The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Thuy Tran (D-Portland) and Sen. Kathleen Taylor (D-Portland), passed the Senate last week on a 28-1 vote.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested two more asylum seekers outside Portland Immigration Court this morning, bringing the total arrests in the past week to four.

WW took home six prizes, four of them first place, at the 2024 Excellence in Journalism Awards, a five-state contest.

Federal immigration lawyers disclosed the woman’s location Tuesday afternoon in response to U.S. District Court Judge Amy Baggio.

In a federal legal filing, attorneys say U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested a woman from Mexico outside her asylum hearing Monday morning in downtown Portland.

The latest round of polling results show neither police nor parks are the services Portland residents consider most essential.

Polling conducted last month on behalf of business interests shows more than two-thirds of Portland voters would support a ballot measure requiring the city to maintain a police force at the same scale as other large U.S. cities.

The editor said it’s “hard to say” on which stories the paper would use artificial intelligence.

The long-anticipated sale of the Portland Trail Blazers is underway.

Dr. Kimberlee Armstrong responds to WW’s question about what happens if enrollment doesn’t rebound. Watch the video.

Greene has repeatedly questioned why Portland must spend nearly half a billion dollars to overhaul a single high school. But he's endorsing the bond.

Lawmakers brought the bill after a Willamette Week cover story highlighting the proliferation of the storefront operations that often prey on undocumented immigrants.

The demonstrators gather each Monday outside the Old Spaghetti Factory, then tromp up a hill to wave signs at traffic passing the Tesla dealership.

Turmoil continues at the state's principal psychiatric facility.