News “It’s like seeing the Gestapo, man.”—“Mike,” a hippie, to KGW, describing the Portland Police Bureau’s decision to keep an eye on the Sunday night “Fir ... More
Our Spin On 7 Days of News
News “It’s like seeing the Gestapo, man.”—“Mike,” a hippie, to KGW, describing the Portland Police Bureau’s decision to keep an eye on the Sunday night “Fir ... More
Election News Chewier Than Jeff Merkley’s Hot Dog.
News slow race to nowhere How has the City Council contest become such a snooze?On a November ballot featuring O’Biden vs. McPalin and a U.S. Senate election so nasty it should be moderated by Andrew ... More
The Weekly Fix
Our spin on 7 days of news
News “Eugene woman sues over pit bull attack.” —The Associated Press, Sept. 22 Sobering news: Oregon Attorney General Hardy Myers joined his colleagues from 24 states in asking MillerCoor ... More
Fare Play
Portland’s got a screwed-up taxi market. Now regulators hope to fix it.
News Christopher Whalen ran a limo business in Phoenix until moving to Portland in 2006. His wife thought Arizona was too hot, and wanted to be closer to her family. Last January, after working as a drive ... More
Our Spin On 7 Days of News
News Green Biz News: The feds busted a huge marijuana operation allegedly run by a Mexican cartel on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in central Oregon. Street value: $10 million. Willie Horton Redux: U ... More
Brighter Lights, Bigger Cities
What’s Sam Adams doing for 11 days In China
News Portland Mayor-elect Sam Adams has committed to developing an “export trade strategy” when he takes office in January. So it makes sense he’s visiting China, Oregon’s fourth-bi ... More
Missing Ingredients In Portland Bike Rental Plan: Money, Sex
News Here's the question that must be answered if Portland's stalled plans for a bike rental system, like the set-ups in ... More
DIY Justice
In Oregon, The Man lets you be The Man, too. Here’s how to play traffic cop.
News On a cold afternoon last December, Brion Barnett was riding his Univega bicycle home along a two-lane, tree-lined street off Southwest Scholls Ferry Road in Beaverton, where he works as a city enginee ... More
Bar Fight
The restaurant lobby butts heads with Portland neighborhoods.
News A proposal coming before the Oregon Liquor Control Commission could tip the balance in the endless struggle between state and local authorities, neighborhood associations, Portland’s 2,200-odd b ... More
Last Night's Surprise Navy SEAL Training (May Have) Included Live Fire And Training Ammo
News Here's the text of an April letter from Mayor Tom Potter to the U.S. Navy authorizing last night's helicopter training exercises downtown, which caught Portlanders by... More
Top Articles from COREY PEIN
The Other Portland
It’s poor, it’s dangerous, it’s growing like crazy—and it’s more important than ever. Cheat Local!
Portland helped make Groupon a giant. Here’s how local businesses get crushed. Death of a Yogi
The battle for a corporate empire, hundreds of millions of dollars and the meaning of a faith. NikeLeaks
Thanks to Julian Assange, we now know how Oregon’s top company fights corruption, counterfeiting and Croatian smugglers. A Newsman’s Secret
The woman with Bob Caldwell on the day he died works as an internet call girl. Busted Ranks
New allegations from a former vice cop about the top brass. War Bribes
An Oregon businessman wanted to get “filthy stinking rich.” Now he’s linked to a bribery case and risks losing his biggest customer: the U.S. Military. How to Live Cheap in Portland
Throwing too much money away on food and shelter? here’s WW’s Recession Survival Guide. The Evolution of Eileen Brady
From co-op to corporate boardroom, the making of a mayoral candidate. Chaos to Checkmate
Mayor Adams and Occupy Portland played a game in city parks. Police Chief Reese won.
It’s poor, it’s dangerous, it’s growing like crazy—and it’s more important than ever. Cheat Local!
Portland helped make Groupon a giant. Here’s how local businesses get crushed. Death of a Yogi
The battle for a corporate empire, hundreds of millions of dollars and the meaning of a faith. NikeLeaks
Thanks to Julian Assange, we now know how Oregon’s top company fights corruption, counterfeiting and Croatian smugglers. A Newsman’s Secret
The woman with Bob Caldwell on the day he died works as an internet call girl. Busted Ranks
New allegations from a former vice cop about the top brass. War Bribes
An Oregon businessman wanted to get “filthy stinking rich.” Now he’s linked to a bribery case and risks losing his biggest customer: the U.S. Military. How to Live Cheap in Portland
Throwing too much money away on food and shelter? here’s WW’s Recession Survival Guide. The Evolution of Eileen Brady
From co-op to corporate boardroom, the making of a mayoral candidate. Chaos to Checkmate
Mayor Adams and Occupy Portland played a game in city parks. Police Chief Reese won.
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