News Hey, Con-way: Not so fast. Last week, WW detailed the freight company’s plans to develop 17 acres it owns in Northwest Portland and the tension the proposal is already creating (see “Welco   More

Food Reviews & Stories You’ve got a lot of nerve, eating an octopus. The decision gives a diner pause not because of any outstanding cruelty in the preparation—there’s no suffering akin to foie gras, or the lobste   More

News The owners of Pioneer Place Mall are asking the city's permission to demolish one of two sky bridges over downtown streets—one more step toward constructing a one-story glass building many have speculated will be an Apple Store.
A request submitted to the city last week shows...   More

News The military ships docked at the Waterfront yesterday afternoon for Fleet Week. And whether you're a bartender trying to make conversation with your midshipman patrons, or a hairy bear looking for a companion to "watch the dragon boat races," it's hel...   More

News The annual downtown traffic jam that is Fleet Week turned into a fiasco this afternoon when the Steel Bridge got stuck for 45 minutes while lifting up to let a U.S. Navy destroyer through.
That meant that from about 4:15 pm to 5 pm—the heart of rush hour—the double-decker Steel Bridge lost power and was closed to car, bus, MAX train and freight train traffic. Worse, the bridge was stuck mi...   More

News Need a pick-me-up after Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's dispiriting, Citizens United-aided victory in last night's recall election? How about a video of the head of an Oregon public employees' union telling Mitt Romney to scram?
AFSCME executive director Ken Allen, Democratic Party of Oregon chairwoman Meredith Wood Smith and local contractor Sharon Maxwell took turns filibustering against the G...   More

Movie Reviews & Stories How telling, in hindsight, is that scene in The Royal Tenenbaums where Gene Hackman tries to restore Gwyneth Paltrow to her childhood by taking her to an ice cream parlor where the speakers play V   More

News TriMet is zooming ahead with plans to close a $12 million budget gap for next year by raising ticket prices, cutting bus service and ending the free-rail zone. The transit agency’s board is set    More

News The asphalt prairies along Northwest 21st and 22nd avenues don’t look like much now.  But Con-way...   More

News WW reported in March that a group of eight companies who face having to pay for a Superfund cleanup in the Portland Harbor spent $500,000 on an outreach campaign targeted at the ethnic and immigrant groups who most often fish in the Willamette River.   More