News Last month, Mayor Sam Adams announced a delay of a decision on whether Portland would re-join the federal Joint Terrorism Task Force on the eve of a Feb. 24 City Council hearing to consider the question.    More

News  Oregon State University's Stephen Paea wowed observers at the National Football League's pre-draft meat market where college players undergo all kinds of physical and mental tests in hopes of getting selected higher by a pro team.In this video below from over the weekend at the "draft combine," Paea bench-pressed 225 pounds a    More

News Given the rapidly changing events in Libya, who knows what the state of affairs there will be in the days ahead?

But regardless of whether strongman Moammar Gadhafi remains in power, plans are underway in Portland for another rally in Pioneer Courthouse Square on Saturday, March 5 to support the protesters in ...   More

News  I'm violating my unofficial rule of no more than one silly sports video a day with this post. But this women's basketball clip from last night's buzzer-beater at Portland's Concordia University...   More

News A second incumbent on Portland Public Schools' board of directors has decided against running for re-election this May. Dilafruz Williams, who was elected to the board in 2003, announced today she won't seek a third term. She joins current board member    More

News  Remember when U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) said a couple years ago that his 1996 vote for the federal Defense of Marriage Act was the worst vote of his congressional career?Turns out the Obama administration now thinks lawmakers li...   More

News  Tomorrow is no longer decision day for the Portland City Council on whether the city should rejoin the federal Joint Terrorism Task Force.Mayor Sam Adams' office announced that the hearing scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 24 has been...   More

News  U.S. Rep. David Wu went on ABC's Good Morning America for an interview this morning to take specific questions for the first time about his    More

News  One day after announcing he was bringing Clackamas County Chairwoman Lynn Peterson into his cabinet, Gov. John Kitzhaber revealed today he is reaching into Metro to hire that agency's chief operating officer.The Democratic governor is hiring long-time Metro chief ope...   More

News In case you're wondering (I was) what our friends in the media are saying about the David Wu piece that WW broke on Friday afternoon, here's a handy summary of commentary on the Oregon Democrat.Wonkette suspects Wu may be a   More