A Multnomah County judge on Friday granted a preliminary injunction requiring Portland City Councilor Dan Ryan to preserve ...

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My mother always told me that cello is the instrument that most closely resembles the human voice. I don’t know this for ...

These cuffs on my hands, from the jump was a plan / I’m giving y’all a clue, there’s some clucks in they klan.—Vinnie Dewayne, “Page 37” RACISM = BAD No single American organization is so synonymous ...

Who says Halloween treats can only be consumed on October 31? Halloween is still over three weeks away, but there are already plenty of places in town to indulge in edible and chuggable holiday ...

Video footage released Thursday shows the moments leading up to the fatal shooting of a man and a police K9 in Southeast Portland on September 24. Portland Police Bureau (PPB) released body-worn ...

Oregon’s Secretary of State won’t investigate complaints alleging Portland’s police chief violated laws pertaining to ...

Music being a cyclical affair isn’t news, exactly. When I attended middle school in the early ’90s, fashion and tunes from the ’60s were infiltrating the airwaves, even as PNW grunge groups waged ...

A new complaint filed with the city, county, and state elections offices alleges multiple political action committees violated independent expenditure rules when they failed to properly report ...

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A Multnomah County judge granted a temporary restraining order October 1, barring District 2 City Councilor Dan Ryan from ...

GREETINGS, PORTLAND VOTER! It’s time once again to put your brainy-brain to the test with this week’s edition of POP QUIZ PDX—our weekly, local, sassy-ass trivia quiz. HOWEVER! In this very special ...