News Early in his campaign for Portland mayor, Charlie Hales had a big money problem. His chief foe, Eileen Brady... More
Charlie’s Fee Fall
Mayoral candidate Charlie Hales once proposed a huge giveaway to developers. Why has he suddenly changed his mind?
News Early in his campaign for Portland mayor, Charlie Hales had a big money problem. His chief foe, Eileen Brady... More
Gimme Shelter
Adams’ play to restore TriMet’s YouthPass for city students leaves the region’s leaders steaming.
News Mayor Sam Adams doesn’t usually attend Metro’s Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation—the board of elected officials... More
Ratlandia
Occupy Portland’s impact is unclear, but it includes rodents.
News Occupy Portland protester Cameron Whitten is camped out in front of City Hall, where’s he’s been on a hunger strike for 40 days. As many as three dozen people have joined him, living and sleep More
Faking It
Internet killed the laminator.
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News “Pete” made thousands selling fake IDs. Using a laminator, basic Photoshop skills and a roll of double-sided tape, he charged University of Portland students up to $100 for cards that cost $ More
Boarding by the Ban
Can Arlington Heights ban skateboarding down the Zoobomb run?
News Robin McGuirk is taking what he fears may be his last ride down Southwest Fairview Boulevard. It’s 1 pm on June 26 and the 35-year-old owner of Eastside Longboards is cruising down the West Hi More
Spice World
Synthetic marijuana is more illegal than the real stuff—and easier to buy.
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News A decade ago, synthetic marijuana hit shelves at skate and head shops with two big advantages over real grass: It was legal and it wouldn’t show up in drug tests. A decade later, fake pot could More
Red Card
Jefferson Smith says he regrets acts of unsportsmanlike conduct that have gotten him banned from the court and field.
News Politics is a rough business—but it’s light duty compared to lining up against Rep. Jefferson Smith (D-Portland) on the basketball court or... More
Know Your Rights
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News People with badges are used to getting their way—even if the badge was issued by Blart Security. Teenagers aren’t always crazy about people telling them what to do. So when the guy in the unif More
Grass Ceiling
Elected with pot money, Ellen Rosenblum, Oregon’s new attorney general, faces many legal conflicts of her own making.
News Ellen Rosenblum will make history June 29 when she takes office as Oregon’s first female attorney general. But...
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Spying the Friendly Skies
Drone aircraft used for recon in Afghanistan are now in Portland.
News Military surveillance drones of the kind used to spy on Taliban targets for U.S. forces in Afghanistan are now based in Portland, but U.S. government officials are unclear how or when they might 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. Jack Shack Attack
The Legislature takes on Oregon’s proliferating lingerie shops. Douchebags Not Allowed
Southwest Ankeny street says yes to cool and no to cars. Lifestyles of the Rich & Fame-ish
Exposing the secret lives of Portland’s celebrity kinfolk. What the #$*! is Ramtha
The year's sleeper hit was inspired by a 35,000-year-old warrior spirit from Atlantis. Killing Time
Dead Men Waiting on Oregon’s Death Row. Budget Bud
Why Oregon has America’s cheapest weed. A Newsman’s Secret
The woman with Bob Caldwell on the day he died works as an internet call girl. Mayoral Madness
Let’s pick the next mayor the only sane way: with a bracket.
A crime, a cover-up and the way it shaped Oregon. Quake-Up Call
There’s a massive earthquake in Portland’s future—and a government “prophet of doom” will tell you all about it. Jack Shack Attack
The Legislature takes on Oregon’s proliferating lingerie shops. Douchebags Not Allowed
Southwest Ankeny street says yes to cool and no to cars. Lifestyles of the Rich & Fame-ish
Exposing the secret lives of Portland’s celebrity kinfolk. What the #$*! 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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