Adena Long, the director of Portland Parks & Recreation, stepped down from her job Wednesday, weeks after she was placed on administrative leave.

City Administrator Michael Jordan floated a financial “carve in” to entice his desired pick to lead Portland Fire & Rescue, records obtained by The Oregonian/OregonLive show.

Isaka Shamsud-Din was a dedicated Civil Rights activist and created many of the city’s best loved murals.

Portland generally caps relocation assistance for new, non-union employees at $10,000. Prosper's offer is far higher.

The Oregon Department of Transportation has already spent more than $500,000 repairing streetlights in 2025.

Lauren Johnson will be just the third woman to lead Portland Fire & Rescue.

The move will likely lead to an increase in tents and trash along major state-owned roadways in Portland.

Mayor Keith Wilson warned that layoffs and a host of service reductions were likely coming.

Reginald Freeman, a former Oakland, Calif. fire chief now working as a private contractor in Saudi Arabia, agreed in writing to the $247,000-a-year position June 17.

Reached by phone, the candidate confirmed he had accepted the Portland job.

In a Friday morning email, Council Vice President Tiffany Koyama Lane—who in recent weeks has publicly clashed with Pirtle-Guiney—took umbrage at the president’s actions.

Some members of Portland’s new 12-person City Council have had an awful lot to say during their first six months in office.

Legal experts say some asylum seekers are being moved from a process with legal protections into expedited removal, which has "almost none."

An immigration attorney for the man said she believes arrests like this one are happening daily in the area, but most aren’t caught on video.

Gunderson joined the newsroom in 1995 and has served in a variety of roles.

Oregon State Police tried to conceal this controversial SWAT recruitment email when The Oregonian/OregonLive requested it. Now state police are distancing themselves from it.

Portland’s new city councilors tentatively passed their first budget Wednesday, in a unanimous vote that came after a far more divisive debate.

“I know there’s a lot being left on the table. I think everybody up here is disappointed and frustrated,” Council President Elana Pirtle-Guiney said Wednesday night.

Bespattered with memes, emojis and personal digs, the internal exchanges disclose Prosper Portland employees' reactions as their agency’s future hung in the balance.

Bespattered with memes, emojis and personal digs, the internal exchanges disclose Prosper Portland employees' reactions as their agency’s future hung in the balance.

The Oregon Department of Transportation is collaborating with the city of Portland on the project with the state covering the construction costs.

Interim Executive Director Shea Flaherty Betin will step down effective Friday, according to two sources with knowledge of the decision.

Interim Executive Director Shea Flaherty Betin will step down effective Friday, according to two sources with knowledge of the decision.

“What is the role of council?" reads a copy of the request for proposal.

“What is the role of council?" reads a copy of the request for proposal.

Settlement acknowledges "systemic discrimination” in urban renewal that destroyed nearly 300 homes in historically Black neighborhood during the 1960s-70s.

An average Portland household will pay about an extra $56.74 a year.

Portland may start periodically purging people from a waitlist that has grown unwieldy.

Few have suggested shrinking their own enlarged coffers, even as some cut six-figure checks for pet projects in their districts.

This Wednesday, the new 12-person Portland City Council will face the most consequential task of their first few months in office: approving the city’s annual budget.

The pending increase would bring a typical Portland household's bill to $1,900 a year.