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4.5😞(4.2K ratings)

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Stay informed with local news and weather updates for the Portland and Vancouver areas. Access top stories, watch reporter videos, and get real-time alerts. Plan your day with detailed weather forecasts and interactive radar.

What We Love

🌟 Accurate and up-to-date news coverage
👍 Helpful weather information
📺 Great local news team

Room to Improve

🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezes
💤 Slow and unresponsive performance
📢 Intrusive and excessive ads
🔍 Difficulty navigating and finding content
🔊 Autoplay videos with no volume control

KATU News Portland by Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc

Portland News & Weather

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4.4😞(100 ratings)

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Stay informed with local news, live weather, and breaking stories for Portland and the Pacific Northwest. Watch live newscasts, get real-time alerts, and monitor traffic and weather forecasts.

What We Love

👍 Easy to use interface
👍 Good local news coverage
👍 Fast performance (historically)
👍 Well-written articles (historically)
👍 Nice graphics (historically)
👍 Easy navigation (historically)

Room to Improve

🐛 Frequent crashes
🐛 App won't open
🐛 Freezes after ads
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🐛 Confirmation emails not arriving
🐛 AI-written articles
🐛 Uninformed articles
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🐛 No sound in live broadcast
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🐛 Looping advertisements
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🐛 Right-wing garbage (per one user)
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🐛 Trump TV (per one user)
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Portland, Oregon News from KGW by Tegna Inc.

Breaking news & video

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by Oregonian Publishing Company LLC

4.6😊(18K ratings)

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Get breaking news, weather forecasts, and live video updates for the Portland, Oregon and Southwest Washington area. Receive real-time notifications, explore investigative stories, and personalize your news feed with topics that matter to you.

What We Love

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💻 Convenient mobile app

Room to Improve

🔍 Difficult to navigate
🔁 Repetitive and outdated content
📺 Too many intrusive ads
🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezes
🔌 Poor performance on older devices

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