Lacking a Municipal Ice Rink, Portland Found One at Lloyd Center
Generations of figure skaters grew up on the mallβs ice, the only public rink within city limits. Now theyβre looking for whatβs next.
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A $10 (Or Less) Concert for Every Day Thatβs Left in August
Vibeflation deflating your sensations? Weβve assembled a month of affordable music in Portland to turn things around.
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Hear The Apricots, go to Friday Splashdown at Audrey McCall Beach and see Comedy Bang! Bang!
Read full article βGet Your Reps In: Michael Mannβs Made-for-TV Debut
βThe Jericho Mileβ plays at the Hollywood Theatre on Aug. 10 as part of its Month of Mann series.
Read full article βInitiative to Hire Cops With Climate Dollars Fails to Qualify for November Ballot; Backers Pledge to Sue
The initiative seeking to reroute 25% of Portland Clean Energy Fund tax revenues to hiring some 400 police officers has failed to qualify for the…
Read full article βBackyard Brush Fire at City Councilor Mitch Greenβs Home Violated Burn Ban
Just before 8 pm on July 26, a 911 dispatcher received a call concerning a fire in the backyard of a Southwest Portland home. It…
Read full article βWind Shifts West Sending Wildfire Smoke Into Portland
A westward shift in winds on Monday cast an amber haze over the city as smoke from the catastrophic wildfires burning in central Washington and…
Read full article βFire Collapses All Eight Stories of Vacant Centennial Mills
Hundreds of people gathered in adjacent The Fields Park to watch the 116-year-old abandoned building burn.
Read full article βIs the Barking of Cars with Obnoxiously Loud Exhausts Legal?
Itβs a Class C traffic violation to operate a vehicle whose exhaust system exceeds 88 decibels.
Read full article βOregon Is the Top-Ranked State for Breastfeeding Right After Birth
All 36 counties surpass the national average, with Hood River the highest and Clatsop the lowest, a new study shows.
Read full article βFollowing Outcry, City Will Allow Brooklyn Park Waterslide to Return
After WW reported on the slide being shut down, the parks bureau has backtracked.
Read full article βWhat Weβre Cooking This Week: Italian Sausage and Peppers
The trick to getting a nice, snappy sausage texture? Salt and a little patience.
Read full article βAhead of PPS School Consolidations, a Report Offers Lessons From Its Most Recent Enrollment Balancing Attempt
The evaluationβs authors indicate that the intention of the report is not to justify school closures, but to help the district better understand how rightsizing…
Read full article βSplinter Group of Multnomah County Democrats Calls for U.S. Rep. Janelle Bynumβs Resignation
A faction within the party objects to her alleged support for ICE and preference for capitalism over socialism. Most of her district is outside the…
Read full article βTenant Sues Home Forward Over Cockroach Infestation
A tenant filed suit against Home Forward Wednesday over a cockroach infestation at one of the housing authorityβs properties.
Read full article βA Look Into the Campaign to βKeep Portland Operaticβ
Portland Opera is on pace to fundraise $5 million. And itβs pushing the art form into the future.
Read full article βIn Hearing, Blazers Refuse to Supply Details of Renovation Unless City Surrenders Power to Sue Them
A frosty public meeting between city officials and Trail Blazers executives on Thursday offered little in the way of progress toward a Moda Center renovation…
Read full article βWeek of Activities Planned for Lloyd Centerβs Final Days in Business
Festivities include a prom on the ice rink, a last Food Court 5000 mall walk, and a celebration of life bike ride.
Read full article βThe National βOh, Mary!β Tour Is Skipping Portland
Oregonian Cole Escolaβs Tony-winning Broadway play will instead hit Seattle and three cities in California this fall.
Read full article βReaders Respond to Mental Health Beds, Moda Center Funding and Michael Franckeβs Murder
"So the negligence of the lady who doesnβt understand the cityβs complex Airbnb rules must be punished, even if she loses her house because of…
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