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
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.”
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 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…
City of Portland OKs $75K lawsuit settlement with … The Portland City Council has agreed to pay a man $75,000 for the alleged financial, physical and emotional damages that he suffered during a recorded clash with Portland Police and a Multnomah County Sheriff’s Deputy during a George Floyd protest in Downtown Portland on July 4, 2020.
City Council sets goals for charter transition, initiates … The Portland City Council unanimously approved a resolution on Feb. 2 that directs the city’s chief administrative officer Michael Jordan to develop a plan for carrying out the drastic changes that Portland voters agreed to make to the city’s charter in November. The resolution also instructs city commissioners to develop 90-day action plans for their respective service districts in order to help these districts prepare for the change in government coming in 2025.
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.
‘We need more support:’ Portland business falls victim … House of Pipes says the lost revenue and damages from this week’s break-in are still being totaled up, but estimates could be around $100,000 lost.
City Council approves PPB spending $1.5 million on … The Portland City Council has approved the Portland Police Bureau’s request to spend $1.5 million on a new patrol plane.
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.
