News The U.S. Department of Justice last week released a damning report about the Portland Police Bureau’s use of force. The details may... More
Failure To Comply
The feds have used independent monitors to reform police agencies elsewhere. But Portland leaders don’t want one here.
News The U.S. Department of Justice last week released a damning report about the Portland Police Bureau’s use of force. The details may... More
The Portland Index: Culture Club
Just how cultured is Portland?
News Portland loves its culture—and loves that so many people are also fascinated by it. But just how cultured is Portland? Turns out just a bit. City Vitals 2.0 ranks Portland as the eighth-most cul More
Crapping Out
A state analysis finds a private casino would cost Oregon millions every year.
News Between now and the Nov. 6 election, promoters of a vast new 3,500-slot-machine casino in Wood Village hope to keep voters’ attention... More
Notes From a Newbie Homeless Portlander
News Editor’s note: Darrick Evenson is newly homeless. For the past five weeks, Evenson, 51, originally from Santa Monica, Calif., has been living in his 1996 Mitsubishi Galant. Prior to becoming h More
Driving After the Influence
If Washington legalizes dope, driving there could become risky for tokers.
News Oregon medical marijuana patients might have reason to worry if the state of Washington’s dope legalization initiative passes in November—that is, if they ever plan on driving in Washington. More
Who’s Listening to Diane Roark?
An Oregon woman warned that the U.S. government was eavesdropping on its own citizens. Then it turned on her.
News Warrantless wiretapping may have faded from the headlines with George W. Bush, but one Oregonian is determined... More
Cracked Rearview
Mayoral candidate Jefferson Smith’s legislative accomplishments aren’t as large as he makes them appear.
News State Rep. Jefferson Smith (D-East Portland) says the change he drives is more important than how he drives his car. As... More
Bike-Share Snare
Why Portland’s long-awaited bicycle-rental program still doesn’t have a contractor.
News Software problems have delayed a Portland company’s bike-sharing programs in two of the nation’s largest cities and may threaten a... More
Value Shopping
Sam Adams tried to keep Walmart from expanding here. He failed.
News The company moving into an 8,500-square-foot office above Rock Bottom Brewing in downtown Portland on Sept. 7 is the sort of tech-sector success... More
The Tooth of the Matter
A new call to put fluoride in the city’s water raises old fears.
News After 54 years of opposition, the City of Portland is moving to put fluoride in your drinking water. Upstream Public Health, the group behind the fluoridation move, launched what amounted to a p More
Top Articles from News
The 30-Year Secret
A crime, a cover-up and the way it shaped Oregon. Quake-Up Call
There’s a massive earthquake in Portland’s future—and a government “prophet of doom” will tell you all about it. Douchebags Not Allowed
Southwest Ankeny street says yes to cool and no to cars. Jack Shack Attack
The Legislature takes on Oregon’s proliferating lingerie shops. Lifestyles of the Rich & Fame-ish
Exposing the secret lives of Portland’s celebrity kinfolk. What the #$*! is Ramtha
The year's sleeper hit was inspired by a 35,000-year-old warrior spirit from Atlantis. Killing Time
Dead Men Waiting on Oregon’s Death Row. Budget Bud
Why Oregon has America’s cheapest weed. A Newsman’s Secret
The woman with Bob Caldwell on the day he died works as an internet call girl. Mayoral Madness
Let’s pick the next mayor the only sane way: with a bracket.
A crime, a cover-up and the way it shaped Oregon. Quake-Up Call
There’s a massive earthquake in Portland’s future—and a government “prophet of doom” will tell you all about it. Douchebags Not Allowed
Southwest Ankeny street says yes to cool and no to cars. Jack Shack Attack
The Legislature takes on Oregon’s proliferating lingerie shops. Lifestyles of the Rich & Fame-ish
Exposing the secret lives of Portland’s celebrity kinfolk. What the #$*! is Ramtha
The year's sleeper hit was inspired by a 35,000-year-old warrior spirit from Atlantis. Killing Time
Dead Men Waiting on Oregon’s Death Row. Budget Bud
Why Oregon has America’s cheapest weed. A Newsman’s Secret
The woman with Bob Caldwell on the day he died works as an internet call girl. Mayoral Madness
Let’s pick the next mayor the only sane way: with a bracket.
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