Books for dog lovers were popular with Portlanders in December.

Portland Public Schools officials released preliminary budget recommendations Jan. 16 to patch a $50 million gap projected for the 2026–27 school year.

A chill ran through Portland on Jan. 8 as word spread across the city that a Border Patrol agent had shot two people in a car on the campus of Adventist Health Portland.

After submitting 66 planning documents and spending $73,425.76 on fees, East County Housing LLC emailed the city of Gresham on Jan. 7 to withdraw its application during design review of the $7.9 million project.

"I personally will vote for whichever mayoral candidate would make street signs in this town actually reflective."

“Are we in a doom loop? No, but if we can’t address the affordability crisis facing our city and get our fiscal house in order, we run the risk of entering one.”

Many Oregon scientists are pleased with a Jan. 5 appeals court ruling that would, for now, preserve hundreds of millions of dollars in annual research funding.

What to see and what to skip.

“I’m sorry to break the news that Willamette Week has been conned by fake Santas.”

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