Kelly Kenoyer

January was a bad month for Mary Maxwell. As a bus driver for TriMet’s LIFT program, which serves disabled patrons who can’t access regular transit, Maxwell had suffered through days of sexual harassment from the same passenger. Even after she filed several complaints, Maxwell says her bosses wouldn’t do anything about it. This stress was […]

The Portland Art Museum received nearly $0.5 Million from RACC in 2018 artran / Getty Images The Regional Arts and Culture Council (RACC) is badly in need of oversight, a recent city audit shows. The audit, which Commissioner Nick Fish requested last year, found that the nonprofit organization lacks a strategic plan, hasn’t assessed the […]

Sassy with her newborn Oregon Zoo The Oregon Zoo has announced that its resident mountain goat Sassy has given birth to a baby, and the 2-day-old kid is now out and clumsily frolicking on public display. The kid—sex (and name) currently unknown—was born Saturday morning and was up on its feet within 30 minutes, according […]

TriMet The Portland Area Workers’ Rights Board, a panel of lawyers, professors and labor activists who review local labor issues, will hold a hearing tonight to discuss the treatment of workers who drive for Trimet’s LIFT Paratransit Service. LIFT offers rides to those with disabilities who can’t use regular public transportation, but driver advocates say […]

A duplex lies in wait. herreid / Getty Images Last night was so chaotic with primary elections, it was easy to overlook the long-winded zoning hearing taking place before Portland’s Planning and Sustainability Commission. The hearing centered on the Residential Infill Project (RIP, a truly tragic acronym), and drew testimony from people eager to increase […]

Andrew Scott Metro This morning, Metro accounted that Portland’s director of the City Budget Office, Andrew Scott, has accepted a job as Metro’s deputy chief operating officer. Scott is the third director of a city bureau to leave in a week, raising questions about the future for several key bureaus. Portland’s City Budget Office was […]

Members of YEJA hold a sign at the Youth Pass Rally Kelly Kenoyer Last night, Portland City Council held its final public hearing on Mayor Ted Wheeler’s 2018-2019 proposed city budget before it goes to a vote next week. Unsurprisingly, the hearing attracted at least one hundred members of the public who shared concerns about […]

A packed spillover room at city hall Kelly Kenoyer Portland City Hall was packed with concerned Portlanders yesterday for a four-hour-long hearing on a resolution determining the fate of 1,650 unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings in Portland. The vote could determine what kinds of retrofits will be required for URMs, which are widely considered the most […]

The Portland Outdoor store is one of the city’s 1,650 URMs. Hopefully you aren’t trying on Western wear during an earthquake. Mercury Staff Nine percent of the buildings in Portland are the most dangerous structures to be close to during an earthquake. They’ll likely be the first to crumble during the looming Cascadia Subduction Zone […]

City Council begins planning for the city’s collapse.