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News
Mar 21
4:45 PM
Portland Preps for New, âToes-in-the-Waterâ Riverfront Park
The waterfront bowl south of the Hawthorne Bridge is set for redevelopment, giving Portland another access point to the Willamette River.
Taylor Griggs
News
Nov 15
4:00 AM
The ACLU Just Filed the First of Several Lawsuits Over Recent Police Protest Tactics
It Hopes to Stop Cops from Using a Controversial “Kettle” Maneuver
Doug Brown
News
Feb 24
4:00 PM
Will a Bill Inspired by the Oregon Occupation Hamper Police Transparency?
Advocates Think So
Dirk VanderHart
â Advertisement â
News
Feb 17
5:00 PM
Gas Fumes Were Ignored for Years at a Portland School for Troubled Kids
Now the Reynolds School District Is Acknowledging Issues
Dirk VanderHart
News
Feb 10
4:00 PM
Two Portland Glass Companies Lack Pollution Controls on Their Chimneys
Now They're Being Blamed for High Cadmium Levels in the Air and Neighborhoods
Daniel Forbes
News
Feb 3
4:00 PM
Charlie Hales Has a New Plan to Curb Demolitions
He Wants to Make It More Laborious for Builders to Raze Old Homes
Shelby R. King
â Advertisement â
News
Feb 3
4:00 PM
Right 2 Dream Too Is Poised to Move to Southeast
But Will Business Opposition Kill the Deal Again?
Dirk VanderHart
News
Jan 27
6:00 PM
Portland's
Other
Mayoral Candidates Have Something to Say
But They're Having Trouble Getting Civic Organizations to Listen
Dirk VanderHart
News
Jan 27
6:00 PM
The Joyce Hotel Is Closing
And Around 90 Low-Income, High-Risk Tenants Will Be Sent Packing
Shelby R. King
â Advertisement â
News
Jan 20
9:00 PM
Oregon's Diesel Users Might Pay to Fix Portland's Streets
At Least, That's the Latest Idea From Commissioner Steve Novick
Dirk VanderHart
News
Jan 20
9:00 PM
Could a Rent Strike Work in Portland?
People Are Talking About It More and More
Shelby R. King
News
Jan 13
10:00 PM
As Tenants Plead, Lawmakers Are Pledging Housing Help This Year
Here's a Rundown of What You Can Expect
Shelby R. King
News
Jan 13
10:00 PM
Environmentalists and Power Companies Reached an Importantâand SurprisingâAgreement
They Both Hate Coal!
Dirk VanderHart
News
Dec 30
7:00 AM
2015 Was Importantâand Messy
The
Mercury
's Definitive Rundown of the Year That Was
Dirk VanderHart
&
Shelby R. King
News
Dec 23
7:00 AM
The Backers of a Vancouver Oil Terminal Are Being Accused of Fudging Their Numbers
And They're Refusing to Set the Record Straight
Shelby R. King
News
Dec 23
7:00 AM
The City Says It's Divesting from Fossil Fuels. That's Not True.
In Fact, We Don't Plan to Stop Supporting Oil Companies Any Time Soon.
Dirk VanderHart
News
Dec 16
4:00 PM
Think Portland's Homelessness Problem Is Bad?
Talk to the Mayors of Other West Coast Cities.
Dirk VanderHart
News
Dec 16
4:00 PM
A New Hope for Affordable Housing
Will Oregon Lift the Ban on Inclusionary Zoning in 2016?
Shelby R. King
News
Dec 9
5:00 PM
A Portland University Wants Federal Permission to Ban Transgender Students
And Recent History Suggests It'll Probably Get It
Dirk VanderHart
News
Dec 2
5:00 PM
Some of Portland's Lowest-Paid Workers Want a Raise
And They Say Mayor Charlie Hales Promised Them One
Dirk VanderHart
News
Dec 2
5:00 PM
Say Goodbye to Two Pieces of Portland History
The City's "Demolition Epidemic" May Soon Claim Two Century-Old Downtown Buildings
Shelby R. King
News
Nov 25
4:20 PM
The Group That's Supposed to Help Portland Reform Its Police Can't Stop Infighting
Now One Cop Is Trying to Get Three Members Kicked Out
Dirk VanderHart
News
Nov 25
4:20 PM
A Heartfelt Letter Convinced One Family to Sell Their Home. Now It's An Airbnb.
