Portland spent roughly $80 million during a 4-month pause on construction of the city's multi-billion-dollar water filtration site, according to estimates.

Among the new charges are three counts of bias crime in the first-degree. Prosecutors allege Szwarz targeted three non-white neighbors in his building, one of whom spoke to KATU about his family's ...

A Multnomah County civil jury slapped a convicted drunk driver with $20.5 million in damages Monday for killing a librarian beloved by local children for her storytime tales. Jeanie Diaz was waiting ...

Court documents describe surveillance video that shows the victim standing on the platform waiting for a train when the suspect walks up and hits him in the head.

The man who killed a 40-year-old woman last year while cleaning his gun was sentenced Friday to eight years and three months ...

Plaintiffs claim oil and gas companies nnew years ago that carbon emissions would lead to climate-related disasters.

A judge pressed lawyers on whether Portland jail officials did enough to protect inmates as tear gas seeped in from nearby ...

The 2011 fatal shooting of Deondrae Clark, 25, spurred a series of what police at the time said were gang retaliation ...

• Another way to beat the heat: the Mercury's monthlong Summer of Slushies. Every year we get everyone into slushie mode. Then in August, we cruelly CUT OFF THE SLUSH. (Most of the bars still offer ...

The state’s Department of Justice calls a suit alleging Gov. Tina Kotek improperly withheld records relating to the state’s ...