The state ethics board has fined the local social media influencer Kevin Dahlgren for violating state law when he worked in homeless services for the city of Gresham. Dahlgren faced previous legal peril in a Multnomah County criminal case over the same conduct, but state ethics law still applies.

Justin Hocking’s first full-length memoir, The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld, won the 2015 Oregon Book Award for creative nonfiction, and now his second is in competition for the 2026 prize.

Journalists will literally go to therapy instead of writing the story.

Journalists will literally go to therapy instead of writing the story.

Environmental advocates delivered a letter to Mayor Keith Wilson's office, rejecting the process and results of the city's investigation into Zenith Energy.

Workers at an Amazon fulfillment center in Troutdale, Oregon, said they were told to keep working as a colleague lay dying on the floor. “Just turn around and not look. Let’s get back to work,” Sam recalled the manager saying.

Hungary election live: Viktor Orbán concedes defeat in Hungarian election after 16 years in power

News Guild union rep: The biggest threats to news are billionaire-operated outlets and unregulated use of AI. New York must pass the FAIR Act to regulate AI and keep it from taking our jobs.

This week PSU published results of a survey, deeply informed by homeless residents, that took 2 years to complete. If you read the comments elsewhere, you’ll find wild, counterfactual assertions. But the 145-page report, linked in this story, challenges many stereotypes about homelessness in Oregon.

This week PSU published results of a survey, deeply informed by homeless residents, that took 2 years to complete. If you read the comments elsewhere, you’ll find wild, counterfactual assertions. But the 145-page report, linked in this story, challenges many stereotypes about homelessness in Oregon.

Too many of us are intimately familiar with the havoc injury and fatal crashes wreak on families and friends, how they seep unconsciously into a community’s sense of safety, and anesthetize us to the psychological damage caused by witnessing preventable suffering again and again. 📰New Merc out now

For his story in the transportation issue, @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social talked to Council Prez/East Portland resident @councilordunphy.bsky.social. Dunphy didn’t necessarily run as a transpo reform candidate, but he’s been outspoken about street safety in East Portland during his time in City Hall.

Too many of us are intimately familiar with the havoc injury and fatal crashes wreak on families and friends, how they seep unconsciously into a community’s sense of safety, and anesthetize us to the psychological damage caused by witnessing preventable suffering again and again. 📰New Merc out now

Of the top 30 intersections in the city with the highest number of reported collisions, 26 are on or east of 82nd Avenue, according to 2019-2023 city data.

As local governments face grueling budget cycles, they're left to decide how to spend resources to address homelessness. Over 9 months, a PSU research team asked homeless residents what they need, and the report offers nuance to what studies find are effective ways to address homelessness.

The @portlandmercury.com transportation issue is out today, in print and online! I edited this one (with the help of my amazing colleagues) and am very proud of it. Check it out for important transpo news, features on bike racing and skateboarding, and much more!! 🚲🚊🛹🛼

A handful of women and a staffer say Volunteers of America Oregon had not confirmed placement at alternate treatment sites for the center's 47 clients before announcing the abrupt closure late last Friday. Many clients panicked. (1/2)

This entire thread is a devastating indictment of the massive bombing campaign in Lebanon today. Israel called it "Eternal Darkness", an evil name for an evil act.

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The city of Portland has finally reached an agreement with owners of the downtown Ritz Carlton building that will add nearly $8 million in funding for the city’s affordable housing projects.

The city of Portland has finally reached an agreement with owners of the downtown Ritz Carlton building that will add nearly $8 million in funding for the city’s affordable housing projects.

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I don’t know what to do. What I wrote in today’s morning news roundup is not good enough but here it is.

After Street Roots published this three-part story, which won a first place award in the 2024 SPJ “series” category, Ted Wheeler left SR a voicemail saying how much he appreciated it, and that he long felt the way the city (read: police) was interpreting data was misleading and deserved scrutiny.

