This Lents business could have quickly vanished in an inferno, if not for firefighters – and sprinklers…

UPDATED > See what it means to these very small businesses, located in three ‘pods’, to have their businesses ripped open and ransacked …

Neighbors in the vicinity hope things will quiet down, now that these residents have been asked to move on. But several of those arrested are already back on the street …

An unusual outer East Portland wreck, at a tricky intersection …

UPDATED > Here’s why police are looking for the driver, and the passengers, of a car involved in a two-car smashup on Division Street …

This could be another gang-related drive-by shooting, officials say …

Here’s a look at this year’s Jim Pepper Native Arts Festival, and here’s why it was important to those who participated …

Find out who officials are charging with these violent crimes …

It’s true: This two-alarm blaze was started by unattended hot coals. See how many people are homeless because of this carelessness …

Read why officials say this outer East Portland ‘scary clown’ sighting wasn’t a hoax … but may have been a prank, or possibly a mental illness episode …

This auto is so badly damaged, emergency first responders must rip the top off the car to rescue the victim at this outer East Portland crash …

Witnesses said the driver looked “out of it” after this outer East Portland crash; and what was left inside her vehicle suggests the reason why …

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