Portland OR

Along River Road in Oak Grove, a lumbering giant made of lumber greets passersby at the intersection with River Glen Court. This Bigfoot, with tree trunks for legs and a branch as a cigar tucked into his mouth, is known as Scrap Squatch. In May, I posted a 13‑second video...

A private boat racing down the Willamette River at an estimated 68 mph sharply turned, slammed into the riverbank and rocks, and left two adults and a child dead, according to newly released investigative details. Authorities say alcohol use and extreme speed are under the microscope, and records show none of the occup

GO: The Absolute Worst Show: Worst. Vacation. Ever. Absolute Worst is an interactive comedy and storytelling show featuring a slate of curated performers as well as a couple of brave, randomly selected open mic’ers with a relatively relevant story to get off their chests. This month’s edition bears the theme of “worst

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This is part one of a five-part series examining the Oregon school funding formula's outdated method of calculating student poverty.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