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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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
Former OPB Host Headed Back to War Zone
News Emily Harris, the former host of Oregon Public Broadcasting's morning talk show "Think Out Loud," has been hired by National Public Radio as its Jerusalem correspondent.
Harris, who was forced out at OPB in Jun... More
Paying the Piper
Voters approved a tax to fund the arts. Now the city faces the high price of collecting it.
News More than 61 percent of Portland voters checked “yes” on a Nov. 6 ballot measure to raise millions in new taxes to hire more art and music teachers and help bankroll arts organizations. They More
Planning Bureau on Hales' Apartment Moratorium: No Way
News The Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability has issued a document that rejects any immediate changes to the city policy allowing apartments without on-site parking. The bureau says there's no need for a building moratorium, and no rush on zoning rule changes or an increase in des... More
Former KPOJ Host Carl Wolfson Hunting for a New Station
"I'm not going anywhere," he tells WW.
News Former progressive talk-radio host Carl Wolfson says he’s been busy meeting with potential backers to return him to the airwaves since KPOJ-AM 620 switched to an all-sports format Nov. 9.
“I would love to be the voice ... More
Apartments Without Parking Don't Equal Apartments Without Cars, Says City Study
News A much-anticipated city study of new apartment buildings without on-site parking confirms complaints from Portland homeowners: Residents in these buildings own cars, and keep them parked in front of their neighbors' houses.
A boom in the construction of these apartments has caused an uproar among homeowners on the city's east side, with Mayor-elect Charlie Hales <... 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. Drink 2012: The Douchification of Northwest 21st Avenue
Thai Hard
Andy Ricker takes Pok Pok to New York. Do his wings have a prayer?
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