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Readers Respond to a Neighborhood Battle Over Stove Smoke
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (574+ words) Mount Scott Rumpot, via Reddit: "Starting a wood-burning business in what looks like it's going to be the worst fire year in decades is just amazingly stupid. Multnomah County should regulate these saunas (and wood-burning pizza ovens) out of existence....
Hike Until You're Hurting on One Portland Trail
20+ hour, 51+ min ago (121+ words) This story first appeared in the June 20, 2012, edition of WW. We actually did not finish. Just past the quarter-mile marker, the trail veers left, but we missed the sign. We walked for 10 minutes before we realized our mistake, then cut…...
Brock Smith Will Face Merkley in November
21+ hour, 32+ min ago (327+ words) The field for Oregon's congressional races is set for November after state Sen. David Brock Smith (R-Port Orford) clinched the Republican nomination on Friday to challenge U. S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.). "I'm running to give a voice to the people who…...
Journey Through the Westside's Specialty Markets
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (596+ words) When we say westside, we're talking Northwest, Southwest and the suburbs beyond'that's where you'll find perfect salts and chocolates, Persian tea and Lebanese bites (you can find them at the airport now, too; more on that below). So whet your…...
Commissioners Dismiss Pushback Over Proposed Ban on Needle Distribution Near Schools
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (393+ words) Multnomah County commissioners appeared unfazed by public comments opposing a proposed ordinance that would ban mobile syringe service programs from operating within 1, 000 feet of K-12 schools at the ordinance's first reading on Thursday. Commissioners Julia Brim-Edwards and Meghan Moyer are co-sponsoring…...
What We're Cooking This Week: White Bean Salad with Arugula, Celery and Mint
2+ day, 23+ min ago (328+ words) Wellspent Market founder Jim Dixon has been writing about food and restaurants for Willamette Week for a long time. He wants our readers to eat well, and he shows them how with the recipes he creates just for us by…...
Flying Pie Pizzeria on North Lombard Closing at End of Month
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (197+ words) It's last call at the North Portland location of Flying Pie Pizzeria. The North Lombard Street outpost of the local pizza chain will be closing its doors. Its last day of service will be May 31. The restaurant's three other locations'in…...
City Council to Consider Renaming C'sar Ch'vez Boulevard to Campesinos Boulevard
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (113+ words) The Portland City Council will on Tuesday May 26 consider an ordinance to rename Northeast and Southeast C'sar E Ch'vez Boulevard to Campesinos Boulevard. If passed, the effort would rename the boulevard within Portland's city limits after farmworkers, otherwise known as…...
City Council Advances $8. 5 Billion Budget With Cuts to Parks, Public Safety and Shelters
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (679+ words) The Portland City Council on Wednesday advanced a $8. 5 billion budget that saw substantial cuts made across all bureaus, with the steepest cuts in the fire, police and parks budgets and close to 145 positions axed. For the most part, Wilson's proposed…...
Myrna Mu'oz Unseats Sen. Janeen Sollman in Key Democratic Primary
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (299+ words) New ballot returns Thursday evening showed Forest Grove educator Myrna Mu'oz has unseated state Sen. Janeen Sollman (D-Hillsboro) in a Washington County legislative race that became a referendum on education funding, labor power, and data centers. Mu'oz declared victory shortly…...