Q & A The building at 3390 NE Sandy Blvd. appears from the outside to be an abandoned bar, still bearing the old sign of La Fortuna Mexican Restaurant and Night Club. But inside, the dark, open space smells ...   More

Food Reviews & Stories Ask any Portlander and you’ll get the same answer: Nicholas Restaurant is the place to go for excellent Lebanese and Middle Eastern food that doesn’t cost a fortune. Those who wish to go to Nicholas on a Friday night to satisfy cravings for fresh and delicious hummus and pita should come   More

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“A new day must come” was the theme of last night's rally urging both justice in the police shooting death of Aaron Campbell - and reform of Portland police.

“We all have loved ones, and we don't want to see this happen again,” sa...   More

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Superintendent Carole Smith responded to direct questions about Portland Public Schools' impending high-school redesign with mostly indirect answers at ...   More

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Since 2003, a group of Portlanders has visited Cuba 13 times to get to know the Cuban people by helping with service tasks such as doing light construction, planting in community gardens, sewing baby clothes in workshops, and volunteering in retirement ...   More

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I "shot" a police officer last Friday. And though the gun was fake, the fear was certainly real.

On the morning of Feb. 19, a handful of journalists from local media (including OPB's April Baer in the photo above with the Portland Police B...   More

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Former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, running this May for his old job in the Democratic primary, spoke today at Portland Community College about his plans for education.

Kitzhaber said the purpose of education has changed from the 1970s when it was easie...   More

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Gabor Maté is an MD whose practice at Vancouver BC's Portland Hotel Soci...   More

News Parents at a meeting at Rigler on K-8s in 2008.


Dozens of concerned parents and community members filled the auditorium at Rigler K-8 School in the Cully neighborhood Wednesday night for a meeting to discuss overcrowding at Rigler -- or the “injustice...   More

News When Portland’s Office of Neighborhood Involvement complains to state liquor regulators about bars where fights, drunken patrons, and noise disrupt surrounding streets, it can take as long as a ...   More