Special Section They set out hours before dawn, 13 hikers cutting through the darkness toward the summit of Mount Hood. It was May 12, 1986--the day after Mother's Day.Ten of them were sophomores at Southwest Portlan ... More
THE SURVIVOR
Giles Thompson, Mount Hood disaster victim
Special Section They set out hours before dawn, 13 hikers cutting through the darkness toward the summit of Mount Hood. It was May 12, 1986--the day after Mother's Day.Ten of them were sophomores at Southwest Portlan ... More
THE RED MENACE
Ma Anand Sheela, cult spokeswoman
Special Section Twenty years ago, the largest bioterror attack in American history took place 80 miles east of Portland. The mastermind behind this mass poisoning--which sickened 751 people--is not behind bars or hid ... More
Sweatin' to the Xbox
A PDX company targets the X chromosome with a new video game.
News Leave it to Portland to take a medium typically reserved for laser battles on alien worlds and try to make it...healthy.Such is the aim of Yourself!Fitness, a new title for Microsoft's Xbox video-game ... More
Panty Man
News More than 3,000 pairs of panties: This, along with some stray dryer lint, is what prosecutors around Oregon are accusing Sung Koo Kim of stealing. Last month, yet another Oregon county rang Kim up on ... More
It's Alive!
A Reed prof races to create life from scratch.
News If Mark Bedau gets his way, microbes created in a lab will one day clean up your back yard, fuel your car and eat your living flesh. By simply pouring some chemicals into a beaker and shaking it, Beda ... More
Dudes and Chicks for 36
Anti-gay-marriage forces aim for the youth vote.
News Voting to stop gay marriage just got totally awesome.Last week, the Defense of Marriage Coalition debuted "I Won't Be Redefined," a new website--and a $40,000 gambit--intended to energize youngsters t ... More
Andre Heinz
Red, white and green--Kerry's stepson talks about the environment.
News Last Friday, Andre Heinz--the stepson of Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry--made his first solo campaign appearance for his stepfather at a press conference on the downtown waterfront. The ... More
Bushed? Kerry On!
So many presidential candidates, so little time.
News While walking down Southeast Belmont Street the other day, a loyal WW reader found a Palm Pilot on the ground. Though a bit dinged up, it still worked, and the screen showed a bunch of day-planner ent ... More
Rallying the Pink Team
A new poll suggests the gay-marriage ban could be in trouble.
News Pundits and politicos have long been predicting a landslide victory for Oregon's proposed constitutional ban on gay marriage, but WW has learned a new poll shows that the race is actually up for grabs ... More
Good News at the Other Oregon Health Plan
News After booting 135,000 people from the Oregon Health Plan in the past year, state officials have found a way to get some of them on a much better insurance plan. Last week, the state Family Health Insu ... More
Top Articles from Taylor Clark
THE SURVIVOR
Giles Thompson, Mount Hood disaster victim THE RED MENACE
Ma Anand Sheela, cult spokeswoman Thoroughly Starbucked
The world's biggest coffee retailer gets no respect from PDX. Should it? Panty Man
Strange Bedfellow
Once a gay-rights hero, Kelly Clark now leads the legal charge to halt same-sex marriage. THE ORGAN GRINDER
Dr. William J. Brady THE VEEJAY
Kennedy, MTV personality CURED
Changing from gay to straight isn't easy. But Portland Fellowship swears it's possible. No Laughing Matter
"Joke" about a "burning Bush" lands Portland cabbie in Dakota pokey. Hunting Dr. Feelgood
Why is everyone out to get Steven Moos?
Giles Thompson, Mount Hood disaster victim THE RED MENACE
Ma Anand Sheela, cult spokeswoman Thoroughly Starbucked
The world's biggest coffee retailer gets no respect from PDX. Should it? Panty Man
Strange Bedfellow
Once a gay-rights hero, Kelly Clark now leads the legal charge to halt same-sex marriage. THE ORGAN GRINDER
Dr. William J. Brady THE VEEJAY
Kennedy, MTV personality CURED
Changing from gay to straight isn't easy. But Portland Fellowship swears it's possible. No Laughing Matter
"Joke" about a "burning Bush" lands Portland cabbie in Dakota pokey. Hunting Dr. Feelgood
Why is everyone out to get Steven Moos?
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