3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (261+ words) It was a Saturday night and I didn’t want to go out. The kids were driving me crazy as our family limped to the finish line of summer, though, and I needed a drink and a reason to look pretty....

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (287+ words) “He had a vision,” Gutman says. That vision is a mixed use-space with a publisher, bookstore and art gallery all under one roof, with space for workshops and events. The newly dubbed PALS building (Portland Arts and Literary Society) has…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (754+ words) When Oregon State Hospital superintendent Dolly Matteucci retired in early 2024, state health officials turned to a small firm in Illinois to find her replacement. Spirit Consulting says it helps businesses find “transformational leaders” through a proprietary search process—involving recruitment,…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (313+ words) Both the arrival and departure levels are constantly jammed, plus rideshare drivers who are dropping off have to go all the way back down Airport Way to Northeast 82nd and make a U-turn to do a pickup. Wouldn’t dropping off and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (231+ words) “There’s a lot to work with,” she says. “It just all came together.” The judges were not amused. Greenstreet will not receive her final scorecard until she picks up her decorations at the end of the fair, but the feedback…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (418+ words) Willamette Week Shows of the Week: Tame Impala Gets Psychedelic at Moda Also: Devonté Hynes’ Blood Orange plays Edgefield, and Altın Gün plays Rev Hall. Even if he’d only written cult pop hits like Solange’s “Losing…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (500+ words) When dating apps feel like the trenches and third spaces have gone extinct, along comes a grown and sexy new space filled with classic R&B. Throwback music videos were projected on the walls and a disco ball descended above the…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (272+ words) Portland Public Schools could close up to 20 schools in its consolidation process, Superintendent Dr. Kimberlee Armstrong said Wednesday morning. The district, like many urban ones nationwide, has faced new pressures as enrollment is expected to decline. The district has 45 elementary…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1011+ words) Emily Horton has been churning through therapists lately—and not by choice, or because her weekly sessions were uncommonly challenging. Instead, the disruption is happening because her public health insurance plan is no longer willing to pay the mental health…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1110+ words) You’d likely guess that KFC is the country’s biggest fried chicken chain, with 4,100 locations. But No. 2 is less obvious. It’s not Chick-fil-A (3,100 locations), Popeyes (2,000) or Church’s (975) but Krispy Krunchy Chicken. KKC flies under the radar by cleverly leveraging gas stations…...