Oregon's statewide graduation for the class of 2024 is 81.8% for public schools, the second-highest ever reported in the state.

Tigard police said it “believed that speed was a factor in the crash.”

TIGARD, Ore. (KATU) — One person was killed after a car crashed into a house in Tigard early Wednesday morning. The crash happened around 12:40 a.m. Investigators say a Subaru crashed into the front of a home in the 12500 block of SW Gaarde St.

The parties in the largest healthcare strike in Oregon history will return to the bargaining table at the request of Gov. Tina Kotek as nurses and other Providence employees remain off the job for a third week.

One person was injured in a shooting in southeast Portland early Sunday morning, according to police.

Mari Watanabe became the newest member of the Oregon Legislature on Jan. 19—and also the state’s first-ever Japanese American lawmaker.

Oregon’s 90 lawmakers are beginning their work in earnest on Tuesday, with about five months to pass a spending plan for the next two years, figure out how to plug a transportation funding hole and make progress on the state’s housing crisis.

A data breach hit a company that manages retirement plans for several school districts in Oregon, potentially compromising employee’s personal information. The Tigard-based company, Carruth Compliance Consulting,

Portland police have identified the man whose “suspicious death” at the Gateway Fred Meyer on Monday is now considered a homicide, according to investigators. Read online:

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About 82% of the class of 2024 graduated within four years, a slight uptick from the previous year’s rate and the second best rate in state history.