News The Oregon Supreme Court has succeeded in doing what scores of public meetings, thousands of pages of reports... More
The $2.5 Billion Bribe
Oregon’s Supreme Court says light-rail politics drove plans for a new I-5 bridge.
News The Oregon Supreme Court has succeeded in doing what scores of public meetings, thousands of pages of reports... More
No Such Thing As Free Coffee
Oregon’s Transportation Department is losing control of rest areas—and the cost of keeping them safe and clean doubles.
News For the Oregon Department of Transportation, February is the cruelest month. Legislators are wrestling with health-care... More
Whiffs of Trouble
A fertilizer plant comes under criminal investigation after repeated ammonia leaks.
News The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched a criminal investigation into a large leak of ammonia from a Columbia County fertilizer plant in 2010 that went undetected for five days. Re More
Fecal Matters
Transplanting someone else's poo into your body is gaining medical acceptance.
News Most teenage boys make money the old-fashioned way. They mow lawns, wash cars or flip burgers. But one 13-year-old in Portland is the envy of his friends for the way he makes his money. He gets $50 More
“G-ing” in the Spotlight
Grant High students speak out about the locker-room assaults.
News For the past four weeks, Grant High School in Northeast Portland has been under a cloud of scrutiny and shame. Four of its students face criminal investigation for allegedly assaulting two of th More
Gravy Train
Union Pacific has billions in profits. So why is Oregon subsidizing the rail giant?
News When it comes to shipping companies, few are bigger than Union Pacific. The rail giant controls 32,000 miles of track across most of the Western U.S. Last year, the company had profits of $3.3 bil More
Still Big, Still Costly
CRC backers claim the $3.5 billion project is “downsizing.” That’s not true—not even close.
News Backers of the proposed $3.5 billion freeway bridge across the Columbia River say they’ve gotten the message: The project is too big and expensive. That’s why Gov. John Kitzhaber’s chief More
Budget Bud
Why Oregon has America’s cheapest weed.
News In Oregon, we have high precipitation, high unemployment and very high standards for coffee. But the cost of getting high? That’s low. The price of marijuana is lower in Oregon than in any o More
Yes, We Have No Tomatoes
Portland’s indoor gardening shops sell all you need for homegrown medical weed—except advice.
News Michael Johnson entered the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program two years ago, decades after he quit smoking pot recreationally, to help cope with a debilitating back injury. The 55-year-old reside More
Better Toking Through Chemistry
Should you take Sour Diesel or Purple Kush for nausea? Science has the answer.
News For recreational users, the only criterion for picking a strain of cannabis is the character of the high they want to get. But for the medical user, the choice of strain can be vitally importa More
Top Articles from News
The 30-Year Secret
A crime, a cover-up and the way it shaped Oregon. Quake-Up Call
There’s a massive earthquake in Portland’s future—and a government “prophet of doom” will tell you all about it. Douchebags Not Allowed
Southwest Ankeny street says yes to cool and no to cars. Jack Shack Attack
The Legislature takes on Oregon’s proliferating lingerie shops. Lifestyles of the Rich & Fame-ish
Exposing the secret lives of Portland’s celebrity kinfolk. What the #$*! 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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