North Portland

Communities Latest poll shows fluoride measure failing

By KATU.com Staff Published: May 16, 2013 at 4:25 PM PDT Last Updated: May 16, 2013 at 8:50 PM PDT

The poll, which was conducted by Survey USA and released just five days before the election, shows that 53 percent of likely voters are against fluoridating the water. Just 40 percent of likely voters are for the measure, while eight percent are still undecided.

Communities Deadline to pay arts tax delayed after online system crash

By KATU.com Staff Published: May 15, 2013 at 5:35 PM PDT Last Updated: May 16, 2013 at 5:12 PM PDT

The city has extended the deadline to pay Portland's art tax indefinitely after an overwhelming number of people paying the tax online crashed the city's online payment system.

Communities Rent your ride: Putting car sharing services to the test (Video)

By Kerry Tomlinson, KATU Problem Solver Published: May 15, 2013 at 5:27 PM PDT Last Updated: May 15, 2013 at 5:34 PM PDT

Cathy Hastie called herself a car addict, but she decided to end her addiction for a week and try different car sharing services to get around.

Communities This year's city traffic project: Improve three high-crash corridors (Video)

By Hillary Lake KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: May 14, 2013 at 9:02 PM PDT Last Updated: May 14, 2013 at 9:02 PM PDT

The 10 top locations are where a majority of the accidents involving vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians occur.

Communities Portland honors its police officers lost in the line of duty (Photo Gallery)

By KATU.com Staff Published: May 14, 2013 at 3:03 PM PDT Last Updated: May 14, 2013 at 3:08 PM PDT

Mournful music emanated from Tom McCall Waterfront Park Tuesday afternoon as horns and bagpipes marked the Portland Police Bureau’s annual memorial service.

Communities Salem uses fluoridation chemical that Portland's hotly debating (Photo Gallery)

By Steve Benham, KATU.com Politics Editor Published: May 13, 2013 at 6:00 AM PDT Last Updated: May 13, 2013 at 4:26 PM PDT

As a heated battle rages in Portland over whether it should add fluoride to its water for the first time, the city of Salem has fluoridated its water since 1964.

Communities Dalai Lama: 'Faith and reason should go together' (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By Ian Parker, KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: May 9, 2013 at 10:31 AM PDT Last Updated: May 9, 2013 at 5:21 PM PDT

The Dalai Lama, in town for the first time in 12 years, gave a spiritual message about the environment Thursday morning at the University of Portland, urging the packed audience that “faith and reason should go together.”

Communities Oily smell in Northeast Portland has residents on edge

By Mary Loos, KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: May 8, 2013 at 4:44 PM PDT Last Updated: May 8, 2013 at 6:03 PM PDT

A pungent oily smell is becoming too much for some residents living northeast of University of Portland’s campus. The smell has forced some folks to hide in their homes in hopes of escaping it.

Communities Mayor's office: Some who paid arts tax didn't need to

By KATU.com Staff Published: May 7, 2013 at 9:32 AM PDT Last Updated: May 7, 2013 at 9:32 AM PDT

Some people who’ve paid Portland’s new arts tax are eligible for refunds, Mayor Charlie Hales’ office said in a news release Tuesday.

Communities District proposal would add more staff to Portland high schools

By KATU.com Staff Published: May 7, 2013 at 7:36 AM PDT Last Updated: May 7, 2013 at 7:36 AM PDT

A new proposal by Portland school leaders could lead to more attention in high school classrooms.

Communities TriMet says 'surge arrester' short caused MAX power outage

By KATU.com Staff Published: May 6, 2013 at 6:12 AM PDT Last Updated: May 6, 2013 at 9:17 PM PDT

TriMet said MAX train lines were disrupted early Monday morning after a power outage at some TriMet substations.

Communities TriMet: Ticket machine software bug flagged credit cards as stolen (Video)

By Dan Cassuto, KATU News Published: May 4, 2013 at 1:28 PM PDT Last Updated: May 4, 2013 at 1:28 PM PDT

TriMet admits its ticket machines have been causing banks to cancel or suspend thousands of debit and credit cards.