News The furor over a controversial 81-unit apartment building on Southeast Division Street hasn't just resulted in the city halting construction on the project.
It's also led to more power for neighborhood associations.
Members of the ... More
Developer Gets Neighborhood Association OK on Mississippi Avenue Apartments
News The furor over a controversial 81-unit apartment building on Southeast Division Street hasn't just resulted in the city halting construction on the project.
It's also led to more power for neighborhood associations.
Members of the ... More
Timber Jam
A fired city bureau chief scores one last goal—expanding the parking district around Jeld-Wen Field.
News Sam Stidham, a sales clerk at West Burnside clothing boutique Reveille, had no idea that parking around the corner from her storefront had jumped to $3.50 an hour during Portland Timbers games. More
Great Moments in Sea Lion Policing
News Nothing is as it appears in Clackamas County.Hours after the West Linn Police Department sent out a press release warning the public to avoid a sick sea lion resting on rocks in Mary S. Young Park, the cops delivered an update explainin... More
Activists Will Hold Memorial Ceremony for Pier Park Sequoia
News Neighborhood activists will hold a memorial ceremony in on Sunday, March 3, for the giant sequoia that the city chopped down last week in Pier Park in St. Johns to make way for a pedestrian and bicycle bridge.
The memorial ... More
Hales Says Safety "First Priority" After 5-Year-Old Girl Killed Crossing Southeast 136th Avenue
Mayor distances himself from East Portland sidewalk cuts.
News Mayor Charlie Hales has declared "safety throughout the city has to be our first priority" after a 5-year-old girl was hit and killed by a car last night on Southeast 136th Avenue, near where the city proposed cancelling a sidewalk-building project."There has been a lot of talk of late about paving streets, and about sidewalks and crosswalks throughout our city," ... More
Fish: City Parks Bond Measure Grounded by "Headwinds"
News Portland Parks & Recreation has cancelled plans to seek a bond measure in November.
Polling commissioned by Portland Parks Foundation showed insufficient voter support for the bond, the Portland Tribune first reported this ... More
Hales on Division Street No-Parking Apartments: "Do No More Harm"
News Mayor Charlie Hales says he supports the Bureau of Development Services' decision to issue a stop-work order on a controversial Southeast Division Street apartment complex after a state land-use board More
Saved by the Cell
In airing a police-shooting video, Portland cops are learning the art of media self-defense.
News When he ran for mayor, Charlie Hales promised he would change the culture of a Portland Police Bureau known for controversial shootings and violent treatment of the mentally ill. But when polic More
Obama Offers Semi-Terrifying Chart of What Oregon Could Lose in the Sequester
News Another week, another budget standoff. This time, it's the sequester—$85 billion in federal spending cuts if President Barack Obama can't make a deal with Congress by March 1.
Who cares? you say. I only worry about things... More
UPDATED: City Orders Work Stopped on No-Parking Apartment Complex
News UPDATE, 5 pm: After a flurry of meetings in the Bureau of Development Services and City Hall, the City of Portland is issuing a stop-work order telling developer Dennis Sackhoff to halt construction on the 37th Street Apartments, an 81-unit complex on Southeast Division Street.
"I'm working on a request for them to cease construction," says Paul Scarlet, director of ... 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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