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TriMet's July ridership numbers are in. And they don't look so good. Stats from last month show 8.5 million trips last month on buses, MAX and WES — an 8 percent drop from July 2008.

Bus lines during rush hour took the biggest hit — with ridership down 17.3 percent from last year at the same time. Though still down ov...   More

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Beaumont-Wilshire residents gathered in the Beaumont Middle School parking lot tonight to speak out against the recent hate crime reported in their neighborhood by a 22-year-old Vietnamese American man.

On the morning of Aug. 2, Bao Vuong says four white males verbally assaulted and aggressively approached him at a stop-li...   More

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Whoa, Nelly!

PETA wants Mayor Sam Adams today to ban "cruel, dangerous horse-drawn carriages" in Portland. The traditional image of weddings and Central Park has lost some of its romanticism since a horse dropped dead Aug.1 while pulling Portland newlyweds around downtown. Balatour, the 23-year-old horse, reportedly...   More

News A year and a half after public outcry quashed TriMet’s plan to limit the hours of Fareless Square, the newest proposal to eliminate the free downtown bus service has received much less oppositio ...   More

News In an effort to improve end-of-life medical care, U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer has introduced legislation that would require Medicare to reimburse physicians for discussing end-of-life choices with patie ...   More

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Chauncey Peltier, 43-year-old son of imprisoned American Indian activist Leonard Peltier, stopped by WW's offices Monday to sign a letter to the parole board that's considering his father's parole from the U.S. Penitenitary in Lewisburg, Pa. next week.

The letter invites his father to live in the Portland area, pen...   More

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After the first of two open houses today about TriMet's proposal to cut free bus rides out of Fareless Square...   More

News Veteran tax activist Don McIntire invited Jasun Wurster last week to his self-described meeting of “conservative crazies,” because he wanted his cronies to hear a battle plan from the chie ...   More

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