Willamette Week

Like the penny, which died costing just over 3 cents to make, the cost of making a nickel—13 cents—far exceeds its value.

The city of Portland’s housing authority says its projected 2027 budget deficit is worse than it originally thought.

The new, expanded guide to the city’s galleries, museums and arts venues launches this week.

Why do they always seem to be one piece away?

Our readers take issue with how we characterized Myrna Muñoz, Joe Hagedorn and participatory budgeting.

In the years leading up to her purchase of the shotgun, OJP has determined, Shauntai Nickerson had brushes with the law that nearly made her ineligible to buy a firearm.

In response to plans by the Trump administration to send election monitors to Multnomah County, state and local officials say they’re committed to transparency and warned observers to follow the law.

The Prosper Board in an Oct. 20 letter to top city of Portland elected officials said Prosper executive director Cornell Wesley followed all agency rules and procedures when he awarded three no-bid contracts to his college friends.

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The move, just days before the election, comes after Basic Rights Oregon rescinded its endorsement of Brim-Edwards over anti-trans comments.

Key routes into the major health system will soon be shut.

Metro President Juan Carlos González announced Shea Flaherty Betin’s resignation in an email to staff at the regional government Monday morning.

Incumbent Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek has outpaced Republican challenger Christine Drazan in fundraising for the Nov. 3 election, but both candidates’ donor bases have shifted since their 2022 race.

Impassable Wilderness is three parts forest, two parts magic and one part oakmoss.

If a building misses the emission reduction target, the owner would pay a “carbon pollution impact fee” for each metric ton of carbon emissions exceeding the goal.

The companies that manage the health care benefits for hundreds of thousands of Oregonians are trimming their offerings. The plans that remain are getting far more expensive.

In no other NBA market would this be breaking news but fans will be getting t-shirts tonight for opening night.

In a fresh court filing the state submitted last month, new OHA projections appear in a graph that at first glance looks like the old one. But the time horizon runs longer.

Kiesha Locklear, a former senior project manager in the Office of School Modernization, alleges that the district terminated her after she brought her concerns with Procedeo to public board meetings.

Safe Structures outlined its concerns that under the proposals many students would still occupy PPS’s highest-risk buildings and the district proposes closing several schools that have already received seismic investment.

Chasing down the vaudeville actor who was, supposedly, murdered behind the theater in the early 1900s.

The city’s finest boneyards, crypts and mausoleums, ordered by their appeal to those looking to catch a fright or shoot the breeze with 19th century celebrities.

Polybius lives, the Oregon Zoo is totally not haunted, and other insights into Portland’s flavor of supernatural narratives.

The legend of Oregon’s infamous haunted video arcade game is alive and well.

Despite unmarked graves and several tragic deaths, nobody seems to have any ghost stories about the zoo.

“We don’t claim to get rid of anything,” says co-founder Casey Goodwin.

In the letter, parents asked about what would happen to some of the schools on closure scenarios that are promised retrofits with the bond money.

Check out textile artist Bridgette Hickey’s talk, listen to HEARD! A Service Industry Storytelling Show, and go to the QDoc Film Festival.

Also: Dystopian punks Machine Country are at The Six Below Midnight, and rapper Akai Solo plays Swan Dive with drummer-producer Bobbyy.

The 1925 silent film screens with a live organ accompaniment at the Hollywood Theatre on Oct. 24.

The shoegaze band releases its blistering second album, ‘There Is No Evil,’ at Show Bar on Oct. 22.

Shaking the Tree Theatre brings a quartet of Caryl Churchill’s dark fairy tales to life.

The marketing machine is in full swing nationwide for the new Laika film, but nowhere more meaningfully than in Portland.

The New York poet is in town for Fonograf Editions’ 10th anniversary benefit Oct. 23 and 24.

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The canvassing group received criticism that it was stretching the boundaries of the public campaign financing program and misleading voters whom it canvassed.

At Sahaptin Stories, owner Casandra Hanson is making Indigenous authors and perspectives more accessible to Portland readers. Here are five books to start with.

In Oregon, ranked 11th for oldest population, many counties face disproportionate financial risks if Congress fails to prevent a projected 22% benefit cut by 2032.

Maybe your house has a spooky vibe that makes you wonder if something terrible happened on the premises. Or you would like a word with the person who thought it would be a good idea to put carpeting in the kitchen cabinets.

Downtown needs people, Portland needs housing—what’s the problem?

‘Two cents on the dollar is not a power grab. It is the least a democracy owes the people who fund it.’

More than 20% of fans’ tickets went unused last season, a trend that continues this fall.

A new advocacy group is showing off the city’s gearhead industry with a festival devoted to microphones, guitar amps and drums.

Marysville Elementary School received state seismic dollars under the condition that its building be used for “existing purposes for ten years” after project completion. Now the district proposes closing it.

After the 14-year-old festival’s venue fell through, building owner Jeff Swickard rented space for the early October event.

Local fishers harvest about 20 million pounds of Oregon pink shrimp between April and October.

A federal grand jury indicted the CEO and public face of the troubled La Mota cannabis chain on eight counts of tax fraud stemming from unpaid employment taxes in 2020 and 2021.

More than 55 years after Oregon’s pioneering Bottle Bill went into effect, an overwhelming majority of state residents agree the legislation is good for the state.

Regulators say eleven independent rural Oregon hospitals may unite through a new entity called the “Cascades Rural High Value Network.” Boosters say the idea is to remain independent while gaining some of the benefits of being part of bigger group.

The candidate for Multnomah County chair calls the move an ‘outrageous smear.’