a jury today that the Boy Scouts of America knew it had a problem with child molesters in its leadership ranks -- including a convicted pedophile who molested a Southeast Portland boy in the early 1980s -- yet hid the problem for decades.

Four suspects will be arraigned today on allegations of first-degree robbery in connection with Friday morning's home invasion robbery in the 5700 block of Southeast 72nd Ave., Portland police said.

Portland Police officers and detectives arrested 24-year-old Exie Phillips after they responded to a disturbance call on East Burnside and 147th Avenue around 1:20 a.m. Saturday morning.

A 24-year-old man was arraigned in Multnomah County Circuit Court this afternoon, accused of stabbing a friend multiple times in her apartment near East Burnside and 147th Avenue on Sunday.

A 20-year-old Reed College was found dead in a dorm room Saturday morning. Portland police said the death of Jessica E. Ettenger, who is from the Los Angeles area, was not suspicious and have referred the investigation to the county medical examiner.

Calls for changes in the way Portland police do their job are coming to a boil over the next week, as members of the public will have two major events to make their voices heard on the issue of police accountability.

Joel David Moore and "Avatar" castmates listen to James Cameron. may not have won as many Oscars on Sunday night as fans would've wished, but prizes or no prizes, the movie has the power to provoke discussion.

The Portland Development Commission is preparing to buy out some employees and lay off others because the agency has few projects.

For nearly four hours Thursday, Southeast 54th Place in Milwaukie was on lock down after a civil service deputy with the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office spotted something alarming in the home of Geoffrey and Ryan Williamson.

Kenneth G. Pitts Jr. faces multiple counts of encouraging child sexual abuse Oregon Attorney General John Kroger today announced the arrest of a North Portland man on child pornography charges.

Portland's star has been on the rise for the last few years, and it's only continuing its upward trajectory.

A judge ruled Wednesday that a girl who was shot with a beanbag by police must spend a year on probation for hitting an officer during a scuffle.

And with the speed of superglue - hastened by the 5 p.m. candidate filing deadline - a whole section of Oregon politics for the months ahead is snapping into place.

What is it about Portland, Oregon?!? The place has not one, not two, but three artisanal pizza carts.

A 19-year-old man who thought he was shooting at a teen-age gang rival but ended up shooting the teen's mother in the neck, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday.

Time-tested classics such as "South Pacific" and "Mary Poppins" and more recent hits such as "In the Heights" and "Billy Elliot" -- Tony winners for best musical in 2008 and 2009 respectively -- highlight the 2010-11 Broadway Across America series.