Portland Fire & Rescue is on the scene of a two-alarm fire in the Belmont neighborhood.

The proposed ordinance sparked hours of debate, with supporters calling it a matter of transparency and opponents warning it could fail in court.

The Oregon Department of Transportation reported Oregon 99W was closed in both directions near the intersection with Southwest 64th Avenue between 2 p.m. and 2:45 p.m., KTPV reported. Read the original article on oregonlive.com. Add oregonlive.com as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

A Pacific Northwest credit union is leaving D. Rivermark Community Credit Union’s branch and ATM on 120 SW Taylor St. will permanently close on Tuesday, June 30, according to a recent announcement from the organization.

PORTLAND, Oregon — At least one household is displaced after Thursday's late afternoon fire in North Portland. Portland Fire & Rescue was on the scene in the University Park neighborhood, in the 6500 block of North Yale Street, around 4:39 p.m. The agency said a fire from a shed spread to a home, then to a second home.

A federal bankruptcy judge has ordered the owner of a long-troubled auto recycling business to relinquish control of his North Portland property to a court-appointed trustee, clearing the way for state regulators to inspect the site after years of alleged violations.

Gas prices are back on the climb across the country, including Oregon. The national gas price average sits at $4.39, which is 30 cents higher than last week’s national average. But Oregon’s state average is $5.

Self-driving cars could soon be on the streets of Portland.Waymo, the autonomous vehicle company owned by Alphabet, has begun early testing by manually driving

Waymo continues to add self-driving robotaxis to more US cities. On Tuesday, the company announced its next location: Portland, Oregon. Portland will join Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, Orlando and a handful of other cities.