Wednesday, February 22

Almost Live: Spurs at Blazers

News Tim Duncan looks sad here because he's not playing tonight. I'm sad about it, too. One of my last ch... More

Feb 21, 2012 06:55 pm by CASEY JARMAN | Comments 0

OSPIRG Examines Tax Credits, Sees Little Benefit

News Approving tax credits is a little bit like continuing to drink after you know you've had enough—it... More

Feb 21, 2012 04:19 pm by NIGEL JAQUISS | Comments 2

Occupy Portland's Next Big Protest: "Shut Down the Corporations," Coming Feb. 29

News Occupy Portland is planning its next big event for Wednesday, Feb. 29, a protest called “Shut Down... More

Feb 21, 2012 10:46 am by HANNAH HOFFMAN | Comments 1

Another Clutter-Fueled Fire Prompts Warning From Firefighters

News Less than a week after a man's unnecessary death led the Portland Fire and Rescue Bureau to warn of ... More

Feb 21, 2012 10:14 am by COREY PEIN | Comments 0

Nighttime Cyclist's Drug Bust Upheld

News The Oregon Court of Appeals last week upheld the 2008 felony drug conviction of a bicyclist from Oak... More

Feb 20, 2012 12:15 pm by Corey Pein | Comments 1

The Mayoral Candidates on Poverty in Portland: What Can City Hall Do?

News “What new focus and coordination will your administration bring to serve low-income residents, par... More

Feb 20, 2012 11:45 am by WW Staff | Comments 6

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No Such Thing As Free Coffee

Oregon’s Transportation Department is losing control of rest areas—and the cost of keeping them safe and clean doubles.

News For the Oregon Department of Transportation, February is the cruelest month. Legislators are ... More

Feb 22, 2012 12:01 am by NIGEL JAQUISS

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Whiffs of Trouble

A fertilizer plant comes under criminal investigation after repeated ammonia leaks.

News The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched a criminal investigation into a large leak of... More

Feb 22, 2012 12:01 am by BRENT WALTH

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Hotseat: F.W. de Klerk

The Nobel Laureate and last white president of South Africa talks cultural identity and Obama’s prize.

Q & A In South Africa, F.W. de Klerk was an unlikely reformer. He had risen in that country’s white-mi... More

Feb 22, 2012 12:01 am by PATRICIA SAUTHOFF

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Murmurs: ODOT Backlash and Schaufler Unbowed

Fixing a city charter right out of Dickens.

Murmurs WW reported recently about the Oregon Department of Transportation program that has given Union Paci... More

Feb 22, 2012 12:01 am by WW Editorial Staff

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Dr. Know: Faithless Recyclers

How well do Portlanders sort their trash?

Dr. Know Now that our trash is picked up biweekly, I find myself tempted to toss questionable items into the... More

Feb 22, 2012 12:01 am by MARTY SMITH

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No Such Thing As Free Coffee

Oregon’s Transportation Department is losing control of rest areas—and the cost of keeping them safe and clean doubles.

News For the Oregon Department of Transportation, February is the cruelest month. Legislators are wrestling with health-care... More

Feb 22, 2012 12:01 am by NIGEL JAQUISS

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Whiffs of Trouble

A fertilizer plant comes under criminal investigation after repeated ammonia leaks.

News The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched a criminal investigation into a large leak of ammonia from a Columbia County fertilizer plant in 2010 that went undetected for five days. Re ... More

Feb 22, 2012 12:01 am by BRENT WALTH

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Hotseat: F.W. de Klerk

The Nobel Laureate and last white president of South Africa talks cultural identity and Obama’s prize.

Q & A In South Africa, F.W. de Klerk was an unlikely reformer. He had risen in that country’s white-minority power politics... More

Feb 22, 2012 12:01 am by PATRICIA SAUTHOFF

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Murmurs: ODOT Backlash and Schaufler Unbowed

Fixing a city charter right out of Dickens.

Murmurs WW reported recently about the Oregon Department of Transportation program that has given Union Pacific—with billions in profits—state subsidies of $24.7 million to fix its own track under the lot ... More

Feb 22, 2012 12:01 am by WW Editorial Staff

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Dr. Know: Faithless Recyclers

How well do Portlanders sort their trash?

Dr. Know Now that our trash is picked up biweekly, I find myself tempted to toss questionable items into the recycling bin, even though they don’t belong there. Of course, I’d never actually do this— ... More

Feb 22, 2012 12:01 am by MARTY SMITH

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“G-ing” in the Spotlight

Grant High students speak out about the locker-room assaults.

News For the past four weeks, Grant High School in Northeast Portland has been under a cloud of scrutiny and shame. Four of its students face criminal investigation for allegedly assaulting two of th ... More

Feb 15, 2012 12:01 am by HANNAH HOFFMAN

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Fecal Matters

Transplanting someone else's poo into your body is gaining medical acceptance.

News Most teenage boys make money the old-fashioned way. They mow lawns, wash cars or flip burgers. But one 13-year-old in Portland is the envy of his friends for the way he makes his money. He gets $50 ... More

Feb 15, 2012 12:01 am by PATRICIA SAUTHOFF

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Gravy Train

Union Pacific has billions in profits. So why is Oregon subsidizing the rail giant?

News When it comes to shipping companies, few are bigger than Union Pacific. The rail giant controls 32,000 miles of track across most of the Western U.S. Last year, the company had profits of $3.3 bil ... More

Feb 8, 2012 12:01 am by KARA WILBECK

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Still Big, Still Costly

CRC backers claim the $3.5 billion project is “downsizing.” That’s not true—not even close.

News Backers of the proposed $3.5 billion freeway bridge across the Columbia River say they’ve gotten the message: The project is too big and expensive. That’s why Gov. John Kitzhaber’s chief ... More

Feb 8, 2012 12:01 am by NIGEL JAQUISS

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Weed All About It

Will 2012 be the year Oregon finally adopts a reasonable marijuana policy?

Cover Story Oregonians love marijuana. Take a walk along Southeast Clinton Street some summer evening and you’ll get contact confirmation. The most recent National Survey on Drug Use and Health, from ... More

Jan 25, 2012 12:01 am by BEN WATERHOUSE

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Jail Birds

The fastest-growing group of inmates in Oregon: Women. A look inside Coffee Creek.

Cover Story The archetypal prisoner of the last century wore stripes and carried a ball and chain. In the early part of the 21st century, he wore an orange jumpsuit. The typical 2012 inmate may instea ... More

Jan 18, 2012 12:01 am by HANNAH HOFFMAN

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Extra Seasoning

Records raise questions about Eileen Brady’s New Seasons résumé.

Elections Early this month, New Seasons Market announced plans to build its 13th store on a vacant lot in North Portland’s Eliot neighborhood. That’s good news for the listless economy and the u ... More

Jan 18, 2012 12:01 am by NIGEL JAQUISS

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Green For Acres

Oregon’s small farmers want subsidies, too.

News Four years ago, Florence Jessup spent a small fortune to start her Hillsboro farm, Artisan Organics: more than $70,000 from an inheritance and her retirement accounts. Since then, Jessup, farm ... More

Jan 11, 2012 12:01 am by CARRIE STURROCK

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Booze Wars

Grocers think they can finally break the state’s 80-year, nearly $500 million monopoly—but at what cost?

Cover Story Steve Pharo has something just outside his Milwaukie office door that Joe Gilliam wants—$70 million worth of vodka, whiskey, tequila and every other distilled spirit sold in Oregon. PHARO - IM ... More

Jan 11, 2012 12:01 am by NIGEL JAQUISS

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