The purchase of a home is the weightiest financial transaction of most people’s lives; it’s a bit jarring to see it marketed with techniques more commonly associated with roadside sweet corn and free kittens.

“It feels like a slap in the face.”

My position going back to last summer before we even knew who was buying the team has been "The new owner will probably try to extort the city for arena money via threat of relocation, and the city will give them the money in the end." Still believe that will be how this goes.

The Lake Theater & Café has been in hot water for its marquee three times this year.

Portland city leaders took the first step toward breaking an impasse over public funding of Moda Center renovations on Thursday afternoon.

The party-line vote was somewhat puzzling.

This has the potential to be VERY close. Below are parts of the regs governing the statistical sampling method. While the smaller first sample of 1000 signatures is short, it's (I think) within the margin of error. The second (and final!) sample will need about 6000 more signatures.

Julia Brim-Edwards has spent more money than either of her opponents have raised.

Initiative Petition 28, a controversial measure that would ban fishing and hunting across the state, has failed the first level of signature verification necessary to send it to the November ballot.

Leftist, squalid Portland is an easy target for religious savior campaigns. Last weekend, it was a foil for an evangelist group’s conservative messaging.

Skeptics of Oregon’s beer, wine and liquor industry are jousting with its boosters, in the latest effort to influence how health officials characterize and manage the perils of alcohol.

Councilors, who heard the rationale behind the ranking at a Tuesday meeting, were only partially in agreement with the parks department’s suggestions.

Quench your thirst on a free-flowing adventure through downtown.

After triumphantly announcing that its $30 million budget deficit had been slashed in half earlier this year thanks to better-than-expected federal funding, the city of Portland’s housing authority last week said it had miscalculated the numbers.

Mayor Keith Wilson responds: “The absence of essential details from the Blazers is slowing progress at a moment when urgency is required.” www.wweek.com/news/2026/07...

The policy passed well before the explosive rise of AI, and therefore offers no guidance for how the district should navigate such software.

While business groups have pushed to modify the marginal income tax that funds Preschool for All, county commissioners appear focused on the program’s mounting expenses.

Story from Las Vegas on Adam Silver's not-exactly-reassuring answer to a question I asked him about the Moda Center funding deal: www.rosegardenreport.com/adam-silver-...

Portland Parks & Recreation lacked the money to either restore it or demolish the structure. That decision is now moot.

In a press conference Tuesday evening, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver expressed dismay at the pace of negotiations over renovating Moda Center, and said a potential deal to keep the Trail Blazers in Portland “seems to have gone off track.”

Check out OMSI trivia, march in the Portland Pride Parade, and check out House of Danger queer wrestling.

The director’s 1987 dalliance with satanic panic plays July 17, 18 and 22 as part of Cinemagic’s monthlong Carpenter extravaganza.

Foodman, Jeffrey Silverstein, and Snõõper take the stage in Portland this week.

Instead of a theme, SOCIETY’s summer group show actually has something to say.

Howdy, neighbor! We’re having a concert over here. And over there. There, too.

The Sept. 15 Literary Arts event is tied to Smith’s newest memoir ‘Bread of Angels.’

RIP to an icon

The beloved cat kept regular hours at CVS and charmed many Portlanders.

We were awarded nine prizes in total for our journalism. Read the stories.

We found three lakes within an hour’s drive of Portland—and one in the city proper—where you can get in your laps.

Legal challenges have so far delayed the ordinance from taking effect since it was passed four years ago. It was not immediately clear when the ban would go into effect.

The Sept. 12 event is a partnership with Rose City Comic Con, which the actress will also attend.

Work on the Cutter Garage on Swan Island is expected to be completed in 2027. It will replace the long-troubled Kerby Garage.

A few months after officials pledged to get the deflection program back on track, WW decided to check on their progress.

The 25th-floor evergreen was a quirky fixture of the Portland skyline.

You could get mad about dead senator discourse *or* you could enjoy this video of sea lions who have retaken an island with a decommissioned lighthouse off the coast of Oregon and now use the staircase as a giant slide.

In short, not only are we all doomed, we don’t even get a nice, peaceful island where we can pitch a hammock and wait for the end.

“Thought-terminating clichés like this are inimical to informed journalism and public debate.”

In 14 days, the city can begin fining building owner Stuart Lindquist $934 per month if the violations aren’t corrected, and double that if they persist after three months.

The key to Northwest dining is to order steelhead whenever it appears on a menu.

Past the tricks, Aliya Tan has found a warm LGBTQ+ community in the yo-yo world.

The agency selected a California nonprofit to distribute what industry sources expect will be billions of dollars in carbon taxes.

You’ll have to trust me on this one—it sounds better in Spanish.

The news that Preschool for All costs more than it’s currently reimbursing will likely throw an additional curveball into conversations about the program’s revenue this summer.

The lawsuit is the latest chapter in the saga of ICE’s secretive plans for detention centers in the state.

Hillsboro Medical Center leaders blamed staffing shortages and low patient volumes for the move. But regulatory filings suggest the 21-bed unit was far from empty not long ago.

The 4-0 vote to appoint Palacios came after he won a nail-biting May race for the District 4 seat.

The stretch of road in question runs between 201st and 230th avenues.

Volumes is a shrine to rare and vintage print media. It’s also a good hang.

The statement comes as the Portland Association of Teachers pushes the district to rehire as many teachers as possible.