News Brenda Gronsdahl doesn't deny that the rock formations in the photos she emailed to co-workers weren't your average wonders of nature. Depending on your perspective, she concedes, they "could look ... More
Email Inquisition
Agency that regulates hunters has lesbians, Latinos ducking for cover.
News Brenda Gronsdahl doesn't deny that the rock formations in the photos she emailed to co-workers weren't your average wonders of nature. Depending on your perspective, she concedes, they "could look ... More
can't touch this
A crackdown on sexual misconduct has stirred up a spinal flap among Oregon chiropractors.
News Three years ago, Mauro Civica was living a life worthy of the Hallmark Hall of Fame treatment. Raised in an orphanage in Rome, he had suffered a head-on auto accident in Hawaii in 1990 and was hel ... More
The Case of the Clubhopping Cop
News A Gresham police officer turned in her badge this week while under investigation for partying with the enemy.In police reports reviewed by WW, informants portray Cheryl Dykehouse as an active memb ... More
Heavy Metal Harvest
Fertilizer rules are a risky business.
News With the massive food fight over Measure 27 and the safety of genetically engineered foods, Oregonians may have missed an equally heated discussion going on behind the scenes--not over the labelin ... More
The Making of a "Terrorist"
John Ashcroft says native Portlander Patrice Lumumba Fordis a threat to national security--but friends and family are having trouble connecting the dots.
News Lincoln High teacher Mike Sweeney ranks the Class of '89 as one of the best. His senior social-studies students learned about Vietnam and apartheid and even watched a documentary on the war in Afg ... More
Frankenscience
News Opponents of labeling genetically altered foods have laid out a buffet of reasons to oppose Ballot Measure 27, but their entree argument is that it's not necessary--because the products are strict ... More
Flying Their Freakfood Flag High
Biotech giant Monsanto could bust the Oregon campaign-spending record in its attempt to cut off Ballot Measure 27 at the roots.
News Donna Harris, a Portlander and mother of two, says that two years ago she heard a radio report about genetically altered food. It sparked her clash with the political might of the global biotech i ... More
Metro Knows
News The November general election is around the corner, so we thought we'd check in with some of the players in a weekly pop quiz. This week, WW put the two Metro President candidates--David Bragdon, ... More
Dr. Grant Maurer
Rogue of the Week Sometimes, late at night, as we scramble through the avalanche of paperwork blanketing the Rogue Desk, we hear a small, still voice whispering our name through the gloom. Then we take a tiny nip o ... More
Another S.O.B. Story
Portland's most notorious divorce lawyer again wiggles off the hook.
News For years, some have considered Allan Knappenberger a case study in how not to practice law, but the notorious divorce specialist keeps chugging along--this month pulling off yet another escape fr ... More
Top Articles from Nick Budnick
Leif's Auto Body Experience
Under the hood of a Portland collision-repair business. The Murder that WOULD NOT DIE
Columnist Phil Stanford is obsessed with a decade-old conspiracy theory. What if he's right? "Dirty old [money] man"
GOP bankroller Loren Parks hit with sexual-harassment charges. True Lies?
Polygraph expert questions Francke investigation tactics. Randy Richardson was a hotshot criminal- defense lawyer. Now he needs one.
Good Cop, Bad Cop
The city wants to rein in officers like Lt. Todd Wyatt. The Rapper and His Rapsheet
Keary Watson says he's shaken his tawdry past. Portland cops sure hope so. SNITCH-SLAPPED
How a Serbian con artist scammed Portland's Russian "godfather" and the FBI. Kindred Killing
Police are investigating the murder of a black man as a potential hate crime. Swimming with Sharks
How a brutal drug trafficker convinced local prosecutors that someone else murdered Vincent Pawloski and Jodie Schneider.
Under the hood of a Portland collision-repair business. The Murder that WOULD NOT DIE
Columnist Phil Stanford is obsessed with a decade-old conspiracy theory. What if he's right? "Dirty old [money] man"
GOP bankroller Loren Parks hit with sexual-harassment charges. True Lies?
Polygraph expert questions Francke investigation tactics. Randy Richardson was a hotshot criminal- defense lawyer. Now he needs one.
Good Cop, Bad Cop
The city wants to rein in officers like Lt. Todd Wyatt. The Rapper and His Rapsheet
Keary Watson says he's shaken his tawdry past. Portland cops sure hope so. SNITCH-SLAPPED
How a Serbian con artist scammed Portland's Russian "godfather" and the FBI. Kindred Killing
Police are investigating the murder of a black man as a potential hate crime. Swimming with Sharks
How a brutal drug trafficker convinced local prosecutors that someone else murdered Vincent Pawloski and Jodie Schneider.
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