Portland Tribune

The FBI is investigating a 31-year-old jail inmate for at least one of the recent series of white powder letter mailings. It is unclear whether the FBI suspects Andrew Laud Barnett for any of the others, … More »FBI suspects inmate in white powder letter mailing

The Reynolds School District and its teachers' union have reached a tentative agreement after all-night negotiations. Students will return to school with a 10 a.m. late start on Tuesday after being out … More »STRIKE ENDS: School to resume Tuesday

Reynolds School District officials said they intended to reopen school on Tuesday as the School Board and union representatives worked into the evening Friday to settle their long-running contract dispute. … More »School strike nears resolution

Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue and Tigard Police investigators have determined that a fatal fire Thursday evening at a Tigard apartment complex was accidental. The fire started in a bed and was most likely … More »Tigard apartment fire claims man's life

TIGARD – A new Burgerville on Pacific Highway is expected to draw big crowds next week, although the restaurant won’t officially open its doors for another two months. The popular Northwest fast-food chain … More »Help wanted: Burgerville seeks crew to open store

TriMet fare inspectors wrote 1,622 citations for fare evasion last month, 13 times as many as April 2011. Inspectors also wrote 768 exclusions last month, an increase from 566 in April 2011. The increase … More »TriMet: Fare enforcement continues

Police have arrested a 16-year-old boy in connection with three iPhone and iPad thefts on TriMet and more arrests are expected. The boy was arrested on May 24. His name has not been released because he … More »Police arrest iPhone, iPad thief

Police police have announced the missing mother of three toddlers found in a Southeast Portland shed on Thursday morning. Police did not immediately release the mother's name or any details of her situation, … More »Missing mother found

Eric Hossack is trying to regain the inner strength to live on his own again, and cope with a mental illness that led him to heroin addiction, homelessness and multiple suicide attempts. But recovery isn't … More »Cascadia Housing: not always for healing

Grant High School senior Julia Comnes worked on the school paper last year, but she isn't that jazzed about many of the stories she wrote. "My stories were decent, but kind of shallow," she says. Her subjects … More »New Grant magazine hits hard and prospers

How embarrassing. When he ran for Clackamas County Chair, Commissioner Paul Savas waffled on the Portland-to-Milwaukie Light Rail Project by defending only a public vote on the financing in his Voters … More »Sources Say Walk on by, and go by light rail

Starting July 1, Multnomah County libraries will be closed Mondays and will reduce their operating hours other days. The service reductions may confuse or anger some voters – who overwhelming renewed the … More »Library hours cut, despite tax passage

Portland residents have slashed their garbage going to the landfill since the city expanded curbside composting last fall and reduced trash pickups -- a feat likely to attract national attention. Despite … More »Curbside pickups yield big cut in trash

For Tanya March, walking her 5- year-old to school at the Metropolitan Learning Center on Northwest Glisan Street was nauseating. Pregnant with her second child, March tried walking around the commercial … More »Northwest Portland residents rebel against garbage bins

Inner Southeast Portland neighborhoods are starting to see a flurry of physical changes due to construction of the Portland-to-Milwaukie light rail line. Many of the changes will fundamentally alter the … More »MAX to change face of eastside

Reynolds School District contract negotiations have again concluded without an agreement, and it's likely both sides won't meet again until Tuesday, May 29, at the earliest, district officials said. Meanwhile, … More »Negotiations again fail to produce agreement

Students from two Portland high schools have selected four community leaders as finalists for the third annual Portland Peace Prize. The winner of Portland's only award of its kind will be officially named … More »PDX Peace Prize down to four finalists

After a lengthy and sometimes contentious hearing, the City Council on Wednesday increased sewer rates but postponed voting on water rate increases until next week. Sewer rates will increase 5.39 percent … More »Council delays water rate vote

Portland faces a sharp rise in gasoline prices in the next several days, according to Patrick DeHaan, a senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy.com. DeHaan says tight supply is boosting prices throughout … More »Analyst says gasoline prices about to jump

Portland area gas prices are predicted to rise 10 to 35 cents by the end of the Memorial Day weekend – and not because dealers are gouging customers during the holiday. According to Patrick DeHaan, Senior … More »Expert: Gas prices going up, way up

Two men have been arrested by the Portland Police Bureau Gang Enforcement Team in connection with a May 9 shooting in North Portland. Elijah Emil Passon, 22, and 19-year-old Ranell Vincent Buen, 19, were … More »Two arrested in gang shooting

Beaverton police have located a missing 9-year-old girl. Noelle Leeann Bordeaux is home safe and sound. Police say she had gone to a friend's house to play and then to a friend of a friend's house without … More »Beaverton police locate 9-year-old girl

A Franklin High School student has come down with a case of pertussis, more commonly known as whooping cough, prompting the school to mail home advisory letters Monday for parents and health care providers, … More »Franklin High student comes down with whooping cough