Murmurs A former Portland NAACP leader who beat an attempted-murder rap in the Columbia Gorge is suing the City of The Dalles, Wasco County and multiple police and law-enforcement officials there. Robert Larr ...   More

Murmurs As first reported Tuesday on wweek.com, Multnomah County Sheriff Bob Skipper failed his first attempt to pass a police certification course. Even though Skipper legally required basic training because ...   More

Murmurs WW finally got a response from local New Age guru Eric Pepin to our story (see “Pepin’s Protege,” June 17, 2009) about William Rijken’s claims that Pepin had him strip and, lat ...   More

Murmurs More boos for a minor-league baseball stadium in Lents. The Foster-Powell Neighborhood Association wrote to City Council on June 15, to voice “strong opposition” to the proposed stadium in ...   More

Murmurs Location, location, location: City Commissioner Nick Fish may have a personal stake in the June 23 hearing over whether to rename 39th Avenue for César E. Chávez. Fish, who wasn’t ...   More

Murmurs Dates to remember: As Attorney General John Kroger enters the fifth month of his investigation into Mayor Sam Adams’ involvement with Beau Breedlove, some milestones to keep in mind: On June 26 ...   More

Murmurs California’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Proposition 8, the state’s ban on same-sex marriage approved by voters last fall. The reaction from Basic Rights Oregon? Disappointment, obviou ...   More

Murmurs While Attorney General John Kroger’s office maintains silence about his criminal investigation into Mayor Sam Adams, City Hall watchers are furiously sifting tea leaves for clues.The latest: Ad ...   More

Murmurs Metro Council President David Bragdon’s final term ends next year, and there’s a swirl of potential successors for the $114,000-a-year position. Councilor Rex Burkholder says he wants to s ...   More

Murmurs Speculation is building that the solution to Mayor Sam Adams’ Memorial Coliseum problem is for Merritt Paulson to sell his AAA Portland Beavers baseball team. Adams made the preservation of AAA ...   More