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Portland City Council this morning unanimously approved Mayor Sam Adams' five-point plan to control illegal gun...   More

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Today's cover story references a three-page letter from Washington County District Attorney Bob Hermann.

Hermann's letter [PDF] ...   More

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Portland City Council this morning will hear a resolution to authorize the city attorney's office to join in an amicus brief and participate in court proceedings in the case of City of New York v. Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade.

At issue in New York is a feder...   More

Cover Story NEW PORNOGRAPHER?: Antjuanece Brown in custody. IMAGE: vivianjohnson.comJolene Jenkins was 16 when she first met Antjuanece Brown. The two ate pizza, watched a movie and messed around looking at YouTu ...   More

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Portland School Board member Martín González made a bold proposal to reconstitute Portland Public Schools' long-troubled department for teaching English to immigrant and refugee students.

The remarks from Gonz&aacute...   More

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The Oregonian today published an account of allegations against bomb plot suspect Mohamed O. Mohamud that surfaced last year regarding a possible date rape on ...   More

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Fair warning: While most non-emergency City of Portland employees have the day off today, parking-meter attendants do not. They're working overtime, which means there is NO free parking in Portland today.

And now that Thanksgiving is...   More

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As you head to the airport this afternoon or stand in line awaiting your pat down from friendly TSA agents, here's a timely question to ponder, one put to WW by a reader recently: "Who approves elected leaders' junkets?"

In Portland, the answer is ... the elec...   More

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Portland's Bureau of Transportation released its 2010 "Bicycle Count" report today, and the accompanying press release says bike ridership in Portland experienced a 7.6 percent...   More

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The Oregonian today calls B.S. on Superintendent Carole Smith's claim that Portland Public Schools' proposed   More