“Broken Guy” Who Stole Plane from Seattle Airport Used to Run a Bakery on the Oregon Coast

The motives of Richard “Beebo” Russell, who stole a prop plane from Seattle Tacoma International Airport, remain unclear.

As Portland Gentrifies, Vancouver School District Deals With Higher Poverty

Poverty in Vancouver public schools is soaring as Portland gentrifies. The Vancouver district is taking aggressive action.

The Other Portland Got Dragged into the Timbers-Sounders Rivalry, and They’ve Chosen a Side

Earlier this month, the Sounders launched an impressively passive-aggressive campaign declaring their love for Portland—the one in Maine.

Another Reason People Are Flocking to Portland? Oregon Warmed Second Slowest of All U.S. States Over the Last 30 Years

We Asked Seattleites to Describe Portland in Two Words

Our favorite looks this week from the streets of Seattle.

Portland Family Says Their Amazon Alexa Recorded Private Conversations and Sent Them to a Random Contact in Seattle

One Portland family recently discovered their Amazon Echo’s sneaky capabilities after getting a call from someone in their contact list in Seattle telling them to unplug their Alexa devices immediately.

A New Advocacy Group is Pushing for a High-Speed Rail Line Linking Portland to Vancouver, Seattle and Spokane

The new advocacy group launched today to push for the creation of a high-speed railway connecting Vancouver, Bellingham, Seattle, Tacoma, Portland and Spokane.

Blazers Owner Paul Allen Is the New Jimi Hendrix, According to Quincy Jones

According to the man who helped make Michael Jackson a superstar, the submarine-riding, elephant-saving, coral-reef murdering billionaire owner of the Seattle Seahawks and your Portland Trail Blazers is the goddamn reincarnation of Jimi Hendrix.