News Violent crime has dropped in Portland in the past decade, including assaults. But the percentage of assaults that involve domestic violence has decreased only slightly—from 48 percent in 2001, t   More

News Portland RisingPortland joins 1 billion women (and men) worldwide to march, dance and speak out against violence against women. Meet at Director Park for a flash mob of “Break the Chain.” At 3   More

Letters to the Editor When friends asked why I was so enthusiastic in my support of Charlie Hales, I said, “It’s time the adults were in charge” [“Return of Chucky,” WW, Jan. 30, 2013]. I thought I was speaki   More

Murmurs Flummoxed by the fluoridation fight? Fluoridation opponents are adding to the confusion. The campaign to pass city ballot Measure 26-151 in May, which would authorize fluoridating the drinking wat   More

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Murmurs The Portland Bureau of Transportation has spent $3.8 million in the past year—that’s 19 percent of all parking-meter revenues—to clean up TriMet’s transit mall, pay off the mall’s debt   More

Letters to the Editor Imagine that Mohamed Mohamud had had the knowledge of explosives to ensure he had a working bomb [“Mohamed and ‘The Terror Factory,’” WW, Jan. 9, 2013]. Imagine further that instead of s   More

Letters to the Editor I’m not anti-government or anti-cop, but your article about the astronomical amounts of overtime pay being doled out at the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office infuriated me [“Overtime Busts,�   More

Murmurs High overtime spending in the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office will be part of an upcoming county audit. As WW reported, deputies use overtime to add tens of thousands of dollars to their pay (“O   More

Letters to the Editor When I lived in St. Louis, I was plagued with repeat visits from Jehovah’s Witnesses [“Sweep the Stoop,” WW, Jan. 2, 2013]. I started out by stating politely that I appreciated the offer, bu   More