Portland decides to reinstall Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt monuments after public sessions revealed divided opinions on the statues removed during 2020 protests.

In 2017, Beaverton began luring new restaurants to its central core, sweetening the pot with the promise of safe streets, storefront improvement grants and a local citizenry hungry for more — and more dynamic — places to eat. Prominent early expansions included Big’s Chicken, Loyal Legion and Top Burmese.

PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN) — One person died after a fire in Southeast Portland early Wednesday morning, officials said. At 3:45 a.m., Portland Fire & Rescue said they responded to a home in the Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhood. When crews arrived, they said there was heavy fire and smoke coming from the back side of the house.

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson spent Tuesday evening canvassing a northeast Portland neighborhood, urging voters to approve his proposed parks levy in next week’s election.

The rollback recommended by the Renewable Fuels Standards Advisory Committee would have allowed trucks to continue to emit black carbon, or “soot,” at a higher level and for longer than under the original plan.

Portland is in the midst of a renaissance — an Italian renaissance, to be exact. Nearly a dozen new restaurants have opened in the past year, helmed by chefs who aim to reimagine, or reclaim, what it means to be Italian.