Mayor Keith Wilson's State of the City speech was heavy on optimism and short on specifics — and a bruising budget proposal is just days away.

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson delivered his state of the city address Friday and discussed his plans for Portland’s future, which he claims is thriving and in a state of renaissance.

According to that report, the couple originally opened Il Piatto on the same corner in 1994, ran it for about 18 years, and then rebooted the space as the Slide Inn in 2012. Perched at 2348 S.E. Ankeny,

Reta Morrill, a fifth-generation Peaks Island resident, recalls her school days riding a Casco Bay ferry to and from school.

An adult man was shot and injured early Saturday on Southeast Sandy Boulevard, and Portland police are asking anyone with information to come forward.

Portland is about to get zipped into the global supply chain story. SBS, a major Chinese zipper manufacturer, is planning to open its first U.S. office in the Portland area, giving the company its first permanent foothold in the country and potentially speeding up access to its zippers and trims for North American brands.

Pat and Tabitha Becker bought a condo in Portland’s Ritz-Carlton building in January. And the couple purchased it at a discount as striking as their views from the high-rise’s 24th floor. Drawn by real estate agents promising half-off the original list prices,

Electro-Chem Metal Finishing had been using the chemical trichloroethylene, or TCE, in its process to clean metal parts, according to the Oregon DEQ.