News For more than 40 years, Carrol C. Platz Jr. has been collecting dog semen—sometimes using a device called an electroejaculator, and sometimes by hand. Platz is a world-renowned expert on the More
A Question of Breeding
A local semen bank for dogs is accused of sending the wrong seed.
News For more than 40 years, Carrol C. Platz Jr. has been collecting dog semen—sometimes using a device called an electroejaculator, and sometimes by hand. Platz is a world-renowned expert on the More
U-Turned Down
Con-way’s big plans to develop Northwest run into trouble over traffic and other issues.
News Hey, Con-way: Not so fast. Last week, WW detailed the freight company’s plans to develop 17 acres it owns in Northwest Portland and the tension the proposal is already creating (see “Welco More
A Violation of Trust?
A former legislative aide accuses a lawmaker of sexual misconduct.
News A former aide to Deputy House Republican Leader Matt Wingard (R-Wilsonville) has accused him of giving her alcohol when she was underage, pressuring her to have sex, and... More
Changing Places
A North Portland center shows what a “green” building means.
News It’s easy to look past the squat former Arco station at North Albina Avenue and Ainsworth Street. The exterior disguises the clean, sleek remodeling inside that has transformed it into the June More
Budget Busters
A riders’ advocacy group challenges TriMet to rethink its fare hikes and service cuts.
News TriMet is zooming ahead with plans to close a $12 million budget gap for next year by raising ticket prices, cutting bus service and ending the free-rail zone. The transit agency’s board is set More
Welcome to Con-way Town
The freight giant in Northwest Portland is paving its way to developing a huge swath of real estate close to downtown.
News The asphalt prairies along Northwest 21st and 22nd avenues don’t look like much now. But Con-way... More
Hotseat: Jack Sim
One man’s quest to give the world a toilet.
News Jack Sim wants people to admit they poop. Sim, 55, a successful Singaporean construction executive, is the founder of the nonprofit World Toilet Organization. It’s OK, please laugh—Sim says More
A Smack in the Kicker
A union-backed initiative to repeal the corporate tax rebate draws fire from reformers.
News For years, state Sen. Ginny Burdick (D-Portland) has been working to get rid of one of the biggest oddities of Oregon’s income tax system, a rebate called the “kicker.” First passed by the More
A Growing Oregon Loophole
Independent campaign expenditures here are soaring—and invisible.
News An army of canvassers hit the streets in April and May to rescue state Rep. Mike Schaufler (D-Happy Valley) from defeat. Many of the workers knocking on doors for Schaufler in the May 15 primary w More
What Money Can’t Buy
Portland’s mayoral primary had something to teach everyone about Rose City politics.
News Fresh off his May 15 primary victory, mayoral candidate Charlie Hales fired most of his staff last week. As a gesture of... 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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