1+ hour, 35+ min ago  (230+ words) Portland Public Schools will face a $56. 3 million budget deficit in the upcoming 202627 school year. Superintendent Dr. Kimberlee Armstrong's budget proposal, which she presented to the Portland School Board Tuesday night, would reduce 336 full time employees as a consequence. The $56. 3 million…...

5+ hour, 8+ min ago  (351+ words) Tear gas and other crowd control weaponry will continue to be fair game for federal agents to use at Portland's U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, following a 21 decision by a federal appeals court this week. Portland-area federal district courts had…...

5+ hour, 19+ min ago  (817+ words) This is Owl Matthews" Verselandia! to lose. When Literary Arts" citywide youth poetry slam comes to the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on Thursday, April 30, Matthews, 18, will have their last shot at the championship title. They came in second last spring…...

5+ hour, 16+ min ago  (488+ words) In between handling operations that also include contract distilling for wineries looking to source brandy for their ports and other needs, Garrison has always experimented with any ingredients he can get his hands on to create gleefully off-kilter brandies, whiskeys,…...

5+ hour, 7+ min ago  (344+ words) The Hidden Fortress (1958) A decade before C3 PO and R2 D2 were getting sand in their sprockets, George Lucas was watching Akira Kurosawa movies in college. And though the then-USC film student deemed Seven Samurai his favorite, it was The Hidden Fortress that…...

5+ hour, 27+ min ago  (171+ words) For those who are deep in the feels about the closure of Lloyd Center mall, perhaps spending some time pondering visual art will help. "A lot of the stores are gone, but what I discovered is I can see the…...

9+ hour, 13+ min ago  (303+ words) Alt-rock legends Sleater-Kinney and Liz Phair just announced a national co-headlining tour this September. Lucky us, Mc Menamins Edgefield in Troutdale made the list. The two bands will take the stage Friday, Sept. 11 for "The Flannel and the Fury" tour…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (466+ words) Oregon regulators said Monday that they have moved to ban Clear Share Health from the state, alleging the "health share" is in fact health insurance'and that it has been offering that health insurance here without a license. The move comes…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (191+ words) It's safe to say that Multnomah County Circuit Judge Adrian Brown is not enjoying campaign season. Naturally, the subject came up when Brown and Klym visited our office for an endorsement interview this month. Klym said public defenders were equally…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (661+ words) Three Portland city councilors say they're troubled by Home Forward CEO Ivory Mathews' travel expenditures after WW reported that she spent more than $100, 000 on agency-funded travel between 2023 and 2025. Three other councilors say the agency's finances and practices merit a closer…...