Lucas Wright

A run of trash-can fires in downtown Portland ended with an arrest, after officers tracked down a suspect just a few blocks from the first reported blaze, according to police.

Portland woke up to a hazy start Tuesday, then got blasted by a hot, mostly sunny afternoon, with highs climbing into the mid 90s across the metro.

As reported by KATU , Seaside Aquarium general manager Keith Chandler said the 41-foot male had been dead for months and will not be necropsied because of how far decomposition has progressed.

Seven miles of power lines around Mount Hood are disappearing from the skyline, and this time it is on purpose.

A Texas man wanted on child sex charges is back in custody after a tense, days-long search through the southern Oregon woods that ended at a remote riverside lodge near Agness.

As much of the Portland area sat under a heat advisory on Tuesday, The Father's Heart day center in Oregon City flipped into cooling-shelter mode, welcoming anyone who needed a break from the heat.

For Portlanders who grew up timing backyard bottle rockets to the national anthem, the party is officially over.

A Gresham woman is facing a slate of charges after a June 16 crash in East Portland that left a man trapped under a pickup and rushed to the hospital with serious injuries.

A man believed to be in his early 50s was found dead Wednesday after being hit by a southbound train on the tracks beneath Interstate 5 near Turner Road SE in Salem.

A Portland woman was arraigned this week after prosecutors said seven dogs were discovered in filthy, near-starvation conditions inside a southeast Portland home.