Featured Stories George Noory is the voice of Coast to Coast AM, the syndicated late-night radio show whose millions of devoted fans put the normal back in paranormal. Callers from the future, alien abductions, NASA's ... More
George Noory
Coast to Coast's Noory has the key to world peace—but he's not unlocking the door just yet.
Featured Stories George Noory is the voice of Coast to Coast AM, the syndicated late-night radio show whose millions of devoted fans put the normal back in paranormal. Callers from the future, alien abductions, NASA's ... More
Vision For Dollars
How much "visioning" does a quarter-million dollars buy?
News For the all the bang Mayor Tom Potter has gotten for the city's buck with a survey aimed at developing the city's "vision," he might as well have handed out $20 bills to several thousand of the respon ... More
Hydro Hogs
Our annual list of the biggest hosers in Portland.
News Sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke famously remarked that it's silly to call our planet Earth when, in truth, it's mostly water.Nobody knows that better than Portlanders, who pay for their pristine summer ... More
Security Blanket
WW learns what many in City Hall didn't yet know: Armed guards promised by Mayor Tom Potter have arrived.
News Last December, Portland Mayor Tom Potter promised to beef up security measures at City Hall and the Portland Building by adding armed guards beyond the one stationed in the mayor's suite.Last week, Co ... More
Going Down
A problem-plagued elevator tells how Multnomah County's courthouse has declined.
News When the Multnomah County Courthouse's single secure elevator breaks down—which happens maybe once a month—the biggest problem is the chain, according to Sgt. Paul Prigge, a court security ... More
Taxi No Evil
How ignoring past orders to shape up after a fatal crash earned Green Cab the largest taxi fine in Portland history.
News Angela Nikodinov withdrew from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships at Portland's Rose Garden last year after her mother died in a taxi crash on I-205 the night before the competition.Investigators l ... More
Steal This Bike
If you saw a man on Hawthorne liberating a bike with 2-foot bolt cutters, would you intervene? Say something? Call the cops? You may think so, but we say fat chance. (+ Video!)
News Earlier this month, Portland Police Chief Rosie Sizer presented Citizen Medals of Heroism to four men and one woman who chased and captured a knife-wielding sex offender at the Oregon Zoo.Last month, ... More
Open Secrets
WW learns what Multnomah County commissioners write about in their emails during public meetings.
News Watching Multnomah County commissioners typing away on their computers or Blackberrys during public meetings got us wondering: Are they responding to remote quarterbacking from staff, making lunch pla ... More
Wolverines In The Mall
City Commissioner Sam Adams asks Michigan's governor for a hand to shift redevelopment of Jantzen Beach.
News From 2,000 miles away, the mitt of Michigan has inserted itself into part of Portland, and City Commissioner Sam Adams wants the Wolverine State's governor to intervene.The basic question: Why does Mi ... More
Uninvited Guest
Should Paul Phillips get three minutes once a week to address City Council?
News Wearing an orange and yellow backpack over a checked flannel shirt, Paul Phillips led his guide dog, Charger, to the stately table at the center of Portland's City Council chambers.This summer morning ... More
Top Articles from Ian Demsky
Quickie Crack Pipes
Some Portland convenience stores are all too willing to sell everything you need to smoke crack—and it's perfectly legal. Why Did James Chasse Jr. Die?
Two Crimes, Two Punishments
Who should get more prison time: an accomplice in a robbery or a drunken driver in a fatal crash? Suicide Defense
How a punk-porn empire is trying to protect its piece of the pie. The Conned Artist?
Airbrush artist sues famous sculptor's son for millions. "My Name Is Randy, And I'm Addicted To Oil."
It's the end of the world as he knows it and Randy White feels fine (sort of). Hydro Hogs
Our annual list of the biggest hosers in Portland. Buff Daddy Redux
Is Columbia Gorge inn owner Geoff "Buff Daddy" Thompson playing by the rules? Red Light District
Portland seeks to double its cameras at traffic lights, but the company holding the city's no-bid contract has some legal troubles of its own. Starving Art
Everclear's Art Alexakis is trying to lower his payments to his ex-wives.
Some Portland convenience stores are all too willing to sell everything you need to smoke crack—and it's perfectly legal. Why Did James Chasse Jr. Die?
Two Crimes, Two Punishments
Who should get more prison time: an accomplice in a robbery or a drunken driver in a fatal crash? Suicide Defense
How a punk-porn empire is trying to protect its piece of the pie. The Conned Artist?
Airbrush artist sues famous sculptor's son for millions. "My Name Is Randy, And I'm Addicted To Oil."
It's the end of the world as he knows it and Randy White feels fine (sort of). Hydro Hogs
Our annual list of the biggest hosers in Portland. Buff Daddy Redux
Is Columbia Gorge inn owner Geoff "Buff Daddy" Thompson playing by the rules? Red Light District
Portland seeks to double its cameras at traffic lights, but the company holding the city's no-bid contract has some legal troubles of its own. Starving Art
Everclear's Art Alexakis is trying to lower his payments to his ex-wives.
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