News Randy Rapaport does not match the mental picture of a "developer"-let alone one who would scare a Southeast Portland neighborhood full of coffeeshops and organic grocery stores.The 45-year-old Maine n ... More
RUN, RABBIT, RUN
Big changes in store for a landmark Division corner - and some are unnerved.
News Randy Rapaport does not match the mental picture of a "developer"-let alone one who would scare a Southeast Portland neighborhood full of coffeeshops and organic grocery stores.The 45-year-old Maine n ... More
BY THE SWORD
In a quiet suburban sports factory, Oregon's fencers slash their way to international glory.
News Quick: The best sports team in Oregon right now is...?While that's obviously a question with no single answer, but you might concede that a squad makes a good case if it boasts:*a reigning Olympic cha ... More
POLITICAL GAMES AND ECCENTRICITIES
The latest political backstories in the battle over PGE.
News A lot of powerful interests hate the City of Portland's effort to buy Portland General Electric from Enron.So it struck many observers as odd that the small, underfinanced Multnomah County Libertarian ... More
FIRST. LIVE. LOCO.
Fox 12's mayhem and mugshots are driving Portland's TV news insane.
News Forget London bombers, Caribbean hurricanes or Baghdad insurgents. Portland, in its own right, is one scary town.Scumbags pay for sex next to a local school. Cell-phone voyeurs lurk in parking lots. P ... More
PLACID, DECENT, COMPETENT...
But what else? Drawing a bead on PDC's new leader.
News When Bruce Warner got the public nod as the Portland Development Commission's new boss, more than a few staffers crowding the agency's meeting chamber looked puzzled.They were not alone.Running the ci ... More
JUMPTOWN JUMPSTART
Young developers work to save legendary Portland jazz club.
News The last brick-and-mortar survivor of North Williams Avenue's sizzling '40s nightlife scene could live again-if two young developers can secure another $1 million by July 8.Today, the old Multi-Craft ... More
CHRISTOPHER ROOKS
Mercy Corps activist from Portland heads to Scotland for the G-8 summit (plus a close encounter with Bono?).
Q & A When leaders of the world's wealthiest countries (the so-called Group of Eight, a.k.a. G-8) meet next week in Scotland, Christopher Rooks will be front and center in the do-gooder horde to greet them. ... More
COMING CONTRACTIONS
This year's budget on ice, City Council takes aim at next year.
News This Thursday, City Council puts Portland's budget to bed, finalizing $7 million in cuts after rookie Mayor Tom Potter's first number-crunching run through the $2 billion spending jungle. But city emp ... More
The PDC Beauty Contest
The lucky winner gets a prize.
News Running the 200-plus employee Portland Development Commission with its $240 million annual budget poses a monster job in the best of times.These aren't the best of times for the city urban-renewal age ... More
PDC: THE LOAN ARRANGER
Lawyers and stockbrokers move in on sweet agency loans.
News High-powered downtown law firms and investment houses are chasing-and in line to get-six-figure loans they may never have to repay from a Portland Development Commission program intended to encourage ... More
Top Articles from Zach Dundas
HOBBITS GONE WRONG
A few Oregonians' love for Lord of the Rings landed them in a strange saga of their own. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Portland writer Donald Miller is selling books, wowing fans-and fighting to shake up Christianity as we know it. Bean Town
Thanks to a gang of coffee fanatics, Portland is the center of a new microbrew revolution. Portland's New New Economy
High unemployment. More businesses. Lower income. More newcomers. It ain't business as usual. Garden of Weedin'
Oregon's medical marijuana growers want to win respect, help the sick...and grow the kindest bud on the planet. ATTACK OF THE $3 TOMATO
How Portland's snooty tastes are saving Oregon farms, luring kids back to the land and even-gasp!-teaching Republicans and Democrats to get along. Return of the Piper
CAN PORTLAND'S MOST FAMOUS BAD BOY SAVE PRO WRESTLING FROM THE EVIL EMPIRE? THE REBEL ALLIANCE
An unlikely army of hacker hippies, geek visionaries, idealistic teachers and corporate giants is making Portland ground zero of a digital revolution. SPACE INVADER
Phantom Dialer, computer hacker The Portland Adult Soapbox Derby Is Decadent and Depraved.
A few Oregonians' love for Lord of the Rings landed them in a strange saga of their own. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Portland writer Donald Miller is selling books, wowing fans-and fighting to shake up Christianity as we know it. Bean Town
Thanks to a gang of coffee fanatics, Portland is the center of a new microbrew revolution. Portland's New New Economy
High unemployment. More businesses. Lower income. More newcomers. It ain't business as usual. Garden of Weedin'
Oregon's medical marijuana growers want to win respect, help the sick...and grow the kindest bud on the planet. ATTACK OF THE $3 TOMATO
How Portland's snooty tastes are saving Oregon farms, luring kids back to the land and even-gasp!-teaching Republicans and Democrats to get along. Return of the Piper
CAN PORTLAND'S MOST FAMOUS BAD BOY SAVE PRO WRESTLING FROM THE EVIL EMPIRE? THE REBEL ALLIANCE
An unlikely army of hacker hippies, geek visionaries, idealistic teachers and corporate giants is making Portland ground zero of a digital revolution. SPACE INVADER
Phantom Dialer, computer hacker The Portland Adult Soapbox Derby Is Decadent and Depraved.
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