Portland

Louis DeJoy
Finance

After postage price hikes and $87 billion in losses, critics of the USPS leader say latest gambit could lead to death spiral

By David Sharp and The Associated Press
August 22, 2024
Cheng "Charlie" Saephan
Health

Cancer patient who won $1.3 billion lottery said he would find a good doctor for himself—’I don’t want to die yet,’ he prayed

By Claire Rush and The Associated Press
April 29, 2024
Portland teachers union reaches tentative ‘watershed’ deal with Oregon’s largest school district after tense, nearly month-long strike
Success

Portland teachers union reaches tentative ‘watershed’ deal with Oregon’s largest school district after tense, nearly month-long strike

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November 27, 2023
Oregon Drug Decriminalization
Health

Oregon’s bold move to make heroin, cocaine and other drugs quasi-legal runs into Portland’s passed-out-in-public culture

By Claire Rush and The Associated Press
November 19, 2023
The alleged crime epidemic in places like San Francisco causing stores to flee may actually just be bad management, investment bank suggests
Retail

The alleged crime epidemic in places like San Francisco causing stores to flee may actually just be bad management, investment bank suggests

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November 1, 2023
Portland teachers strike
Success

Oregon hit by first-ever teachers strike in Portland: ‘Our kids deserve more than teachers that are absolutely exhausted’

By Claire Rush and The Associated Press
November 1, 2023
Portland is getting the second-biggest battery storage facility in the US that could create enough electricity to power 260,000 homes
Environment

Portland is getting the second-biggest battery storage facility in the US that could create enough electricity to power 260,000 homes

By Isabella O'Malley and The Associated Press
April 28, 2023
Magic mushrooms
Success

A 33-year-old Portlander has spent $25,000 on a magic mushrooms business with no profit in sight. She’s trying to ‘grow as much medicine as I can.’

By Andrew Selsky and The Associated Press
April 19, 2023
Darcelle
Success

Darcelle, Guinness record holder as world’s oldest working drag queen, dies in Portland at 92

By Claire Rush and The Associated Press
March 24, 2023
On 4/20, let’s not forget Black entrepreneurs in the cannabis industry
Lifestyle

On 4/20, let’s not forget Black entrepreneurs in the cannabis industry

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April 20, 2021
Lessons from Portland: white people are showing up at protests more than ever, but..
Politics

Early members of ‘Wall of Moms’ reflect on where they went wrong as protests in Portland continue

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October 6, 2020
How Portland’s star seafood chef stays sustainable
Lifestyle

How Portland’s star seafood chef stays sustainable

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January 26, 2020
Once a hipster haven, Portland is welcoming a more affluent crowd in a luxury hotel and fine dining boom

Once a hipster haven, Portland is welcoming a more affluent crowd in a luxury hotel and fine dining boom

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December 21, 2019
Salt & Straw-Ice Cream

Foraging for Ice Cream With West Coast Wunderkind Salt & Straw

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April 20, 2019
Actor Ryan Reynolds takes the stage to be honored as Hasty Pudding Theatricals Man of the Year at Harvard University in Cambridge
Arts & Entertainment

Ryan Reynolds Now Owns Aviation Gin

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February 21, 2018

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