Northwest Portland

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 Pearl District shop owners warn each other about cell phone thefts

By KATU.com Staff Published: May 9, 2013 at 11:27 AM PDT Last Updated: May 9, 2013 at 11:27 AM PDT

Employees say the thefts appear to be a two-person operation. In some cases, one of the thieves pretends to be a customer to distract the employee and then swipe phones.

Communities Trumpet stolen from Portland musician: 'Without it, I've got no voice' (Video)

By Melanie Wingo, KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: May 7, 2013 at 2:13 PM PDT Last Updated: May 7, 2013 at 2:13 PM PDT

Playing the trumpet is not just a hobby to Caleb Denison. It’s his passion. Denison said a thief stole his trumpet as he was getting ready to play a First Thursday concert at his friend’s new grocery store.

Communities Photos: Pearl District is home to Portland's newest park (Photo Gallery)

Published: May 7, 2013 at 12:47 PM PDT Last Updated: May 7, 2013 at 1:13 PM PDT

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 Police search for man who tried to steal ATM

By KATU.com Staff Published: May 5, 2013 at 4:47 PM PDT Last Updated: May 5, 2013 at 4:47 PM PDT

Police are looking for a man who they said tried to steal an ATM from a credit union in Northwest Portland early Sunday morning.