News As many readers undoubtedly know, three local publications have lately been locked in a heated struggle for readers and advertisers.The Trib, the O and WW? Nah. We're talking about the three X's--Exot ... More
Sleeping with the Enemy
Portland's smut wars make strange bedfellows.
News As many readers undoubtedly know, three local publications have lately been locked in a heated struggle for readers and advertisers.The Trib, the O and WW? Nah. We're talking about the three X's--Exot ... More
Recruiting Blues
Cop shop has trouble attracting good, experienced officers.
News Top brass at the Portland cop shop are considering scrapping a key perk--a four-day work week--at a time when attracting good recruits is getting more difficult.In the wake of an arbitrator's recent r ... More
La Vida Loca
Hispanic street gangs take over Portland's east side.
News Earlier this month, the Portland Expo Center was jammed with eye candy: hot rods decked out in glorious colors, gleaming gadgets at product booths and, of course, scantily clad women.The crowd of 3,00 ... More
Pedaling a New Image
Bike cops out to win "hearts and minds" in North Portland.
News Two Portland cops pass a North Portland convenience store as a young African-American man strides out. Given recent events, they could expect a glare as they pass by. Instead, however, they get an app ... More
Tale of the Taser
News The new taser policy Portland Police Chief Derrick Foxworth is proposing would make some needed reforms, but it fails to significantly change the Police Bureau's largely unrestricted use of the high-t ... More
COP POT STING
Officer investigated for not turning in weed, cash.
News New details have emerged in a cop-versus-cop sting operation that is now awaiting a disciplinary ruling from top Portland police commanders.Last August, a dispatcher asked Officer Miguel "Mike" Olmos ... More
One Trigger Finger, One Hired Gun
Should the Perez-shooting inquest leave us impressed or depressed?
News Last week's inquest into the fatal shooting of James Jahar Perez by Portland police officer Jason Sery was largely what the cop's attorney had predicted: "a three-day press conference." Except in this ... More
Blindered Justice
Prosecutors hope to keep jurors from passing judgment on the Perez shooting.
News Portland's first public inquest in almost 20 years begins this week, and the man who will conduct it, District Attorney Mike Schrunk, has said repeatedly that the six jurors selected for the three-day ... More
Get on the Train
In the wake of another police killing, Katz and Foxworth put officer training in their sights.
News As Portland nears its first public inquest into a police shooting in 20 years, Mayor Vera Katz and Chief Derrick Foxworth are already looking beyond it.Following the death of James Jahar Perez in the ... More
Wicked Game
An investigation details bribery charges against Randy Ray Richardson.
News More than a year ago, an up-and-coming defense lawyer named Randy Richardson stood before a jury and belittled the lead investigator behind three counts of attempted murder against Richardson's client ... 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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