News Mayor Charlie Hales' office announced this morning that the city's budget shortfall—commonly estimated at $25 million—could be closer to $21.5 million.

That's happy news for Hales, City Council and Portland employees, who have been dreading deep cuts to city services. Hales has asked city bureaus to    More

News Last December, the Regional Arts & Culture Council threw Mayor Sam Adams a huge going-away gala.  The tribute, “pARTy in the Name of Art,” included a “Sammania” show with Bodyvox da   More

News WW reported in February that Oregon State University had applied with the Federal Aviation Administration for a license to use unmanned drones.

Today, the university announced it will start using two drones this month—to look at potato...   More

News The Bureau of Development Services has suspended most of its top electrical inspectors and fired one after allegations they were meeting for brunches at a Northwest Industrial District diner while they were supposed to be examining the wiring on commercial construction projects.

City officials confirmed on Monday that a complaint they received Nov. 30 abou...   More

News  Portland City Council moved forward last night with new new parking requirements for apartment buildings, adding an amendment by Commissioner Nick Fish that would trigger parking minimums for buildings with more than 30 units.

But as    More

News UPDATE, 8:30 pm: Portland City Council passed an amendment to heighten new requirements for apartment-building parking by a 4-1 vote tonight, with Commissioner Dan Saltzman voting no.
It also passed several other amendments. But it did not pass an emergency ordinance that would have required developer Dennis Sackhoff to add parking to his half-finished Divisi...   More

News Trail Blazers television commentator Mike Rice says the darndest things during game broadcasts. His son, Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice, Jr., screamed anti-gay slurs at his players during practice.

So, as of today, the younger Rice is no longer Rutgers' basketball coach.

The New Jersey university    More

News  David Bragdon is taking to the subway.

The former Metro Council president has a new gig: executive director of Transit Center, Inc., a New York City nonprofit that promotes public transportation with tax breaks for commuters.
Bragdon    More

News When smoke drifted out of the halted construction site on Southeast Division Street early March 29, the owner of nearby Victory Bar called the cops. It wasn’t his first call about the unfinish   More

News If it's hip in Portland, New York City is sure to copy. First it was artisanal unemployment; then Andy Ricker's Thai food.

Now the Big Ap...   More