News The Metro Council had been scheduled to vote on a pending proposal to develop a hotel next to the Oregon Convention center next month but as Metro's in-house news reporter Nick Christensen wrote this afternoon that is not going to happen.The long-planned, on-a...   More

News Rep. Matt Wingard (R-Wilsonville) decided earlier this year not to seek re-election after news about his relationship with a former subordinate surfaced. He also    More

News Hundreds of raucous Democrats, crowded into the cavernous downtown Hilton Hotel ballroom for their election-night victory bash, roared...
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News Mayor Sam Adams delivered for the city's arts organizations earlier this month when voters approved a hybrid arts tax benefiting school kids and dozens of non-profits.

Now, the arts community is thanking him. Here's an invitation that went out this afternoon:   December is Sam's last month in office, and we will be celebrating all that he has done for creativity, educatio...   More

News While the current debate about whether Oregon will allow coal exports continues, a slightly older environment versus economy battle also remains unsettled.Last year, a federal court vacated a license for a proposed liquified natural gas terminal at Bradwood Landing on the Columbia River, about 20 miles upriver from Astoria. That ruling came after developers abandoned their efforts to build ...   More

News Barnes Ellis spent nearly 50 years at the pinnacle of Oregon’s corporate legal world. A magna cum laude graduate of both Yale University and Harvard Law School, Ellis occupied rarefied territo   More

News In a state where the sales of hard liquor is strictly controlled (including the times and days state-franchised stores are open) running out of booze on a holiday is a real risk.Here's some helpful news from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission for those who may underestimate their Thanksgiving needs: 
The Oregon Liquor Control Commission reminds customers that liquor st...   More

News Grow Oregon, a secretive business-backed advocacy group that has ambitions of being a major player in legislative and statewide races, did not make much of a showing in the Nov. 6 general election.The group is funded by many of the state's leading companies, such as Nike, PacifiCorp, The Standard...   More

News The board of Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette met Tuesday night with the expectation of naming a new CEO, but instead it unanimously agreed to re-start the search process.

"The board voted to continue the search," says Planned Parenthood spokeswoman Liz Delapoer. "We are hoping to have someone in place by early next year."

In the meantime, interim CEO Sar...   More

News Gov. John Kitzhaber’s distaste for the rough and tumble of electoral politics is legendary. During his first stint as governor, from 1995 to 2003, Kitzhaber barely got his hands dirty in helpi   More