Stephanie Domurat

1 week ago | kgw.com | Alex Jensen |Stephanie Domurat

PORTLAND, Ore. — What happens when a city's restaurant scene reaches the pinnacle of culinary recognition — yet the chefs behind the accolades can barely keep their doors open? Portland's food scene is experiencing a golden moment. The city that once parodied on "Portlandia" for obsessing over farm-to-table dining is now earning serious national respect.

3 weeks ago | kgw.com | Stephanie Domurat |Alex Jensen

PORTLAND, Ore. — In an era when newspaper staffs have dramatically shrunk nationwide, one veteran editor's insights reveal why the future of democracy might depend on understanding the difference between your hometown reporter and cable news punditry. After four decades in journalism, The Oregonian's retiring executive editor Therese Bottomly has witnessed something notable: While national media drowns in public skepticism, local news maintains something increasingly rare — community trust.

4 weeks ago | kgw.com | Stephanie Domurat |Alex Jensen

PORTLAND, Ore. — Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez finds herself walking a political tightrope that few lawmakers would envy. The second-term Democrat represents Washington's 3rd Congressional District — a seat she describes as fundamentally "red," having voted for Trump in all three elections he appeared on the ballot. "This was not drawn to be purple seat," Gluesenkamp Perez said in a recent interview on KGW's Straight Talk.

1 month ago | kgw.com | Stephanie Domurat |Anthony Macuk

PORTLAND, Ore. — It's been less than two years since Chief Bob Day took the reins at the Portland Police Bureau (PPB), but he says the city has made meaningful progress in that time on some of its most pressing issues, with substantial declines in homicides, gun violence and car thefts, even as public safety remains a top-of-mind issue.

1 month ago | kgw.com | Stephanie Domurat |Alex Jensen

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Trump administration's recent decision to cancel more than 80% of programs at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) marks an unprecedented shift in American foreign policy, which has sent shockwaves through international aid programs, including those in Portland. Since January, Mercy Corps, the Portland-based humanitarian organization, has received termination notices for 40 of its 62 U.S.-funded programs.