News Call it a crappy situation: Portland's city government is set to pay Portland General Electric more than $7,000 for a stinky incident last spring. On the docket for this Wednesday’s City Council meeting is an ordinance to pay PGE $7,270 for a sewage spill on their property at the World Trade Center complex on June 6, 2012. A sewage pipe collapsed under Southwest Jefferson Street, causing ...   More

News Marilyn DeVault has watched several businesses in her neighborhood close down in recent years. Her bakery, the award-winning Piece of Cake in Sellwood, remains popular and busy. But she fears th   More

Dr. Know Like lots of folks, I disconnected my gutter downspouts from the storm-drain system to save the river. Now that the “Big Pipe” is finished, though, can I reconnect them? It’s a swamp over he   More