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The 20 Moments That Made Portland Famous in the Past 10 Years

As the decade closes, no American city plays such an outsized role in the national imagination.

After Six Days, Portland’s ICE Blockade Is a City of More Than 80 Tents

Occupy ICE now includes a medic’s office and a commissary, barricaded by wooden pallets.

The Arrest of a Portland Protester Could Change How Prosecutors Charge Unruly Suspects

On May 1, 2012, five months after the end of the Occupy Portland camps, Catherine Garcia went into the streets of downtown Portland to protest Wall Street bailouts. It didn’t go well: She was arrested by Portland police after allegedly leaping onto the back of her boyfriend while a cop was trying to handcuff him. … Continue reading The Arrest of a Portland Protester Could Change How Prosecutors Charge Unruly Suspects

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Oregon Is the First U.S. State to Have an Identified Case of the Latest COVID-19 “Variant of Concern”

Vaccinations at Oregon Convention Center. (Jeff Andersen / OHSU)

How Long Do You Have to Have Lived in Portland Before You’re Allowed to Be Insufferable About It?

Billy Ray's Neighborhood Dive. (Suzie Gotis)

As Patrons Return to Indoor Dining, Oregon’s Restaurants Are in Tatters

The Elvis Room, SE Ash and Grand. (Brian Burk)

For Nearly a Year, Teenagers Have Been Robbing Portland Dispensaries. Then Somebody Shot a Budtender.

IN MEMORIAM: Jina Yoo, the owner of Cured Green, holds up artwork of her employee and longtime friend, Michael Arthur, who died during an armed robbery in the store on Dec. 14. (Wesley Lapointe)

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A Portland Parent Found Her Daughter’s Textbook Racist. Her Teacher Has a Contract That Says He Could Use It Anyway. 272

Hey, Midwestern Transplants: You Can’t Drive in Portland Snow, Either 209

Forget Pompeii. Is Portland the Next Detroit? 138

Readers Respond to the Prospects of Downtown Portland 137

Face Masks Aren’t Going Out of Style. Maybe You Should Wear Two. 129

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