Welcome to the Future!
Shelby R. King
News
Nov 18
4:00 AM
The Worldâs Most Sustainable High-Rise Construction Material Is⌠Wood?
A Portland Team Is Pioneering Its Addition to US Skylines
Shelby R. King
News
Nov 11
1:00 AM
Can Crowd Funding Save a 105-Year-Old Home?
A Portland Renter's Quest to Save Her Home from the Wrecking Ball
Shelby R. King
News
Nov 4
4:20 PM
OLCC's Rob Patridge Faces Allegations of Unlawful Employment Practices
The Accusations Stem from His Other Role as Klamath County District Attorney
Shelby R. King
News
Oct 28
10:00 AM
Portland Considers Nationâs Strongest Fossil Fuel Restrictions
Hereâs How Theyâd Work
Shelby R. King
News
Oct 28
10:00 AM
A Firm That Helped Screw Up the Morrison Bridge Is Being Trusted to Fix It
And This Time, There's More Money on the Line
Dirk VanderHart
News
Oct 28
10:00 AM
The City Promises More Affordable Housing Funds. Will It Follow Through?
Portland's Got a Spotty History Living Up to Similar Commitments
Shelby R. King
News
Oct 21
4:20 PM
Portland's Finally Deciding on Whether to Clamp Down on Oil Train Transport
And Guess What! Environmentalists and Businesses Have Very Different Thoughts on That
Shelby R. King
News
Oct 21
4:20 PM
Oregon's Been Celebrating Pot Sales That May Well Be Fiction
No One Will Know How Hot the Cannabis Market Is for Months
Dirk VanderHart
News
Oct 14
4:20 PM
Portland's Newest Organized Tent Camp Fights for Survival
The Mayor's Office Says It's Cool with "Hazelnut Grove." The State's Looking to Crack Down
Dirk VanderHart
News
Oct 14
4:20 PM
The Hidden Costs of Moving Unexpectedly
Local Math Instructor Crunched the Numbers and Found Moving Is More Expensive Than Many Realize
Shelby R. King
News
Oct 1
4:20 PM
Airbnb Is Making Portland's Rental Market Even Tighter
But Not by as Many Units as You'd Think
Shelby R. King
News
Oct 1
4:20 PM
You Can Finally Buy Recreational Weed in Portland!
Here's What You Should Know.
Dirk VanderHart
News
Sep 23
4:20 PM
Portland's Pot Regulations Might Freeze Out New Businesses
The City's About to Give Medical Dispensaries Exactly What They Want
Dirk VanderHart
News
Sep 23
4:20 PM
Landlords and Advocates Dislike Dan Saltzman's Renter Protections
Though Obviously for Very, Very Different Reasons
Shelby R. King
News
Sep 23
4:20 PM
PDX Workers Are Trying to Unionize for Better Pay
The Country's Best Airport Pays Many of Its Workers the State's Lowest Wage
Shelby R. King
News
Sep 16
4:20 PM
Emergency Response
As Advocates Push Displacement Fixes, Local Leaders Are Awful Quiet
Shelby R. King
News
Sep 9
4:20 PM
Share and Share a Bike
Apparently Bike Share's Finally Coming to Portland?
Dirk VanderHart
News
Sep 9
4:20 PM
The Common Good
A Faith-Based Group Has a Big Voice on Affordable Housing
Shelby R. King
News
Sep 2
4:20 PM
Blocking Out the Sun
The State's Second-Largest Energy Provider Is at War with Solar Power
Dirk VanderHart
News
Sep 2
4:20 PM
Ticketless to Ride
TriMet's About to Go Digital. What's That Mean for Its Poorest Users?
