News The Urban League of Portland saw its president quit last week after allegations of financial mismanagement, but troubles for the 66-year-old nonprofit are far from over. Ex-president Marcus C. More
Urban League Contract Under Review
County records show concerns about the quality of services the nonprofit provides.
News The Urban League of Portland saw its president quit last week after allegations of financial mismanagement, but troubles for the 66-year-old nonprofit are far from over. Ex-president Marcus C. More
Dreadlocks vs. Hardhats
Unions say no to Occupy Portland’s call for a waterfront strike.
News On Monday, Dec. 12, Occupy Portland plans to bus hundreds of protesters to the Port of Portland's marine terminals as part of a coordinated effort by at least nine other local branches of th More
Maxed Out at the Urban League
Auditors say the nonprofit group’s president used the League’s credit card for questionable spending.
News The president of the Urban League of Portland is under scrutiny by county auditors for more than $44,000 of questionable spending. Over the past 2½ years, Urban League President Marcus C. Mun More
Flunk a Duck
U of O President Richard Lariviere may be brilliant—but he failed Politics 101.
News For a brainy Sanskrit scholar with decades of high-level administrative experience in state university systems, recently fired University of Oregon President Richard Lariviere displayed a stunning More
30 Missing Minutes
Numbers are key to the fate of the accused Christmas Tree Bomber.
News Inmates in custody of the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office as of Nov. 28: 1,167 Inmates arrested by the FBI: 3 Number of inmates charged with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction: 1 Wee More
Wine & Bull
IRS frowns on local tycoon’s party expenses.
News A previously unreported tax dispute involving one of Oregon’s richest citizens sheds light on some wealth-protection strategies that aren’t necessarily available to the average working stiff More
Occupy Elsewhere
Other cities’ Occupation camps have seen even bigger problems.
Homeless, Not Faceless
Occupy Portland forced the city to face its persistent problems with homelessness.
News The homeless were back occupying the spaces under the Burnside Bridge on Monday, one day after their downtown real estate had been reclaimed by the city over the weekend. The city shut down the More
The Fall of the 420 Hotel
In the final hours of Occupy Portland, there was mud, a riot squad and a speckled rooster.
News The final rumor to sweep through the ruins of Occupy Portland inflamed the holdouts in the 420 Hotel. “They killed a puppy!” screamed a young man with a scraggly goatee and a black Army ja More
Chaos to Checkmate
Mayor Adams and Occupy Portland played a game in city parks. Police Chief Reese won.
News Occupy Portland had countless moments of beauty, absurdity and anger. In the end, it was downright ugly. The 39 days of occupation in Lownsdale and Chapman squares began as an idealistic stateme 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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