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Fresh Listen: Portland’s CHR Battle
How hot was it in Portland this Tuesday? “The Pacific Northwest is melting!” declared PD/PMD Dylan Salisbury on KBFF (Live 95.5). One of Live’s sweepers announced that they were “currently taking reservations for friends with a boat and central air-conditioning.” Another said, “This is the heat they had Stanley and Zero diggin’ them holes in.” On KKRZ (Z100), PD/PMD Rayne played up the air-conditioned part of a museum-ticket giveaway.
Suspect in northeast Portland apartment shooting makes first court appearance
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A suspect arrested for allegedly firing off shots inside his Northeast Portland apartment made his first court appearance Monday. The incident happened last Friday near 42nd and Cully. Police say one of those bullets nearly hit a next-door neighbor. David Peer, 29, is also accused...
DesiPDX Will Open in the Upright Beer Station Pod
Many of us have been wondering what has been going on with the Chaat Wallah cart at the Upright Beer Station in Cully/Roseway. Well, wonder no more—turns out Chaat Wallah is retiring, and an outpost of DesiPDX is opening in the same cart. Back in early July, I asked...
Electric offensive showing lifts Thorns past Tijuana in dominant Summer Cup debut
As clouds from earlier thunderstorms parted and the sun shone down on Providence Park, the Portland Thorns rolled against Club Tijuana in an electric Summer Cup debut on Sunday afternoon. Despite several players out due to either injuries or international duties, the Thorns unleashed an offensive onslaught against Tijuana’s defense,...
Portland's data to determine stormwater bills may be incomplete, county assessor says
PORTLAND, Ore. — The source of the data the city of Portland used to raise stormwater charges on people's water and sewer bills said the city is using the data outside of its intended purpose, a KATU investigation found. The city uses county tax assessor data to determine stormwater...
Portland’s extreme heat wave ends after three weeks, NWS confirms
Portland experienced a 19-day heat wave, with temperatures remaining above average for 18 days in a row, and is expected to remain cooler for the next few days before returning to summer heat later in the week.
Portland hurtles toward new era for drug possession cases: What you need to know
Multnomah County has six weeks to launch an ambitious approach to minor drug possession cases -- a high-stakes policy intended to quell public alarm over open drug use and escalating overdose deaths. The county’s policymaking has so far been overshadowed by politics and mired in public debates over requirements even...
Media Champions with Decater Collins of The Hood Collective
On Media Champions, our host, Greg Kirkham, speaks with experts and professionals from across the country operating in the media space. In this segment, Greg spoke with Decater Collins of The Hood Collective. The Hood Collective is a cannabis specific content marketing agency based in Portland, Oregon and serving businesses...
'The scariest thing': Parents demand action after 80+ rounds fired next to preschool
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A group of parents are horrified and asking for change after someone fired more than 80 rounds in the park next to their toddlers' preschool during pickup time on Friday. These parents are now demanding action by city leaders, in fear that their school won't...
Smoky conditions come into Treasure Valley, impacting air quality
BOISE, Idaho — With two large fires burning in eastern Oregon, the impacts are being felt heavily in the Treasure Valley. Between the Cow Valley Fire and the Durkee Fire, more than 200,000 acres have been burned in the Malheur Reservoir area in Oregon. For some in Idaho, they...
Keep Oregon Moving: Interstate Bridge Replacement program will build a stronger workforce
The Oregon and Washington Departments of Transportation are building a new crossing over the Columbia River to replace the aging Interstate Bridge. With more than $2.1 billion in federal grants awarded to the project already, and more potentially on the way, this project will bring a powerful economic jolt to both sides of the river with thousands of good new jobs across a range of industries. Earlier this month, the...
2024 Season of Sharing campaign is now taking applications from Oregon, SW Washington nonprofits
Nonprofit organizations that provide social and human services in Oregon and southwest Washington can now apply for The Oregonian/OregonLive’s 2024 Season of Sharing campaign. The Season of Sharing fundraising campaign is overseen each year by Oregonian Publishing Co. Public Benefits, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, which distributes the money collected and...
Join Oregon Poets to celebrate “The Grace of Oregon Rain”
What Oregonian hasn't grumbled about too many days of rain and then, in another season, prayed for a good, soaking downpour?. In a rare gathering, thirty of Oregon's premier poets will read at Newport's 60+ Activity Center on Saturday, July 27, between 1 and 4 p.m. to celebrate our rain with their poems from a stunning new collection, "The Grace of Oregon Rain" edited by Alexandra Mason. This spectacular anthology illustrates the metaphorical significance of rain in our daily lives and in Oregon’s history. The rain nourishes our poetic imagination. These poems strive, through metaphor, to clarify the human experience of life in the rain. Our feelings move beyond mere love/hate. At times we grudgingly acknowledge rain’s inconvenience and discomfort, but over all else we glory in its power of renewal. The collection as a whole comprises a remarkable unity that testifies to the Oregon experience. Neither unremittingly cheerful nor gloomy, the poems place us in homes, on city streets, in forests, and on the coastline, acknowledging our interaction with rain in the present and in our common imagined past.
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