Nine months in, Kotekβs Data Center Advisory Committee shares many questions, few answers
The committee posted a 20-page report of βpreliminary learnings and questionsβ the public can comment on through Oct. 24.
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Murmurs: Fancy Mental Health Care Tracker Underwhelms Key Lawmaker
βIβm not going to hide my shock and disappointment at this.β
Read full article βNolan Kurtz Created a Maximalist Oasis in the Middle of Downtown Portland
βI think I quite literally surround myself with things to feel like part of something.β
Read full article βAfter Protests, Portland Book Festival Has a New, Nonbank Sponsor
The festival is mum on whether the change is due to advocacy by protest group Literary Portland for Palestine.
Read full article βNBA Commissioner Says Portland Losing the Blazers Would Be a βFailureβ
βItβs my hope,β he concluded, βthat we can lower the temperature honestly a bit in these negotiations.β
Read full article βUrsula K. Le Guin Reading Groups and Woo-Woo Promises at Oregon Contemporary
Artist Amy Ruhlβs βOther Spacesβ came out of her sci-fi book club.
Read full article βNew Poll Shows Drazan With Slight Lead in Governorβs Race
The result is in line with an earlier poll, but the Republicanβs 2-point lead is less than the margin of error.
Read full article βGet Your Reps In: βPonyo,β aka Miyazakiβs Take on βThe Little Mermaidβ
The Japanese directorβs 2008 animated film about a half-fish girl screens at Academy Theater on Sept. 18β24.
Read full article βShows of the Week: Croz Boyce Is Big on David Crosby
Also: βSexy After Darkβ singer Joshua Ray Walker hits Mississippi Studios and Stoner-metal legends Sleep are at the Roseland.
Read full article βGet Busy: What to Do in Portland (Sept. 16β22, 2026)
Laugh at Geek Week, Jog the MLK Dream Run, and go to Portland Weird Fest.
Read full article βNew poll shows GOP nominee Drazan with slight lead in Oregon governorβs race
The result is in line with an earlier poll, but the Republicanβs 2-point lead is less than the margin of error.
Read full article βAttorney general defends Trump blast at US Supreme Court over vote-by-mail ruling
The Trump administration will comply with the U.S. Supreme Courtβs order this week blocking new restrictions on mail voting for this yearβs elections, but President…
Read full article βExternal Auditor Finds PPS Bond Program Is at Heightened Risk of Fraud
In four findings, auditors determined that PPS had failed to establish a sound business case to offload bond management services to Procedeo, and cautioned that…
Read full article βFBIβs Patel dodges questions on election interference at rambunctious US Senate hearing
WASHINGTON β FBI Director Kash Patel sidestepped questions about FBI agents at polling places in the midterm elections at a U.S. Senate hearing Tuesday that…
▶️ Watch →Past secretaries, union leader call for probe into Education Department slashing
WASHINGTON β Three former U.S. Education Department secretaries and the union representing agency workers on TuesdayΒ urged the departmentβs top watchdog to investigate the cost and…
Read full article βNester Magazine 2026, Our Guide to Making a Home
Every home tells a story about the person who lives there.
Read full article βNew report on child welfare finds Oregon keeping more kids with family instead of foster care
Oregon has recently been placing foster children with their relatives rather than with an unrelated family at rates higher than the nationwide average, according to…
Read full article βComedian Nariko Ott, a Former WW Funniest Five Winner, Dies at 46
The Portland comedy scene mourns one of its own, postpones Kickstand Comedy event.
Read full article βFewer students, too many schools: Communities confront closures and consolidations
Declining birth rates mean fewer students. And that means more districts grappling with whether to close or merge schools. βThe big shrinkβ is how Marguerite…
Read full article βTrumpβs Signature Bill Rewards Oregon for Its Food Stamp Incompetence
The failure to accurately administer food stamps will bizarrely spare Oregon millions while other states must pony up next year.
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