For $270,000, You Can Be the Owner of Bigfoot's Grave

Just 60 miles from Portland. And it has a helicopter pad.

News Portland filmmaker Matt McCormick has discovered a real estate offer too good to exist: The owners of the defunct roadside attraction North Fork Survivors Gift Shop—which memorializes the 1980 explosion of Mount St. Helens and the subsequent death of Bigfoot—   More

 

Wednesday, January 9, 2013 by AARON MESH

A Fork in the Road

A yet-to-be-released audit slams the city’s transportation spending—and gives Hales an opening for reform.

News Mayor Charlie Hales has promised to shake up the city bureau that is supposed to maintain Portland’s streets—and the   More

 

Wednesday, January 9, 2013 AARON MESH

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

 

Monday, January 7, 2013 by AARON MESH

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

 

Friday, January 4, 2013 by AARON MESH

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

 

Thursday, January 3, 2013 by AARON MESH

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

 

Thursday, January 3, 2013 by AARON MESH

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

 

Wednesday, January 2, 2013 by AARON MESH

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

 

Wednesday, January 2, 2013 AARON MESH

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

 

Wednesday, January 2, 2013 AARON MESH

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

 

Monday, December 31, 2012 by AARON MESH