After Street Roots published this three-part story, which won a first place award in the 2024 SPJ “series” category, Ted Wheeler left SR a voicemail saying how much he appreciated it, and that he long felt the way the city (read: police) was interpreting data was misleading and deserved scrutiny.

Obviously clout chasing is annoying but one of the consequences of no algo (why I’m here in the first place) is that you lose an entire audience that isn’t doom scrolling the moment you post something. Reposting your own post is much less cringe here than other apps imo. No judgement from me.

“As PSU cuts arts and academic programming due to extreme budget cuts and restrictions, hoping to focus on business and science in a time of tumultuous graduate employment rates, it is simultaneously positioning itself as a major venue developer with real estate interest.”

Once, in my 20s, after playing a drunken show at the 40 Watt, I was also mysteriously moved to the 24-hour breakfast spot in Georgia, so I’m not quite as dubious as the NYT’s expert sources tbh.

Once, in my 20s, after playing a drunken show at the 40 Watt, I was also mysteriously moved to the 24-hour breakfast spot in Georgia, so I’m not quite as dubious as the NYT’s expert sources tbh.

Though it began locally, Portland Monthly is now a Michigan-owned magazine. PoMo, Seattle Met, and several other publications owned by SagaCity have been sold off in a receivership deal to pay the company’s debts. And, of course, the first move the new owners make is to cut staff.

A Portland Community College board member filed an ethics complaint over President Adrien Bennings directing the school to use her trademarked slogan, "All Together, Together One." The complaint alleges a conflict of interest and lack of disclosure. OGEC is reviewing the matter.

We're looking to hire a labor reporter! Please help spread the word! nwlaborpress.org/now-hiring

Welp, I am no longer the editor in chief of Portland Monthly. Hour Media has acquired SagaCity, and several editorial employees have been laid off. I feel so, so proud of the work we’ve done over the last (almost) two years—please continue to support the super talented people who are still there.

"The only account with more blocks than Bluesky’s AI agent is Vice President J. D. Vance"

Reminds me of the greatest joke I ever heard as a child: What’s the opposite of a truthbrary?

Some Northwest police departments in the past two weeks have expanded their use of a program that uses AI to write police reports from body cameras. An extensive survey of LE in our region shows they may just be the first.

Sure, but have you ever tried going out to grab a quick afternoon coffee before you get started on writing, just to get the juices flowing?

Good morning. This one’s my favorite:

This is not journalism. www.wsj.com/business/med...

Sarah Maywalt had been curling at her local club in Beaverton for years. Then Trump took office for a second term. Now, she says the sport she grew to love turned its back on her, in response to federal mandates from the Trump admin that prohibit trans women & girls from competing in women's sports.

As implied by earlier reporting from Tony Schick and Conrad Wilson, Tom Dundon was very directly involved with predatory auto loans in the Northwest that helped build his massive wealth. Oregon officials are closing in on handing him hundreds of millions of dollars for his Blazers purchase.

Repeating the line that any police department in the U.S. is cash-strapped is a choice.

Hygiene4All, a local nonprofit that helps homeless Portlanders access showers, survival supplies, and community care is trying to regroup after a series of fires left the location unable to operate.

It's bad enough that headlines frequently get changed by *actual* editors - sometimes quite rightly, but also, often w/o telling the writer. Now it's a funhouse-mirror headline, possibly 2 steps or more removed from whatever the writer actually put there.

Good Morning, News ⬇️ The Oregonian reported  that City Councilor Steve Novick sent profanity-laced email responses to local real estate broker Brian Owendoff. Time is running out to tell the Trump admin what you think about its proposal to scale up logging in Oregon’s old-growth forests.

What could Oregon do with an additional $2.7 billion in revenue each year? That’s about how much a 2 percent wealth tax— imposed on Oregon taxpayers with assets at or above $30 million—is expected to generate.

The county has limited data about who’s paying its Preschool for All tax, which only went into effect in 2021. Still, some seized on a 14% dip in high-income filers between 2021 and ‘22 to suggest the tax drove wealthy ppl away. New data complicates that narrative.