Documents obtained by KATU News show that over the past 12 months Urban Alchemy's own employees processed 26 complaints for PDX sites-half alleged sexual harassment. City councilors received this data the night before the amended to restrict funds failed on a tie vote.

Since 2020, at least nine lawsuits have been filed against Portland’s largest homeless services provider, most in Northern California, where the nonprofit is headquartered. Most of the lawsuits were filed before the City of Portland signed a $50 million contract with the nonprofit.

Well I woke up feeling petty so I’m going to say it. Print orgs the “as first reported by” credit goes for broadcast TV too. I always cite your first report both on air and in digital articles when we follow up on news you covered first. You should too. Thanks for coming to my soapbox!

What are you doing May 29? Come join us at McMenamins Kennedy School for SPJ's annual fundraiser and get an early glance at which Oregon journalists won awards in our five-state contest! www.spjoregon.com/news/save-th...

Citing my investigation into Portland's Largest homeless service provider, a group of city councilors is demanding answers on how city Shelter Services is monitoring that contractor. They say responses they get by EOD Monday will determine whether they decide to pull roughly $35M in funding.

For the past six months I’ve been digging into a large volume of complaints I obtained that were filed with Portland’s Ombudsman against staff at the city’s largest shelter provider. katu.com/news/local/s...

City councilors who broke Oregon's public meeting law support changing Oregon's public meeting law. www.salemreporter.com/2026/02/24/s...

We had a troupe of Girl Scouts come do a station tour today and my colleague who organized it wanted to make sure they got the full idea of all of the roles women have in news. This was part of my presentation.

KATU photojournalist Ric Peavyhouse and I have been touring facilities, talking to experts youth and victims about a troubling spike in serious juvenile criminal charges and what’s driving it. Hope you will take time to watch and share this special report. youtu.be/J_0oqvpqcX0

@cgiardinelli.bsky.social and I tried to see if they’d talk with us as the instagrammers went by in Noem’s convoy as they all left:

A previous version of this post was deleted because the headline and article have since been heavily edited as a result of MCSO responding—hours after we published today—to my request for an explanation of the IGA which I’ve repeatedly made starting Sept 2. katu.com/news/local/m...

The special session bill meant to stave off hundreds of layoffs at ODOT was expected to cross the finish line tomorrow after a saga of delays.

Just spoke with @cgiardinelli.bsky.social from KATU about today's difficult marathon budget session. Important to keep the community informed about how we're spending $8.5 billion in public dollars and the tough decisions we're making for Portland's future.

Three trips to Hawaii cost a combined $91,000 and, in some instances, government officials received first-class airfare, premium hotel rooms or fine dining, an investigation by The Oregonian/OregonLive has found. Officials made four other trips to Hawaii at an undisclosed cost.

As first reported by the @columbian.com A pair of investigations sent to parents Tuesday accused Hudson's Bay and Vancouver School District administrators of failing to properly discipline a teacher accused of sex abuse. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lyO...

Some Oregonians received a tough blow over the weekend as they joined thousands of probationary federal workers nationwide that received the pink slip from the Trump administration.

Here’s a quick thread with updates on multiple sex abuse/misconduct criminal cases involving teachers/students at school districts across our coverage area that we have been tracking.

A new year means new laws taking effect in Oregon. One of those new laws, the statewide ban on Styrofoam to-go containers, will come with an added cost to businesses and likely consumers. katu.com/news/local/o...

Though much of the disparity between metro and rural counties is likely attributed to a difference in data collection methods, advocates say some of the disparity accurately depicts resources and funding gaps in rural counties. katu.com/news/local/r...

Note: This article contains graphic descriptions of sex abuse allegations and may not be appropriate for all audiences. If you have reason to believe that a child has been the victim of abuse you are urged to contact the Child Abuse Hotline: 855-503-SAFE (7233) katu.com/news/local/t...

In a note he was carrying when he was arrested, Luigi Mangione paints himself as a man radicalized by statistics. via @mnreformer.bsky.social @cingraham.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/man-...

My coverage from today as my first post to this app. katu.com/news/local/l...