News The clear lessons from one weekend of Mayoral Madness: The only thing Portland loves more than an underdog is a self-promoter.

The first round of WW's tournament to find a better, less boring mayoral candidate produced a slew of upsets, many of them urged along by timely social-network campaign...   More

News Bob Caldwell, editor of the The Oregonian’s editorial page, had fatal heart attack Saturday in the Tigard apartment of a college student he had been paying for sex, according to what the newspaper is reporting tonight on its w...   More

Features Friday, March 9

The Aggrolites, Mike Pinto Band, The Sentiments, Original Middleage Ska Enjoy Club
[MUSIC] Think modern reggae is nothing but the soundtrack for arts-and-crafts fairs and organic food stores? Well, the Aggrolites don't look like the kind of dudes who eat much granola. These five tattooed tough guys cut their teeth in Los Angeles backing old-school heavies like Derrick...   More

Cheap Eats 2012  North Interstate and OverlookDiPrima Dolci1936 N Killingsworth St., 283-5936, 
diprimadolci.com. Lunch and dinner daily. From its Sicilian-American owner to its intimidatingly named pastrie   More

Cheap Eats 2012 We consumed a lot of tacos while researching this 2012 edition of Cheap Eats; we also ate inordinate helpings of pizza, burgers and pho.   More

Cheap Eats 2012  Images by Mike Grippi    More

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News Grant High School student journalists have confronted the fallout after an alleged locker room Jan. 12 with a series of stories that look at the culture of sports, the pressure on students not to "snitch" when they see wrongdoing by their peers, and how teenagers' "accessibility to provocative materials is changing how they react to inap...   More

Cover Story The rain will stop. When it does, thousands of smiling noobs will pedal shiny candy-colored cruisers and used mountain bikes with fake suspension forks along our streets. They’ll ride to work a    More

News WW recently brought you the story of the railroad company—Union Pacific—that brings in billions of profits but still needs (according to the state of Oregon) millions in public subsidies.

In Kara Wilbeck's "Gravy Train," we learned how Union Pacific has availed itself of $24.7 million through Connec...   More