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Oregon’s flagship research hospital and medical school on Tuesday sued Oregon Public Broadcasting to prevent the release of records about its firing of a prominent executive four months into his job. That executive, OHSU Health CEO Tarek Salaway, was fired on April 3. OHSU said little to explain his...

This is part one of a five-part series examining the Oregon school funding formula's outdated method of calculating student poverty. To tell these stories, a reporter and photojournalist from The Oregonian/OregonLive followed a student, a teacher, an attendance specialist and a principal from the Reynolds School Distri

They met on the dance floor of a Bolivian bar: a Brooklyn boy named Bill and the girl soon to be known as Marina Brown, twirling together toward a first child and a wedding blessed by the U.S. Peace Corps. Later, Bill Brown became a production man, holding factory management jobs that took their growing family from Mex

A Portland, Oregon, homeowner spent weeks attempting to remove a homeless camp from his backyard. Jim Jensvold first discovered the camp when the person who trims his trees mentioned an uninvited guest on the wooded property below his home, according to KATU. The single camper soon became a larger encampment. Cleaning

How much time should an elected city official spend in other cities? In their first year on the job, Portland city councilors took very different approaches to that decision. In February, WW requested each councilor’s travel reimbursement forms, along with those of Mayor Keith Wilson. The documents, provided in April,

Four suspected heat-related deaths were recorded in the Portland area as temperatures soared to record-setting highs this weekend. The Multnomah County Medical Examiner’s Office said Tuesday all four deaths were reported Monday, when temperatures reached 96.8 degrees, a record for June 15. The first death was that of a

There’s been a lot of chitter chatter in my circles about plans for a new grocery store in the Parkrose neighborhood. The working name for it is Parkrose Grocery (though Parkrose Local Grocery has been considered) and it is a project by Don McKeever, who comes to it with a number of years of experience under his belt o

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Police are searching for a missing 11-year-old boy who was last seen leaving a hotel in Northeast Portland on Tuesday afternoon. According to Portland Police, 11-year-old Caidyn “Joseph” Dexter and his mother had just moved to Portland and were staying in a hotel near NE Sandy Boulevard and NE 11

Portland Spirit is planning to open a full-service restaurant at 1020 SW Naito Pkwy inside Tom McCall Waterfront Park. Owner and co-founder Dan Yates confirmed to What Now Portland he is in talks with the city about the location. The company has filed an early assistance application with Portland Parks & Recreation to

Oregon has long been a source of remarkable musical talent, producing singers whose voices have left lasting impressions across rock, folk, country, pop, jazz, rhythm and blues, and alternative music. From the vibrant creative energy of Portland to the small towns and scenic landscapes that inspire artistic expression,