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The Fields Park Closes While Officials Gauge Hazards From the Centennial Mills Fire
There is no timeline for when the park might reopen, city officials say.
Portlanders Are Collecting Aid for Wildfire Victims in Warm Springs
Native-owned restaurant Javelina and other local businesses taking supply donations to benefit the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.
Grasshopper Fire Sends Smoke to Portland and Threatens Timberline Lodge
Much of the smoke now above Portland is from the Grasshopper fire burning to the south of Mt. Hood.
PPS Forecasts Enrollment Decline Will Soon Hit Middle Schools
Portland Public Schools is starting to see its ongoing enrollment loss extend past the elementary school grades.
Portland’s Police Chief Said Two Immigrants Shot by a Federal Agent Had Links to a Gang. Why?
Seven months later, the Trump administration has retreated from its own most provocative allegations.
To Attract Tenants, Desperate Downtown Building Owners Roll Out Rich Broker Incentives
As foreclosure looms for some owners, downtown buildings offer dazzling broker bonuses to draw interest.
OHSU Fined Over $1.5 Million for Oregon Staffing Law Violations, More Than Any Other Hospital
Many more enforcement notices were pending. A spokesperson notes the complexity of the staffing requirements, and says the institution is working “in earnest” to get staffing plans approved.
Murmurs: Prosper Portland Won’t Release Review of Loan Program
The city’s economic development agency now declines to provide copies of those reviews to WW, citing attorney-client privilege.
New Polling Shows Most Oregonians Wary of AI and Data Centers
As politicians struggle to grasp new dividing lines, fresh polling shows a majority of Oregonians across the political spectrum hold negative views on artificial intelligence and data centers and support restrictive policies to regulate them.
Initiative to Hire Cops With Climate Dollars Fails to Qualify for November Ballot; Backers Pledge to Sue
The initiative seeking to reroute 25% of Portland Clean Energy Fund tax revenues to hiring some 400 police officers has failed to qualify for the November ballot. The initiative previously failed to qualify in its first sample. It has now failed the second and final sample.
City Councilor Mitch Green Violated Burn Ban by Starting Backyard Brush Fire
Just before 8 pm on July 26, a 911 dispatcher received a call concerning a fire in the backyard of a Southwest Portland home. It was the home of Councilor Mitch Green.
Wind Shifts West Sending Wildfire Smoke Into Portland
A westward shift in winds on Monday cast an amber haze over the city as smoke from the catastrophic wildfires burning in central Washington and Oregon degraded the air quality.