Garrett Andrews
News
Aug 26
4:20 PM
North Portland Rising
A Fight to Save a 115-Year-Old Home from Demolition Appears Doomed
Shelby R. King
News
Aug 26
4:20 PM
Sudden Safekeeping
The City's Finally Giving Homeless People a Place to Put Their Things
Dirk VanderHart
News
Aug 19
4:20 PM
Uncertain Terms
City Doesn't Have the Records You Want? Ask Them to Look Again
Dirk VanderHart
News
Aug 19
4:20 PM
Taking the Dam Blame
Conservationists Say Birds Are a Red Herring in Salmon Deaths
Shelby R. King
News
Aug 12
4:20 PM
A Preemptive Strike
State Laws Are Stymieing Local Efforts to Fund Affordable Housing
Shelby R. King
News
Aug 5
4:20 PM
Park Bloc
A City Ranger's Private Security Firm Is Being Paid to Patrol a Park
Dirk VanderHart
News
Aug 5
4:20 PM
Spare the Rod, Spoil the File
A New Police Misconduct Report Calls Transparency into Question
Dirk VanderHart
News
Jul 29
4:20 PM
Meet the City's New Cheap Rent Czar
Incoming Housing Bureau Director Kurt Creager Says Portland's on the Verge of Something Big
Dirk VanderHart
News
Jul 29
4:20 PM
A Leak in the Bottle
Tribes' Treaty Rights May Dam the Flow to Nestlé
Shelby R. King
News
Jul 22
4:20 PM
High Rises, Low Standards
A Contractor with a Hand in Portland's Apartment Boom Faces Serious Labor Complaints
Garrett Andrews
News
Jul 15
4:20 PM
Surplus Stores
The City Doesn't Have a Ton of Money for Housing. But It's Got Property.
Dirk VanderHart
News
Jul 8
4:20 PM
Time to Ship Out?
Port of Portland Foe Is Pushing for Leadership Changes
Shelby R. King
News
Jul 8
4:20 PM
The Same Old Plan
The PBA's Re-Hashing an Old Anti-Panhandling Battle Cry—This Time with Stats!
Dirk VanderHart
News
Jul 1
4:20 PM
No-Cause for Alarm
Your Landlord Doesn't Need a Reason to Evict You. Advocates Want that to Change.
Shelby R. King
News
Jun 24
4:20 PM
The Soft Sell
The City Can't Require Affordable Housing. Here's What It
Can
Do
Shelby R. King
News
Jun 17
4:20 PM
Back on Burnside
Portland's Rogue Cabbie "Poster Child" Got a Second Chance With Uber
Dirk VanderHart
News
Jun 17
4:20 PM
Out of Control
Why Rent Control Could Help Portland
Shelby R. King
News
Jun 10
4:20 PM
Puff, Puff, Send
What Emails Show About Oregon's Former Pot Czar's Dealings with a Growers' Lobbyist
Dirk VanderHart
News
Jun 10
4:20 PM
Pay Up or Get Out
Uncapped Rent Increases Are Displacing Portland's Most Vulnerable
Shelby R. King
News
Jun 3
4:20 PM
Locked Out
The Legislature Might Boost Affordable Housing—But Could Leave Out Renters
Shelby R. King
News
May 27
4:20 PM
Getting Nowhere Fast
Portland's Wheelchair Users Still Waiting for Equal Access
Shelby R. King
News
May 27
4:20 PM
A Bigger Broom
As Police Crack Down on Campsites, the Mayor Wants to Double the Cleanup Budget
Dirk VanderHart
News
May 20
4:20 PM
Who Represents You?
Portlanders Are Trying—Again—to Get Representation on City Council
Shelby R. King
News
May 20
4:20 PM
Letting Go Is the Hardest Part
The City's Tired of Running Last Thursday. It's Got a Willing Taker.
Garrett Andrews
News
May 13
4:20 PM
To the Island Go the Spoils
The Port of Portland Wants More Leeway to Dump on West Hayden Island
Dirk VanderHart
News
May 6
4:20 PM
Liquor Shots
OLCC Agents Want to Start Their Own Union... and Carry Guns
Dirk VanderHart
News
May 6
4:20 PM
A Thirsty Company and a Hungry Town
Pure Water Is Pure Gold for Cascade Locks, but Nestlé's Rep Is Muddy
Shelby R. King
News
Apr 29
4:20 PM
The Check Is in the Mail
Can PDC Send USPS Packing This Time Around?
Shelby R. King
News
Apr 29
4:20 PM
Apartment #420
For Some Portland Apartment Dwellers, Weed's Only
Sort of
Legal
Dirk VanderHart
News
Apr 22
4:20 PM
$15 and Rising
The Minimum Wage Movement Is Catching Fire
Shelby R. King
News
Apr 22
4:20 PM
Not Long Now
What You Can (Probably) Expect in Portland's Uber-Friendly Future
Dirk VanderHart
News
Apr 15
4:20 PM
Drunk on Power?
