The city of Portland has 56 snowplows. That seems like a lot, but the “snowplows” actually serve as regular maintenance ...

Jessica Vega Pederson was elected to a four-year term as Chair of the Multnomah County Commission back in 2022.

The 2025 theme, “A Light for Tomorrow: A Technicolor Future,” invited artists to picture the city in the year 2045. Over the ...

Full of emotional and deeply personal stories, the side content in these open-world games often outshines their main plots.

Those are some of the conclusions of a long-awaited report from the tax advisory group of the Portland Central City Task Force, a panel convened by Gov. Tina Kotek in 2023 to rehabilitate Portland ...

TOPPENISH, Wash.-The city of Toppenish is considering upgrading the layout to one of their intersections. At the point where west first avenue and west Toppenish Avenue meet, they are considering ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland City Council held a meeting Wednesday night to discuss the potential for increasing the city budget by up to $4.6 million. The council voted to pull that extra ...

The largest dog show series in the Pacific Northwest is underway at the Portland Expo Center. The 2025 Rose City Classic kicked off Thursday. The family-friendly event draws the top dogs from ...

A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the Government Transition Advisory Committee's Council staffing recommendations. The Mercury regrets the error ...

Mayor Keith Wilson and Portland’s City Council argue they don’t have enough staff to fulfill the policymaking and public engagement demands that voters expect of them. Portland City Council ...

The days of Tommy Vercetti are long gone and we'll be loading into a reimagined Vice City as Lucia. With the anticipated release date expected any day now, information on the map and its size won ...

Portland began utilizing a mayor-council form of government in 2025. In Portland, the city council serves as the city's primary legislative body and the mayor serves as the city's chief executive. The ...