PORTLAND, Ore. — The benefits of trees have been widely known for years. Our arboreous neighbors provide cooling during hot summer days. They cut down on air pollution and increase property values.

Forecasters with the National Weather Service say wind gusts in the Portland area are expected to reach 45 to 55 mph, with ...

Portland General Electric has staffed up and stockpiled materials to ensure it can restore service as quickly as possible in ...

City leaders are advancing a proposal to do away with most fees for tree-cutting permits, inspections and appeals as citizen ire grows over the expense, bureaucratic overreach and unequal enforcement ...

New York and Chicago have towering skyscrapers. San Francisco has classic Victorian houses. Here in Portland, we have trees. From mammoth Douglas-firs to an impressive, multispecies roster of Heritage ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A worker with a tree-trimming service died Tuesday when a large limb fell during a job, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office said. The incident in the 3800 block of SW Scholls ...

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Katie Wilson to be inaugurated as Seattle mayor Friday, emphasizing community's role Katie Wilson is set to be inaugurated as Seattle's next mayor on Friday at 10 a.m. in a public ceremony at Seattle ...

The raising of the holiday tree on Portland's Monument Square is an annual tradition. But this year's tree has an unusual story that started just blocks away from the square where it was raised on ...

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