The OLCC's College Crackdowns Might Hamper Its Pot Ambitions
Dirk VanderHart
News
Apr 15
4:20 PM
Pushing for a Pipeline
How a $500 Million Fuel Facility Nearly Crept into North Portland
Shelby R. King
News
Apr 8
4:20 PM
Your Ride's Here
Pilot Program Has Equal-Access Advocates and Cab Companies Uber Mad
Shelby R. King
News
Apr 8
4:20 PM
Claim Dumpers
A Decades-Old Law Says City Hall Should Do the Right Thing. No One Remembers It.
Dirk VanderHart
News
Apr 1
4:20 PM
Understand the Box
Four Things a City Workgroup Should Sort Out About "Ban the Box"
Dirk VanderHart
News
Apr 1
4:20 PM
Violators Will Be Prosecuted
Portland's Finally Enforcing Restraining Orders. Will We Keep It Up?
Shelby R. King
News
Mar 25
12:10 PM
Burn Notice
Backlash Against a Portland Crematory Could Spark Statewide Change
Dirk VanderHart
News
Mar 25
12:10 PM
Hailing the Future
The Uber Discussion Has Raised an Overdue Issue: Equal Access
Shelby R. King
News
Mar 18
4:20 PM
Don't Call It a Comeback
The Push to Revive Voter-Owned Elections Has Run Aground
Denis C. Theriault
&
Dirk VanderHart
News
Mar 18
4:20 PM
An Office Among Officers
Our New Police Reform Watchdog Just Moved in with the Cops
Dirk VanderHart
News
Mar 11
4:20 PM
The View from a Linnton Roadside
Portland's Camping Ban Is Stronger Than Ever. The Men Who Nearly Killed It Aren't Happy.
Dirk VanderHart
News
Mar 4
4:20 PM
Reach Out and Pay Someone
Oregon's Prisons Rake in Millions from Inmates' Families. That Might Change.
Dirk VanderHart
News
Feb 25
4:20 PM
Behind the Scenery
The City's New Olive Branch to Parks Workers Belies a Two-Year Labor Fight
Dirk VanderHart
News
Feb 18
4:20 PM
$15... for Some
Mayor Hales' Headline-Grabbing Wage Hike Affects 16 People
Dirk VanderHart
News
Feb 18
4:20 PM
Flooded Streets
It's About to Be Easier than Ever to Catch a Cab in Portland
Dirk VanderHart
News
Feb 18
4:20 PM
New World Oregon
Who's Mostly to Blame for Governor John Kitzhaber's Resignation? John Kitzhaber.
Denis C. Theriault
News
Feb 11
4:20 PM
"We Must Do Better Than That"
Portland's Camping Ban Is Legal, But No One Really Likes It
Dirk VanderHart
News
Feb 11
4:20 PM
Two Sides of the Same Leaf
In an Age of Legal Pot, Medical Marijuana Is Drawing Controversy
Dirk VanderHart
News
Feb 4
4:20 PM
A Somber Census
Social Workers Count the Homeless Population Once Every Two Years. We Tagged Along.
Dirk VanderHart
News
Jan 28
4:20 PM
Is Picnicking Illegal?
A Judge Has Tough Questions for Portland's Camping Ban
Dirk VanderHart
News
Jan 28
4:20 PM
Blue Line, Gray Area
Portland Cop's Facebook Posts Raise Questions about Lack of Social Media Policy
Denis C. Theriault
News
Jan 21
4:20 PM
No Riot Here
Fritz Presses Hales on Protest Policing
Denis C. Theriault
News
Jan 21
4:20 PM
Chair-Jerkers!
Oregon's Top Budget Officials Are Backing off Prison Reform Funding
Dirk VanderHart
News
Jan 21
4:20 PM
Another Sudden Detour
The Road to a Portland Street Fee Now Runs Through Salem
Denis C. Theriault
News
Jan 14
4:20 PM
Let's Pencil Something In
Hales, Novick Hope to Jam a Street Fee Advisory Vote onto the May Ballot
Denis C. Theriault
News
Jan 14
4:20 PM
Next Bridge Up
The Broadway Bridge Is Due for Fixes. Can It Avoid the Troubles of Its Peers?
Dirk VanderHart
Next