News Something stinks in Lents. In July, glossy brochures showed up at homes in the Southeast Portland neighborhood attacking plans More
Trash Talk In Lents
A mysterious preservation group stirs up opposition to a recycling center in Southeast Portland.
News Something stinks in Lents. In July, glossy brochures showed up at homes in the Southeast Portland neighborhood attacking plans More
Derailing the Bridge
Backers of a new I-5 bridge can’t hide their faulty plan to pay for it. But they have an even bigger problem: Clark County voters.
News For years now, Oregon’s leaders have assured taxpayers that plans for a new interstate bridge... More
Caught Up in the Net
Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden stands up to an anti-piracy bill he says threatens internet freedom.
News The Pirate Bay is a popular Sweden-based file-sharing hub that allows users to share music, movies... More
Inside The Gang Wars
An unprecedented report reveals new details about the wave of gang violence.
News On June 21, two men beat Jacob Klesalek on the corner of Northeast 16th Avenue and Killingsworth Street, leaving him with severe bruises on his More
Virtual Combat
Oregon’s teachers union hates online charter schools. But its alternative has little to show for millions of taxpayer dollars.
News In the next 10 days, Gov. John Kitzhaber is likely to sign a controversial online charter school bill that infuriates his largest financial backer More
Not Yet Over And Out
The state’s emergency radio project is dead, but its costs keep going up.
News Earlier this year, Gov. John Kitzhaber made clear he wanted to halt an ugly project he’d inherited when he took office: the proposed statewide emergency radio system called the Oregon Wireless In More
The Prostitution Report
A sex-worker treatment program fails key benchmarks and raises privacy questions.
News Three years ago, prostitution was engulfing 82nd Avenue. Arrests were up 43 percent. Sex workers stalked the avenue day and night. Shady johns trolled the street More
Wi-Fi Woo-Woo
Pseudo-science strikes again in a parent’s lawsuit against Portland Public Schools.
News The parent of a student at Mount Tabor Middle School has sued Portland Public Schools, claiming that its use of Wi-Fi is “genotoxic, carcinogenic, neurotoxic and otherwise…harmful” to his dau More
Block Buster
How does Last Thursday still get away without permits?
News Last Thursday drew thousands to Alberta Street on June 30 for the festival’s summer opener. Unlike similar Portland street parties, however, it was held without permits, and entirely at public ex More
WW’s 2011 Give!Guide: Apply Now!
News Do you know—or work for—a Portland-area nonprofit that could stand to raise its profile—as well as a few thousand bucks? That’s why this newspaper produces Give!Guide each November: We 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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