Do yourself a favor and get around Portland car-free. Driving here can be annoying, and parking can be super expensive. On the other hand, our public transportation system is perfectly adequate and relatively convenient. We’ve got taxis and ride-hailing apps, and much of Portland is bikeable—so you can, and should, get around without your car. […]
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How the Feds Found One of the Web’s Most Prominent Illicit Diet Pill Dealers in Oregon
SCORPION BY ELVINAGRAPH / GETTY IMAGES The fateful package arrived in Chicago in mid-March, just days after its 20-year-old recipient sent an encrypted email and $70 in Bitcoin to a man he knew on Reddit as “ScorpionDNP.” The package was sent from a Southwest Portland zip code. Inside was a small white pill bottle with […]
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How the Feds Found One of the Web’s Most Prominent Illicit Diet Pill Dealers in Oregon
How the Feds found one of the web’s most prominent illicit diet pill dealers in Oregon.
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Good Morning, News: Portland’s Alternative History, the Village of Hope, and Oregonian Layoffs
Good morning, Portland. Here are some links. Photo illustration by K. Marie First up is this week’s feature, by Joe Streckert, about Portland’s alternative history. Here’s an example: 1845: Welcome to Boston, Oregon!In 1845, city founders Francis Pettygrove and Asa Lovejoy couldn’t decide what to call this place. Pettygrove wanted Portland. Lovejoy wanted Boston. To […]
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Good Morning, News: Portland Landlords, More Sanctuary City Threats, and TriMet’s Private Security Guards
Good morning, Portland. Here are some links and whatnot. CAROLYN MAIN First up is this week’s feature (make sure to pick up a print copy), where we teach you easy ways to get your shit together in 2018 (click on individual posts on the “Get Your Shit Together” sidebar). Next up is Dirk VanderHart’s news […]
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Trump Administration Again Threatens Oregon and Other Jurisdictions Deemed Insufficiently Cruel to Immigrants
Attorney General Jeff Sessions was greeted by protesters in Portland last fall Doug Brown The United State Department of Justice has escalated its attacks on local governments it thinks are insufficiently cruel to immigrants, demanding that 23 so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions around the country turn over documents or face a DOJ subpoena. In letters to the […]
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Chief Outlaw was Ceremoniously Sworn-In Today. Check out the Highlights From Her Speech.
Portland Police Chief Danielle Outlaw City of Portland Danielle Outlaw was sworn in as Portland police chief in a private ceremony on October 2—112 days ago. Today, the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) held a “ceremonial” swearing-in event at the Oregon Historical Society. Outlaw was ceremoniously sworn-in by Carmen Sylvester, a retired Portland cop who, in […]
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Good Morning, News: Portland Taxidermy, Lower Speed Limits, and Remember to Vote
Good morning, Portland. Here are some very important links. ALABASTER PIZZO Firs up is this week’s feature by the Mercury‘s Jenni Moore. It’s on taxidermy in Portland. This week I finished my first feature story and explored something very specific and personal to me: my feelings of revulsion for your precious taxidermy. Overkill https://t.co/Y1mN7qrvzG— Jenni […]
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Portland Food Cart Owner Arrested, Accused of Showing Erect Penis to Female Delivery Driver
James Joseph Jose Carter, 42, operates Mr. Benny Smokehouse Brunch in Northeast Portland A Northeast Portland food cart owner was arrested last weekend, accused of exposing his erect penis multiple times to a female delivery driver as she was picking up an order. James Carter, the 42-year-old proprietor of Mr. Benny Smokehouse Brunch on NE […]
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Chief Outlaw Sides With Civilian Oversight Board, Agrees a Sergeant Should Be Disciplined For Wrongly Threatening to Arrest an Activist
K. Marie Portland Police Chief Danielle Outlaw sided with a citizen oversight board today, agreeing that a Portland Police Bureau (PPB) sergeant should be disciplined for threatening to arrest an activist who was legally filming cops during a protest in November 2016. This is Outlaw’s first decision on a case where the Citizen Review Committee […]
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Complaint Seeks to Oust County Commissioner Loretta Smith From Office For Campaign Violations
Loretta Smith A complaint filed today in Multnomah County could oust Loretta Smith from her spot as a county commissioner and impact the future campaigns of county politicians who have aspirations for other offices. At issue is whether Smith should be forced to resign from the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners because she’s been campaigning […]
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Watch Sunday’s 60 Minutes Segment on Portland. Spoiler: Ted Wheeler Loves Portlandia.
If you’ve got 13 minutes free, watch the 60 Minutes segment on Portland that aired Sunday night. Here’s some things we learn along the way, in chronological order: •Mayor Ted Wheeler loves Portlandia. “That’s so Portland,” the mayor said. “People in Portland, they either love it, or they hate it. And the people who love […]