News Today four members of Congress, Reps. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.), Doc Hastings (R-Wash.), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) and Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) wrote to the Coast Guard's top officer in the Northwest today asking for further evaluation of the potential economic impact of the proposed $3.5 billion Columbia River Crossing Project. It's worth noting that all four members are...   More

News Former City Commissioner Randy Leonard was a stickler for the rules when it   More

News Two campaigns that spent big money last year remain deeply in the red, according to state filings.
Portland mayoral candidate Eileen Brady finished third in the May primary, despite spending a record $1.4 million. Her campaign still owes $343,000, all in loans she made to her campaign.The other campaign carrying a big IOU, the Libraries Yes! committee, has a tougher task ahead. T...   More

News Andy Wiederhorn, the once-high-flying Portland financier whose machinations landed him in federal prison, is back in the news, this time in the Los Angeles Times.
Wiederhorn left Portland for...   More

News One of the seven wonders of the Metro area is the Oregon Liquor Control Commission's 230,000-square-foot warehouse at 9079 SE McLoughlin Blvd.
Just about every bottle of booze sold in this state—more than 2.6 million cases annually—travels through the massive warehouse, which sits just a few steps away from the now-vacant office of former OLCC director Steve Pharo.   More

News After more than a decade and $160 million spent on planners, consultants and lobbyists, the proposed $3.5 billion Columbia River Crossing’s moment has finally arrived.  When lawmakers c   More

News It's not every day that Portland cops bust somebody for intra-office spying.
Here's the statement the Portland Police released today about the arrest of Russell Kent Gordon who allegedly employed hi-tech means to scope out a colleague.
"On January 18, 2013, Portland Police arrested 44-year-old Russell Kent Gordon of Southwest Portland for Burglary in the Second Degree and Invasion of...   More

News The secretary of state's elections division has dismissed a complaint against Portland Mayor Charlie Hales.
The complaint, filed by Seth Woolley, a two-time Pacific Green Party secretary of state candidate, took issue with Hales' having claimed Washington residence for tax...   More

News The Pew Center for the States, a respected non-profit research outfit, released a grim assessment of the nation's largest 61 cities' pension obligations this week. At the bottom of the barrel: Portland.
The problem here is the Fire and Police Disability and Retirement fund, w...   More

News After saying he was staying in Eugene, the wildly successful University of Oregon football coach, Chip Kelly, is going to take an NFL head-coaching job after all,    More