News Furor over revelations that the Oregon Zoo traded away ownership of a newborn elephant was soothed somewhat last night by the California traveling show that will own the calf saying it has More
How Much Will the Oregon Zoo Have to Pay for Rose-Tu's Baby Elephant?
News Furor over revelations that the Oregon Zoo traded away ownership of a newborn elephant was soothed somewhat last night by the California traveling show that will own the calf saying it has More
Elephant Rental Company Says It Isn't "Coming to Take" Oregon Zoo Calf
News The California-based traveling show that owns the rights to the elephant born last week at the Oregon Zoo says it won't take away the calf.
Kari Johnson owns Have Trunk Will Travel with her h... More
Seattle Times Reports Elephants Dying Out in Zoos—Especially Babies
News Not so fast with the elephant birthday party.
Two days after Asian elephant Rose-Tu gave birth to a 300-pound baby girl at the Oregon Zoo—the third elephant born in captivity nationwide this year—The Seattle Times unleashed a devastating two-part investigative seri... More
Mayor-Elect Charlie Hales Names Gail Shibley as Chief of Staff
News Mayor-elect Charlie Hales has chosen a chief of staff: Former state Rep. Gail Shibley.
Shibley, who currently runs the Oregon Office of Health Licensing, was the first out lesbian to serve in the state legislature, holding office from 1991 to 1996.
She More
A Charlie Hales Christmas
The Mayor-elect is charging donors up to $2,500 to attend a pre-inaugural party.
News The invitation to the Dec. 4 reception at the Gilt Club makes it clear this would be a fundraiser for a winner: The red “Charlie Hales for Mayor” logo is amended with... More
Who Killed KPOJ?
Many see a right-wing conspiracy in the death of Portland’s commercial progressive talk-radio station. But Bain didn’t act alone.
Cover Story Carl Wolfson’s last show on KPOJ-AM 620 sounded like victory. For the past six years, Wolfson, a former standup...
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Watch the Wieden and Kennedy Commercials That Made AdWeek's 10 Best
News Feel that nip in the air? That's the chilling realization that the nation's cultural critics have begun releasing their 2012 top 10 lists. Don't they even have decency to wait until December?The list released by AdWeek today won't comfort anybody w... More
Hales Aiming to Break Contribution-Limit Promise Again
Mayor-elect holding big-ticket fundraiser to pay off campaign debt
News Even after the race is over, Portland Mayor-elect Charlie Hales keeps finding new ways to break his promise of campaign financing limits.
Hales is paying off his campaign debts with a reception at Old Town restaurant Gilt Club on Dec. 4, with tickets starting at $50 and "sponsorship levels" ranging from $200 to $2,500. That's well over the $600 cap Hales placed on indiv... More
Zach Randolph Says Portland Police Don't Understand "Young, Black Urban Kids"
News The online sports magazine Grantland is making a habit of finding former Trail Blazers to tell stories about how miserable they were in Portland.
In May, the ESPN-owned long-form journalism site revea... More
Vigil for Street Musician Kirk Reeves Spotlights Suicide Prevention
News More than 200 people huddled under the Hawthorne Bridge on Sunday evening at a candlelight vigil to remember "Working" Kirk Reeves—the 56-year-old street musician who for a decade played trumpet at the bridge's onramp in his dist... More
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Carrie Brownstein is making fun of you. Quake-Up Call
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48 hours inside Occupy Portland. Professor Xbox
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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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