A 3-year-old girl is recovering at a hospital following a pit bull attack and while her mother wants the dog put down, she said she doesn't blame the breed.
A victim of sex trafficking came to Portland when she couldn't find help anywhere else, but the services to keep her safe are facing funding cuts.
I realize many (if not, most) startup founders and employees have invested life savings, sacrificed time with families and taken risks based on years of experience in order to follow their passions and build businesses over time. They cringe at the idea startups only begin as portrayed in the movie, The Social Network.
But let’s face it: there are opportunities for the many graduating college seniors about to walk across a stage and into the “real world.” These barely-20-somethings with little experience and, often times, little to lose will be the ones willing to take a risk, enjoy a career adventure and grab onto an opportunity simply to prove themselves.
At least one Oregon State Police trooper shot and killed a man Friday night after a chase from the Scappoose area, police said.
Your vote will help decide which startup companies will advance in a new city of Portland startup program and use taxpayer dollars in the hopes of finding success. You have until Thursday, May 9 to voice your opinion.
Court documents show the 19-year-old faces reckless burning charges for setting envelopes on fire under the deck.
Just a few days before voters get their ballots to decide whether to fluoridate the city's drinking water, complaints about dirty campaign tactics have begun to fly.
Portland Startup Weekend is kind of like a 54-hour relay race. You have to pick your team, work together and hope to finish as the winners. And you can expect sweat, tears and beer by the end.
For a group of six guys (pictured), they ran it just right. LivFly took home the “Overall Winner” award with an idea to connect local runners.
Here's their idea: Match running partners using where, when, how fast and how far they run.
A kindergarten teacher's instincts saved her student's life when he started choking on a snack in the classroom.
Support is growing for an openly gay school principal who will soon be out of a job.
It says something when a company gets the check from investors and the “favorite” vote from the audience. You must be doing something right, brandlive.
The Portland-based startup won the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network’s Angel Oregon 2013 Investment award as well as the “audience favorite” among the Launch Stage companies during Wednesday’s event. The OEN Angel Oregon award is $260,000 – so far. Fritz Brumder, CEO of brandlive, says he's already had "great conversations" with other investors for this funding round.
Portland police are searching for burglars who tunneled through several local businesses at the Capitol Corner strip mall on Southwest Barbur Boulevard near Huber Street.
Police are looking for a wanted sex offender who frequents Southeast Portland.
A van with two children in the back smashed into a home at 178th Avenue and 36th Way near Fisher's Landing Elementary School on Thursday.
Ever get that feeling you’re just not good enough on social media?
We all know by now that just signing up for the big sites like Twitter and Facebook doesn’t impress potential followers or future employers. You have to take it to the next level.
You’re supposed to be fun and professional, witty and informative - all at the same time.
Portland startup Vizify, which offers a quick and free way to create an interactive, online slideshow about your life, is now offering what the company says could be a cure to social media writer’s block: vizcards.
Portland Police Officer Paul Meyer was paralyzed from the waist down when a large tree fell on him in a training accident four months ago. He focuses on the fact that he’s alive and that he doesn't have severe brain damage.
Portland's new soccer team, The Thorns, came up with a t-shirt to support the team, but the slogan caused controversy.
Iraq War veteran Sean Davis has had the letter for several years, but he couldn’t read it for two reasons: It was written in Arabic and it was too difficult emotionally.
Ronda Stone lived in Woodburn in 1979 and went to a storage unit auction hoping for a sign. For $2 she bought a box containing a Purple Heart and a Bible.
There are few other companies a fitness or athletics startup would want to be associated with as much as Nike. Now, ten are getting the chance.
The startups, which were announced this afternoon, are moving in today to a new, shared office space. It means the next cool gadget or app from the prestigious brand could come not from its Beaverton headquarters, but rather from the brains and sweat of people working out of Northwest Portland for the next few months. The office space is located at 1714 NW Overton.
Since starting my #StumptownStartups blog here at KATU, I've taken a special interest in the Portland Seed Fund.
As a journalist reaching out to the average TV viewer, the 90 day "business boot camp" for startups stands out because it uses a combination of private and public money (thanks to the state of Oregon and cities of Portland and Hillsboro).
So, Oregonians, here is the first public list for the next "class" of startups that you are helping along. The idea is that they'll find success and then bring jobs, tax revenue and recognition to the local area.
Which do you think will be the next big thing?
As Portland startup mentors, hopefuls and success stories return home from a busy, and I would imagine pretty fun, few days in Austin, Texas for South by Southwest Interactive (SXSW), I find myself intrigued and a little jealous that I wasn’t there.
But thankfully, my co-worker got to go.
A West Linn man appears to be targeting dozens of local women with repeated messages, leaving them feeling harassed but helpless to stop it.
Hours before Santiago Cisneros III was killed by police Monday night, KATU news cameras recorded him at City Hall while working on an unrelated story about a proposed bill regarding sidewalk regulations.
World collaboration just has a nice ring to it. Well, here’s more proof that innovation, creation and investing are more important than country lines or language barriers.
Lucid Energy, a Portland-based startup I wrote about in January that is doing a pilot project to put turbines in the city's main drinking water pipe and create clean energy, is the first U.S. company to receive funding from a new crowdfunding platform based in Israel, OurCrowd.
(New) Don't blame the breed, mother of girl attacked by pit bull says (Video)
