As graffiti vandals in Portland jockey for notoriety and positioning on the sides of buildings, police are struggling to catch perpetrators and clean up the city.

Police investigate offensive graffiti spray-painted on SW Portland synagogue. Updated: Oct. 14, 2015, 5:41 p.m. ... Sgt. Pete Simpson, a spokesman for the Portland Police Bureau, ...

Treneil Washington founded the non-profit Torch of Hope that trains young men and is currently offering free graffiti removal to Portland businesses through a city grant, July 2024 (KOIN) ...

Police then served a search warrant on the alleged graffiti vandal’s Portland home on June 25, finding 1,500 cans of spray paint and other vandalism materials, worth more than $10,000.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The amount of graffiti in Portland has risen to become quite literally a million-dollar problem. Earlier this year, the Oregon Department of Transportation awarded $2 million to ...

The Oregon Legislature authorized a one-time allocation of $1 million in the 2021-2023 biennium for ODOT to address the graffiti problem. That ended June 30. Skip Navigation ...

PORTLAND — Police are investigating a flurry of swastika vandalism in a Portland neighborhood. Sgt. Pete Simpson said Monday morning that hate graffiti was tagged onto at least six cars as well ...

Rioters marched the streets of downtown Portland, smashing windows and graffitiing local businesses in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn the Roe v. Wade abortion case.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - Along the highway, covering the sides of buildings, on the walls of tunnels, Portland has been bathed in a sea of paint. “It’s graffiti is really when it comes down to ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Several southeast Portland businesses are fed up with continuous graffiti on their walls. After about a dozen people came by early in the morning on Wednesday and sprayed ...

Police then served a search warrant on the alleged graffiti vandal’s Portland home on June 25, finding 1,500 cans of spray paint and other vandalism materials, worth more than $10,000.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — While the average teenager’s hardship includes drama in high school, Treneil Washington’s adolescence was marred by gang violence and jail time. Born and raised in ...