KOIN 6 Investigates: House abandoned by pot entrepreneurs The house has “gone exponentially downhill” since its sale in 2020, said next door neighbor Jacob Adams. “It makes you want to move out of the city.”
Neighbors say fire at abandoned Farmer’s Barn Tavern … Portland Fire and Rescue responded to a large fire at North Portland’s former Farmers Barn Tavern on Wednesday night, which has been the sight of eight fires in the past year
City council ‘confused’ after reading of first ranked-choice … In the first scheduled read-through for implementing the first of three major changes that Portland voters agreed to make to the city’s charter in November of 2022, city council members and the general public expressed serious concerns with the city’s rough draft for its ranked-choice voting system at the April 12 council meeting. The concerns included a proposed limit on the number of the candidates that voters can rank for each race and an immense need for voter education regarding the seemingly…
Leader of Reimagine Oregon ‘disappointed’ with Mapps’ … Justice Rajee, the Director of the local, Black-led organization Reimagine Oregon, says that he felt personally disrespected by Commissioner Mingus Mapp’s at Wednesday’s City Council meeting after Mapps repeatedly criticized Reimagine Oregon’s lack of action in distributing $5.8 million in Recreational Marijuana Tax funds set aside by the city to help incubate Black-owned businesses in Portland.
Portland Fire & Rescue receives preliminary approval … Portland City Council announced they are is moving ahead with plans to fund an additional 13 firefighters.
City council approves $5 million demolition of O’Bryant … During an April 12 meeting, the Portland City Council officially approved the $5 million demolition of the blighted O’Bryant Square located along Park Ave. between Harvey Milk and Washington Streets in Downtown.
Wheeler: Firefighter overtime incentive ‘farcical’ … Following an 18-month struggle to get firefighters to voluntarily work desperately needed overtime shifts amid a serious staffing shortage, the Portland City Council agreed during its April 5 meeting to settle a labor issue with Portland Fire & Rescue by agreeing to the union’s demands for overtime incentives and the ability for firefighters to wash their personal cars using city-paid water.
DA Schmidt responds to Downtown’s enormous ‘Schmidt … A towering four-story billboard criticizing the politics of Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt was prominently hung near the intersection of Washington Street and 2nd Ave. on April 5., greeting those entering Downtown from Morrison Bridge with the message: “Portland is a Schmidt Show!”
Progress report: Portland commissioners in midst … With one month until the end of those 90 days on May 3, KOIN 6 News wants to know where commissioners stand in meeting those goals.
City officials back move to rename NW Portland street … Portland city officials seem poised to change the name of NW Davis Street to NW Darcelle XV Street in honor of the legendary drag queen
