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Last September, anxiety was spreading in one of Portland’s most prominent scientific research operations, with rumors of layoffs on the horizon. Last week, it became official: The Knight Cancer Institute is slashing dozens of jobs. Fifty-nine people were “impacted by the reductions in force,” according to Oregon Health &...

You do not just visit Powell’s City of Books. You sink into it, wandering color-coded rooms until time stops and your stack of finds gets delightfully out of hand. From rare first editions to staff-picked sleepers, every aisle feels like a plot twist waiting for you. Clear your schedule, because this iconic Portland stop rewards every extra minute you give it.

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson unveiled a proposed $8.5 billion budget Monday that would close a massive budget shortfall by slashing millions of dollars across city agencies and programs — including parks, police and homeless services — while attempting to preserve core municipal functions. Seeking to bridge what city...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Portland Mayor Keith Wilson's proposed budget, released Monday, includes more than $20 Million in cuts to the city's police and fire bureaus. The potential cuts are meant to close a roughly $170 million budget gap in city government. "I've done my utmost to set up...

A slow afternoon is enough to put Michelle Wachsmuth on edge. Five days a week, from open to close, you can find her dashing throughout the many dining rooms of Old Town Portland’s historic Wachsmuth Building — tending bar or shucking shellfish at Dan & Louis Oyster Bar, the restaurant her husband’s great-grandfather first opened 119 years ago.

VANCOUVER, Wash. (KPTV) - A pedestrian has been hospitalized after being hit by a suspected speeding driver in Vancouver early Monday morning. At about 3:30 a.m., officers responded to a crash in the area of West Mill Plain Boulevard and Lincoln Avenue. Police said a driver was going westbound on Mill Plain when they hit a person who had stepped into the crosswalk.

PORTLAND, Ore. — A TriMet MAX train collided with a car in downtown Portland on Monday afternoon, disrupting MAX service through the area. The crash happened near the Galleria/SW 10th Ave. stop, TriMet said in an alert. Both the MAX Blue and Red lines are disrupted for the time being, with shuttle buses instead serving riders between Goose Hollow/SW Jefferson St. and Oak...

A weekly list of the most notable commercial building and facility permits issued and received in Portland by Permitting & Development in the prior week. Address: The Bidwell Marriott Portland, at 520 S.W. Broadway. Applicant: Allen Sensel of Allana Buick & Bers of Seattle. Owner: Broadway & Washington Condo Owners...

A former “Top Chef” contestant is expanding his portfolio with a new neighborhood bar serving “blue-collar French” food in Northwest Portland. Say When, which opens later today, will serve French-inspired food and matching cocktails in the former Cha Taqueria space on Northwest 21st Avenue. The bar...

A pedestrian was seriously injured after being struck by a car in Vancouver on Monday morning, and the driver is believed to have been speeding.