Dirk VanderHart
I'm a news reporter for the Mercury. I've spent a lot of the last decade in journalism — covering tragedy and chicanery in the hills of southwest Missouri, politics in Washington, D.C., and other matters elsewhere.
I've been in Portland three years, love it and want to help make it better. Let's keep it amicable!
Posted inNews
Lead Has Been Spouting from Drinking Fountains in Some City Parks
Officials Can’t Say for How Long, Or Why
Posted inNews
Hall Monitor: A Fight We’ve Been Waiting For
Portland’s Finally Ready to Fight for Renter Protections in Court. Good.
Posted inHousing
Trumped Towers
One More Thing the New President’s Throwing into Chaos: Portland’s Affordable Housing Market