Driving After the Influence

If Washington legalizes dope, driving there could become risky for tokers.

News Oregon medical marijuana patients might have reason to worry if the state of Washington’s dope legalization initiative passes in November—that is, if they ever plan on driving in Washington.    More

 

Wednesday, September 5, 2012 MATTHEW KORFHAGE

Life Coach/The People—Portland

More previews for the first week of TBA.

Performance  Andrew Dickson wants to help. In his piece Life Coach, the performance artist and Wieden Kennedy...   More

 

Wednesday, September 5, 2012 MATTHEW KORFHAGE

City-Ruining Hipsters Strike Again, Rob Bank

News At 3:17 pm on August 31, reportedly, a hipster robbed a bank. "That was the description given by witnesses," says Portland Police Sgt. Pete Simpson. "It's definitely open to interpretation." 
The employees of Albina Community Bank at 5636 Northeast Sandy Boulevard also    More

 

Saturday, September 1, 2012 by MATTHEW KORFHAGE

Timbers Name New Coach As Part of Reconciliation With Fans

News As has been rumored, University of Akron head coach Caleb Porter was named the new head coach of the struggling Portland Timbers (6-13-6, 24 pts.) today. He will be the third coach in the team's troubled two-year history, following John Spencer, who was fired on July 9, and Timbers' general ...   More

 

Wednesday, August 29, 2012 by MATTHEW KORFHAGE

Mari-Wanna?

Oregon and two other states are huffing and puffing toward legalizing weed. But don’t buy that bong just yet.

Cover Story Harking back to the days when everything that mattered in politics was decided in smoke-filled rooms, the Western states...   More

 

Wednesday, August 29, 2012 MATTHEW KORFHAGE

Fluoridation Opponents Propose New Ballot Initiative

News Oregon Citizens for Safe Drinking Water, an activist group opposed to fluoridating Portland's water supply, has announced that they will seek to file a city ballot initiative, the "Clean Drinking Water Measure", that would halt the addition of any fluoride to Portland's water supply. The announcement comes mere days after M...   More

 

Wednesday, August 22, 2012 by MATTHEW KORFHAGE

The Tooth of the Matter

A new call to put fluoride in the city’s water raises old fears.

News After 54 years of opposition, the City of Portland is moving to put fluoride in your drinking water. Upstream Public Health, the group behind the fluoridation move, launched what amounted to a p   More

 

Wednesday, August 22, 2012 MATTHEW KORFHAGE

Running For Covers

Commissioner Amanda Fritz now wants to protect the city’s reservoirs with plastic.

News City Commissioner Amanda Fritz is shopping for pool covers.  Fritz has been making the rounds at City Hall pushing a plan to install plastic floating “membrane” covers to protect Portla   More

 

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 MATTHEW KORFHAGE

Exclusive Interview: Former Timbers Goalkeeper Troy Perkins

Says Timbers fans "deserve a lot better than they're getting"

News It's not just the thousands of Portland Timbers fans who are still scratching their heads over the team's decision to trade away goalkeeper Troy Perkins.
Perkins is, too.Perkins was often the most reliable player on a team that has proven a disaster this season. After John Spencer was fired in July as head coach, Timbers general manager and interim coach Gavin Wilkinson ci...   More

 

Tuesday, August 14, 2012 by MATTHEW KORFHAGE

Finder 2012 is on Streets Now

Arts & Books Well, it’s that time again. Summer has slid inexorably from pleasant to slightly sticky in its heat, half the people you know are on vacation somewhere that the other half can’t afford, and Willamette Week is issuing its annual Finder guide to Portland.We like to think of it as a terribly pleasant time of year.Finder is a city guide geared not just toward tourists or newco...   More

 

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 by MATTHEW KORFHAGE