Tom Dundon Objects to Questions About His “Skin in the Game” for Arena Overhaul
New Blazers ownership group strains credulity by suggesting relocation threat was a media invention.
New Measles Alerts Go Out in Portland Area
“The risk of severe disease from measles for people who are up to date on their vaccines is very low,” Oregon Health Authority says.
Broken Elevators Reduce Access to a Southeast Portland Railroad Crossing
Two elevators that allow cyclists and people with mobility challenges to use the pedestrian bridge over train tracks in Southeast Portland are both out of service.
Readers Respond to River Pollution, Sex Trafficking and Other Stories
“Superfund cleanup has justice concerns, whether it’s for fishers, Wasco County farmers or front-line communities reliant on the Willamette River.”
PPS Deems Midyear Budget Hole Closed as School Board Approves Furloughs for Four Unions
The costs saved from furlough days the district’s union partners opted to take are foundational in helping PPS patch a $22.5 million budget hole it found itself in midyear.
Hour Media Purchases Portland Monthly Magazine
Two of the seven journalists on the publication’s masthead have already been laid off.
‘Numerous Systemic Issues’: Letter on Providence Health Insurance Mess Suggests Faulty Planning
In a letter a few weeks ago, the man who manages health care benefits for state employees and their families listed the many ways a major Oregon-based health insurance company was failing them.
A 2022 Policy Change Eliminated One of Home Forward’s Tools for Controlling Bad Behavior
Tenants have described the same issues to WW in several Home Forward buildings: a permissive culture that allows other tenants’ behavior to go unaddressed.
The Solution to Multnomah County’s Struggles With Compulsory Drug Rehab Turned Out to Be in the County Next Door
“What’s attractive about Washington County is that they are getting results. They are getting people through deflection and into treatment.”
Murmurs: Providence Prepared Poorly for Outsourcing
The headaches and stress for numerous patients and providers were, according to some, quite predictable in the troubled early weeks of Providence Health Plan’s outsourcing arrangement with the tech company Collective Health.
Did the U.S. Supreme Court Change the Way We Get Our Ballots?
Oregon’s many other voting innovations won’t even be affected!
At Crowded OHSU Hospital, a Major Expansion Is Set to Go Online
Vista Pavilion opens next week, with spectacular views and 128 patient rooms.











