News After Chip Kelly done run off to the big city for the weekend—and then, very unexpectedly, returned home last night to Phil Knight's farm—speculation has run rampant in the sports biosphere about why the Oregon ... More
How Did Phil Knight Keep Chip Kelly in Oregon?
The head Duck's contract isn't chicken feed.
News After Chip Kelly done run off to the big city for the weekend—and then, very unexpectedly, returned home last night to Phil Knight's farm—speculation has run rampant in the sports biosphere about why the Oregon ... More
Baby Elephant Lily, One Month Old, Now Legally Belongs to Traveling Show
News Lily, the baby elephant at the Oregon Zoo, turned one month old this week—an occasion the zoo noted with Facebook photos of the calf gallivanting about the elephant exhibit with her herd.
But the birthday also quietly marked a deadline.... More
Steve Novick Blogs Ambitious Agenda
That's great, it starts with an earthquake.
News It didn't take Steve Novick long to lay out his City Council agenda. It took six minutes, in fact.
On Dec. 31, the day before Novick was sworn in as a Portland City Commissioner, he launched a blog on the city's website. The first five posts—published between 3:12 pm and 3:18... More
Hales Halts PBOT Job Rumored for Amy Ruiz
Sam Adams' former chief of staff goes to Basic Rights Oregon
News Mayor Charlie Hales has told the Portland Bureau of Transportation not to fill a public affairs manager position that was reportedly set to go to ex-Mayor Sam Adams aide Amy Ruiz.
The Oregonian reported in November that PBOT director Tom Miller was looking to fill the position—essentially a deputy director of the bureau—and that More
The Charlie Hales Swearing-In: A Liveblog
News [<a href="http://www.wweek.com/portland//storify.com/WillametteWeek/charlie-hales-swearing-in-ceremony" target="_blank">View the story "Charlie Hales' Swearing-In Ceremony" on Storify</a>]... More
Voices 2013: Charlie Hales
A decade away made the new mayor a different kind of (political) barnyard animal.
News Once again, Charlie’s in charge. Ten years ago, Charlie Hales quit his job as city commissioner to start selling streetcars. On Jan. 2, the downtown... More
Voices 2013: Al Margulies
The TriMet watchdog says riders should demand more from the agency.
News Al Margulies has more time than ever to be the scourge of the transit agency he calls “TriMess.” Margulies—one of the most outspoken of the transit agency’s public watchdogs—was a TriMet More
Hales: "Stay Angry" on School Safety, Gun Control
News Incoming Portland Mayor Charlie Hales intends to make a response to the Newtown, Connecticut elementary school massacre a top priority for his first week in office.
The mayor, who takes office tonight at midnight, is scheduling a meeting this week with Portland Police Chief Mike Reese and the superintendents of all six school districts within Portland city limits, including Portl... More
Hales Forces PBOT Director Tom Miller to Resign
News Charlie Hales didn't wait until he took office to get rid of controversial Portland Bureau of Transportation director Tom Miller.Hales expects to receive a letter of resignation tonight from Miller, says Hales' Chief of Staff Gail Shibley. She says the resignation will be effective Feb. 4—the day all city bureau budgets are due.
"Mayor-elect Hales has been very clear and very co... More
Gus Among Us: Aaron Mesh
We asked four Portlanders for their perspectives on Gus Van Sant. Here’s what they said.
Movie Reviews & Stories AARON MESH, WW staff writer If you can bear it, now is the necessary time to return to Gus Van Sant’s Elephant. Next year marks the 10th anniversary of the director’s re-creation of the Colum More
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The aggressive dork CEOs spearheading Portland’s startup scene. Children Of A Higher God
The members of the Santo Daime church fought for the right to drink hallucinogenic tea. And they’re serving it to kids. Mock Star
Carrie Brownstein is making fun of you. Quake-Up Call
There’s a massive earthquake in Portland’s future—and a government “prophet of doom” will tell you all about it. Notes From the Occupation
48 hours inside Occupy Portland. Professor Xbox
Tom Bissell is Portland's finest writer. Why is he spending his time on video games and bad movies? Mayoral Madness
Let’s pick the next mayor the only sane way: with a bracket. Voodoo Child
Doughnut kingpin Tres Shannon wants to make the whole city his fun park. Thai Hard
Andy Ricker takes Pok Pok to New York. Do his wings have a prayer? Jacked Up
Ehren Mcghehey is Portland’s resident Jackass. (Now Injured In 3-D!)
The aggressive dork CEOs spearheading Portland’s startup scene. Children Of A Higher God
The members of the Santo Daime church fought for the right to drink hallucinogenic tea. And they’re serving it to kids. Mock Star
Carrie Brownstein is making fun of you. Quake-Up Call
There’s a massive earthquake in Portland’s future—and a government “prophet of doom” will tell you all about it. Notes From the Occupation
48 hours inside Occupy Portland. Professor Xbox
Tom Bissell is Portland's finest writer. Why is he spending his time on video games and bad movies? Mayoral Madness
Let’s pick the next mayor the only sane way: with a bracket. Voodoo Child
Doughnut kingpin Tres Shannon wants to make the whole city his fun park. Thai Hard
Andy Ricker takes Pok Pok to New York. Do his wings have a prayer? Jacked Up
Ehren Mcghehey is Portland’s resident Jackass. (Now Injured In 3-D!)
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