Portland Area Local News
- Oregon coronavirus updates April 6: Domestic violence calls up during stay-home orderon April 6, 2020 at 5:04 pm
COVID-19 continues to spread in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Get the latest updates here.
- Dutch Bros donating 100% of April profits to medical first responderson April 6, 2020 at 5:02 pm
The funds will be donated to First Responders First, an initiative that provides essential supplies and equipment to medical front-line workers.
- Oregon and nation's response to COVID-19 eerily similar to 1918 Spanish flu pandemicon April 6, 2020 at 4:43 pm
The Portland historian behind the Kick Ass Oregon History podcast hopes our leaders study the mistakes made 102 years ago.
- Portland neighbors share wine a floor apart while supporting coronavirus frontline workerson April 6, 2020 at 4:26 pm
A couple on a walk captures a magical moment at 7 p.m. as neighbors in the Pearl District took a moment to honor front line coronavirus workers.
- Oregon coronavirus updates April 5: 1 more death, 69 new cases of COVID-19on April 6, 2020 at 2:23 pm
COVID-19 continues to spread in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Get the latest updates here.
- Volunteers needed to sew cloth masks for medical staff and first responderson April 6, 2020 at 12:18 pm
Sew to Save Oregon, a Portland web-based initiative, said it is swamped with demand after only 48 hours online.
- Town turns out to celebrate young Gresham cancer survivor with victory paradeon April 6, 2020 at 7:10 am
Jaxon Perkins, 6, has battled leukemia for more than three years. He had 20 blood transfusions and spent more than 100 nights in the hospital
- Many Portland metro law enforcement agencies say domestic violence, disturbance calls are upon April 6, 2020 at 2:54 am
KGW reached out to several cities and counties to find out if domestic violence-related calls and arrests have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Teachers at Portland school use drive-thru concept as part of distance-learning planon April 6, 2020 at 2:02 am
Columbia Christian School, a private school in east Portland, has decided to pair its online learning with the concept of a drive-thru.
- 'Very comforting to know that somebody else cares': City of Gresham checks in on seniors, vulnerable residentson April 6, 2020 at 1:38 am
Gresham employees call up residents to check in and find out how they're doing, connect them with resources and, in some cases, actually bring people supplies.