News Rep. Jefferson Smith (D-East Portland) is polling his mayoral campaign volunteers about what they should do next.
Smith, who lost the Portland mayor's race to Charlie Hales in November and whose legislative term ends Janu... More
Jefferson Smith Asking Volunteers What to Do Next
News Rep. Jefferson Smith (D-East Portland) is polling his mayoral campaign volunteers about what they should do next.
Smith, who lost the Portland mayor's race to Charlie Hales in November and whose legislative term ends Janu... More
Gunfire Sale
At Portland’s gun show, a backdrop of tragedy sparks a buying frenzy.
News Greg Apple is selling a lot of semiautomatic rifles. Customers wandering through the Collectors West Gun and Knife Show last weekend pause to look at his 10-yard-long display of rifles, priced a More
This Is My Rifle
The AR-15—the rifle favored by hunters, marksmen and spree killers—by the numbers.
News 1957: The year ArmaLite Corp. began to develop the AR-15 (AR meaning “ArmaLite,” not “assault rifle”). 1959: The first year the
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Carl Wolfson Passes $40,000 Radio Fundraising Goal
Pledges donations to shooting victims' families
News Carl Wolfson got his Christmas gifts early.
It took less than a week for Wolfson to raise $40,000 he was seeking to start an Internet talk radio show.
The former morning host on progressive talk station KPOJ-AM 620 surpassed his Kickst... More
Dick's Sporting Goods Clerks Say Their Stores Have Stopped Selling Semi-Automatic Rifles in Wake of Mass Shootings
News Sales clerks at Dick's Sporting Goods stores across the West Coast tell WW tonight that the nationwide retail chain has stopped selling semi-automatic rifles in the wake of the mass shootings in Connecticut and Oregon last week.The company, based in Pennsylvania, has not put out any formal statement about ending sales of AR-15 style rifles. It is uncertain if the policy change... More
Protesters Pledge to Delay Kitzhaber's Nike Vote
News A coalition of anti-Nike protesters who rallied last night in downtown Portland are in Salem today—pledging to delay and disrupt a vote on Gov. John Kitzhaber's <... More
Occupy Portland (and Lots of Other Demonstrators) Will Protest Nike Tonight
News If Nike is expanding into Portland, it won't be without a protest.Activists, including some affiliated with Occupy Portland, have announced a demonstration tonight against the deal proposed by Gov. John Kitzhaber and the Bea... More
Tusk, But Verify
The Oregon Zoo told voters it needed $125 million to make more room for elephants. It’s also making more elephants.
News In August 2008, Oregon Zoo elephant Rose-Tu gave birth to her first calf, Samudra—as if right on cue for the zoo to make a big request... More
Oregonian Owners Plan Cutbacks in Cleveland
News Advance Publications continues its newspaper-cutting march to the sea.The New Jersey-based company that owns The Oregonian is planning to cut newsroom staff at The Cleveland... More
The Drone Iran Says It Captured Was Made in the Columbia Gorge
News The American military drone that Iran claims it captured is the kind of unmanned spy aircraft manufactured in the Columbia River Gorge.Officials in Tehran say they've captured a ScanEagle drone, a fi... More
Top Articles from AARON MESH
Tech Wizards of the Silicon Forest
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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