The Oregonian may not be a daily newspaper much longer.
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The Oregonian as a daily newspaper is facing a final deadline.
The 162-year-old
newspaper—once considered one of the nation’s best—is losing readers and
advertisers in a state where it dom
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Brew Views
Richard Linklater’s new movie contains all the
“outrageous” elements obligatory to deadpan, small-town true crime.
Nice-guy killer? Meet Bernie Tiede, hymn-singing assistant mortician
with
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Under the grandstands, here’s how the mayoral campaign contribution limits compare.
Elections
It’s getting to where donating money in the Portland
mayoral race requires photo ID, an advanced math degree and a healthy
sense of irony.
Last
week, state Rep. Jefferson Smith (D-East Portl
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Multnomah County Commissioners voted unanimously this morning to place a $65 million library taxing district on the November ballot."Don't celebrate," said County Chair Jeff Cogen. "I don't wanna kid ya, this is going to be a very difficult campaign. But I believe that we will do what we have long wanted to do, which is provide adequate and stable funding for the libr...
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News Multnomah County Commissioners will vote tomorrow morning whether to place a $65 million library taxing district on the November ballot. This week's WW cover story examines how that district could squeeze other government funding, and asks how the ...
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The costly Multnomah County Library has never been controversial—until now.
Cover Story
The Central Library in downtown Portland
is a gorgeous 1913 building with 17 miles of shelves, ornate marble
staircases and an eco-roof planted with flowers.
The flagship branch
of the Multnom
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Movies & Television
Well, pilgrim, Portland has finally gotten as weird as possible.Police say a man walked into Belmont video-rental store Movie Madness this afternoon around 1:15 pm and stole two guns from classic films: John Wayne's Winchester rifle from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and William H...More
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In last Wednesday's cover story on Mayor Sam Adams' finest moments, Corey Pein pointed out that the mayor's copious use of Twitter allows him to keep connected to the day-to-day concerns of constituents. Adams put those Twitter skills to work this weekend in the f...
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