<![CDATA[Willamette Week]]>https://www.wweek.comFri, 25 Sep 2026 18:23:23 +0000en1hourly1<![CDATA[Did the Grasshopper Fire Have to Be So Bad?]]>https://www.wweek.com/news/state/2026/09/25/did-the-grasshopper-fire-have-to-be-so-bad/https://www.wweek.com/news/state/2026/09/25/did-the-grasshopper-fire-have-to-be-so-bad/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:07:02 +0000<![CDATA[Readers Respond to Audit of Portland Public Schools’ $61 Million Contract]]>https://www.wweek.com/news/dialogue/2026/09/24/readers-respond-to-portland-public-schools-61-million-contract-audit/https://www.wweek.com/news/dialogue/2026/09/24/readers-respond-to-portland-public-schools-61-million-contract-audit/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 06:16:39 +0000Brian Brose<![CDATA[City Greenlights Franchise Transfer of Fuel Terminal After Months of Limbo]]>https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2026/09/24/franchise-transfer-of-fuel-terminal-greenlighted-after-months-of-limbo/https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2026/09/24/franchise-transfer-of-fuel-terminal-greenlighted-after-months-of-limbo/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:29:12 +0000John Rudoff<![CDATA[County Auditor Raises Concerns Around Preschool for All Contracting]]>https://www.wweek.com/news/schools/2026/09/24/county-auditor-raises-concerns-around-preschool-for-all-contracting/https://www.wweek.com/news/schools/2026/09/24/county-auditor-raises-concerns-around-preschool-for-all-contracting/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 22:26:40 +0000Brian Brose<![CDATA[A Retooled, Farcical ‘Pride & Prejudice’ Opens Portland Center Stage’s 20th Season at The Armory]]>https://www.wweek.com/arts/theater/2026/09/23/a-retooled-farcical-pride-prejudice-opens-season-20-at-portland-center-stage/https://www.wweek.com/arts/theater/2026/09/23/a-retooled-farcical-pride-prejudice-opens-season-20-at-portland-center-stage/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +0000courtesy of portland center stage<![CDATA[Fake Trivia From Chuck Klosterman’s Bizarro Rock-’n’-Roll History]]>https://www.wweek.com/arts/books/2026/09/24/fake-trivia-from-chuck-klostermans-bizarro-rock-n-roll-history/https://www.wweek.com/arts/books/2026/09/24/fake-trivia-from-chuck-klostermans-bizarro-rock-n-roll-history/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000courtesy of Da Capo Press<![CDATA[Oregon’s Students Continue to See Slow Recovery in State Assessment Outcomes]]>https://www.wweek.com/news/schools/2026/09/24/oregons-students-continue-to-see-slow-recovery-in-state-assessment-outcomes/https://www.wweek.com/news/schools/2026/09/24/oregons-students-continue-to-see-slow-recovery-in-state-assessment-outcomes/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000Mick Hangland-Skill<![CDATA[A City Campaign Finance Officer Lobbied Councilors in Her Free Time Last Year]]>https://www.wweek.com/news/2026/09/23/a-city-campaign-finance-officer-lobbied-councilors-in-her-free-time-last-year/https://www.wweek.com/news/2026/09/23/a-city-campaign-finance-officer-lobbied-councilors-in-her-free-time-last-year/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:01:00 +0000Photo by John Rudoff, Collage by Sophia Mick<![CDATA[Women’s Sports Deserve Better Than Anti-Trans Fearmongering ]]>https://www.wweek.com/sports/2026/09/23/anti-trans-protestors-take-to-sports-bra-and-portland-fire-and-thorns-games/https://www.wweek.com/sports/2026/09/23/anti-trans-protestors-take-to-sports-bra-and-portland-fire-and-thorns-games/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:45:44 +0000John Rudoff<![CDATA[Pittsburgh Housing Authority Expected to Pick Ex-Home Forward CEO Ivory Mathews to Lead Agency]]>https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2026/09/23/pittsburgh-housing-authority-slated-to-pick-ex-home-forward-ceo-ivory-mathews-to-lead-agency/https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2026/09/23/pittsburgh-housing-authority-slated-to-pick-ex-home-forward-ceo-ivory-mathews-to-lead-agency/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:17:48 +0000Diego G Diaz<![CDATA[Downtown Foot Traffic Is Up but Office Workers Remain Home, Study Shows]]>https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2026/09/23/downtown-foot-traffic-is-up-but-office-workers-remain-home-study-shows/https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2026/09/23/downtown-foot-traffic-is-up-but-office-workers-remain-home-study-shows/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 23:44:36 +0000<![CDATA[Documentary on Psychedelics Shows Real-Deal Trips]]>https://www.wweek.com/arts/movies/2026/09/23/documentary-on-psychedelics-shows-real-deal-trips/https://www.wweek.com/arts/movies/2026/09/23/documentary-on-psychedelics-shows-real-deal-trips/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 22:17:59 +0000<![CDATA[Portland City Councilors Seek to Raise Taxes on Companies With Highly Paid CEOs and Exempt More Small Businesses From Business Tax]]>https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2026/09/23/portland-councilors-seek-to-raise-taxes-on-companies-with-highly-paid-ceos/https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2026/09/23/portland-councilors-seek-to-raise-taxes-on-companies-with-highly-paid-ceos/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:46:02 +0000John Rudoff<![CDATA[Secretary of State Refers Portland Public Schools to Department of Justice for Criminal Investigation Over Procedeo Contract]]>https://www.wweek.com/news/schools/2026/09/22/secretary-of-state-refers-portland-public-schools-to-department-of-justice-for-criminal-investigation-over-procedeo-contract/https://www.wweek.com/news/schools/2026/09/22/secretary-of-state-refers-portland-public-schools-to-department-of-justice-for-criminal-investigation-over-procedeo-contract/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:34:36 +0000Brian Brose<![CDATA[Two Men Joined Forces at a Biotech Firm. One Is Being Hailed for His Work to Cure HIV. The Other Is Going to Prison. ]]>https://www.wweek.com/news/health/2026/09/23/two-men-joined-forces-at-a-biotech-firm-one-is-being-hailed-for-his-work-to-cure-hiv-the-other-is-going-to-prison/https://www.wweek.com/news/health/2026/09/23/two-men-joined-forces-at-a-biotech-firm-one-is-being-hailed-for-his-work-to-cure-hiv-the-other-is-going-to-prison/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000Whitney McPhie