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A Night at Portland’s Only All-Ages Music Venue
14+ hour, 3+ min ago (754+ words) Regulars attest that The Off Beat, as the new club is called, is a total transformation, even if remnants of the venue’s past life are there if you know where to look; signs featuring sexy silhouettes remain on the front…...
Before Abrupt Ouster, Oregon State Hospital’s Chief Flagged Staffing Problems, Union Says
15+ hour, 10+ min ago (631+ words) Before his ouster one month into the job, Oregon State Hospital superintendent Sean Murphy had identified fixing the staffing problems that plague the institution as a key priority, according to a union leader there. In an interview, AFSCME Local 3295 president…...
How Alberta Street Became the Longest Bookstore in Portland
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (663+ words) Last spring, on the Wednesday before Michaela “Mick” Granger opened her little horror-themed book and movie store on Northeast Alberta Street, Midslumber Media (1609 NE Alberta St., 971-347-3148, midslumbermedia.com), she did the indie-bookstore version of a media blitz. Which is to…...
Washington Park Reservoir Opens to the Public After Yearlong Delay
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (248+ words) Washington Park’s got a brand-new reflecting pool at last. The Washington Park Reservoir reopened Aug. 14 after 10 years of restoration and a yearlong delay. The reservoir project provides a seismically resilient water supply for 360,000 westsiders, plus a brand-new reflecting pool (not…...
Guay Tiew Is a Tasty Lesson in Thai Noodle Soup
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (428+ words) There is a long and growing list of restaurants that have expanded what Portland knows about Thai food. Chookiat “Hamm” Saenguraiporn was serving Thai food in Portland before any of that. He opened Thai Peacock downtown, a block east of…...
Two Downtown Pedestrian Areas are Getting a Queer-Tinged Glow Up
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (392+ words) One month after Portland Pride, colorful upgrades are headed for two queer-friendly Portland outdoor spaces. The Portland Bureau of Transportation announced this week it will soon begin work on two outdoor spaces downtown separated by several blocks but linked in…...
As It Walks Toward Its Doom, Providence Health Plan Gets More Bad News
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (308+ words) In May, Providence Health Plan, a mainstay of the Oregon health insurance market, announced it would be shuttering at the end of the year—with an exception. Leaders at the insurer said it would seek to keep operating its Medicare…...
Conservative Legal Group Challenges Two Local Higher Education Institutions Over Some Scholarships, Programs
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (469+ words) Two Portland-area higher education institutions faced pressure this spring from the Equal Protection Project, a conservative legal group, over certain scholarships and programs they operate. The two institutions have so far taken seemingly different approaches in response to the EPP’s…...
This Oregon Wildfire Season Has Blazed Past All Records, With No End in Sight
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (548+ words) On recent days in Prineville, smoke from the nearby Rowe Creek Complex wildfire feels “thick enough to cut with a knife,” said Beverly Friesen, an 81-year-old grandmother. For the first time in over 40 years, she had to evacuate from the…...
City Administrator: Union Pacific Running Toxic Chemicals Through Collapse Zone
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (522+ words) After defying the city of Portland by rolling freight trains past the badly damaged Centennial Mills building in the Pearl District, Union Pacific is allegedly violating an agreement to not run toxic chemicals through the unstable structure’s collapse zone. That…...