News Once again, Charlie’s in charge. Ten years ago, Charlie Hales quit his job as city commissioner to start selling streetcars. On Jan. 2, the downtown... More
Voices 2013: Charlie Hales
A decade away made the new mayor a different kind of (political) barnyard animal.
News Once again, Charlie’s in charge. Ten years ago, Charlie Hales quit his job as city commissioner to start selling streetcars. On Jan. 2, the downtown... More
Voices 2013: Al Margulies
The TriMet watchdog says riders should demand more from the agency.
News Al Margulies has more time than ever to be the scourge of the transit agency he calls “TriMess.” Margulies—one of the most outspoken of the transit agency’s public watchdogs—was a TriMet More
Hales: "Stay Angry" on School Safety, Gun Control
News Incoming Portland Mayor Charlie Hales intends to make a response to the Newtown, Connecticut elementary school massacre a top priority for his first week in office.
The mayor, who takes office tonight at midnight, is scheduling a meeting this week with Portland Police Chief Mike Reese and the superintendents of all six school districts within Portland city limits, including Portl... More
Hales Forces PBOT Director Tom Miller to Resign
News Charlie Hales didn't wait until he took office to get rid of controversial Portland Bureau of Transportation director Tom Miller.Hales expects to receive a letter of resignation tonight from Miller, says Hales' Chief of Staff Gail Shibley. She says the resignation will be effective Feb. 4—the day all city bureau budgets are due.
"Mayor-elect Hales has been very clear and very co... More
Gus Among Us: Aaron Mesh
We asked four Portlanders for their perspectives on Gus Van Sant. Here’s what they said.
Movie Reviews & Stories AARON MESH, WW staff writer If you can bear it, now is the necessary time to return to Gus Van Sant’s Elephant. Next year marks the 10th anniversary of the director’s re-creation of the Colum More
Jefferson Smith Asking Volunteers What to Do Next
News Rep. Jefferson Smith (D-East Portland) is polling his mayoral campaign volunteers about what they should do next.
Smith, who lost the Portland mayor's race to Charlie Hales in November and whose legislative term ends Janu... More
Gunfire Sale
At Portland’s gun show, a backdrop of tragedy sparks a buying frenzy.
News Greg Apple is selling a lot of semiautomatic rifles. Customers wandering through the Collectors West Gun and Knife Show last weekend pause to look at his 10-yard-long display of rifles, priced a More
This Is My Rifle
The AR-15—the rifle favored by hunters, marksmen and spree killers—by the numbers.
News 1957: The year ArmaLite Corp. began to develop the AR-15 (AR meaning “ArmaLite,” not “assault rifle”). 1959: The first year the
More
Carl Wolfson Passes $40,000 Radio Fundraising Goal
Pledges donations to shooting victims' families
News Carl Wolfson got his Christmas gifts early.
It took less than a week for Wolfson to raise $40,000 he was seeking to start an Internet talk radio show.
The former morning host on progressive talk station KPOJ-AM 620 surpassed his Kickst... More
Dick's Sporting Goods Clerks Say Their Stores Have Stopped Selling Semi-Automatic Rifles in Wake of Mass Shootings
News Sales clerks at Dick's Sporting Goods stores across the West Coast tell WW tonight that the nationwide retail chain has stopped selling semi-automatic rifles in the wake of the mass shootings in Connecticut and Oregon last week.The company, based in Pennsylvania, has not put out any formal statement about ending sales of AR-15 style rifles. It is uncertain if the policy change... More
Top Articles from AARON MESH
Tech Wizards of the Silicon Forest
The aggressive dork CEOs spearheading Portland’s startup scene. Children Of A Higher God
The members of the Santo Daime church fought for the right to drink hallucinogenic tea. And they’re serving it to kids. Mock Star
Carrie Brownstein is making fun of you. Quake-Up Call
There’s a massive earthquake in Portland’s future—and a government “prophet of doom” will tell you all about it. Notes From the Occupation
48 hours inside Occupy Portland. Professor Xbox
Tom Bissell is Portland's finest writer. Why is he spending his time on video games and bad movies? Mayoral Madness
Let’s pick the next mayor the only sane way: with a bracket. Voodoo Child
Doughnut kingpin Tres Shannon wants to make the whole city his fun park. Drink 2012: The Douchification of Northwest 21st Avenue
Thai Hard
Andy Ricker takes Pok Pok to New York. Do his wings have a prayer?
The aggressive dork CEOs spearheading Portland’s startup scene. Children Of A Higher God
The members of the Santo Daime church fought for the right to drink hallucinogenic tea. And they’re serving it to kids. Mock Star
Carrie Brownstein is making fun of you. Quake-Up Call
There’s a massive earthquake in Portland’s future—and a government “prophet of doom” will tell you all about it. Notes From the Occupation
48 hours inside Occupy Portland. Professor Xbox
Tom Bissell is Portland's finest writer. Why is he spending his time on video games and bad movies? Mayoral Madness
Let’s pick the next mayor the only sane way: with a bracket. Voodoo Child
Doughnut kingpin Tres Shannon wants to make the whole city his fun park. Drink 2012: The Douchification of Northwest 21st Avenue
Thai Hard
Andy Ricker takes Pok Pok to New York. Do his wings have a prayer?
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