News & City Life

Drug Epidemic

Enrolling a Teen in Rehab? That’ll Be $28,731, Up Front

The average wait time is one month, and Oregon had zero available beds for teens on Medicaid.

01/17/2024 By Zoe Sayler

TAIL TALES

Is Dinner Rolls the Shar-Pei the Most Adoptable Pet in Portland?

Rescued from far West Texas, Din is now available for meet and greets at One Tail at a Time’s new adoption center.

01/12/2024 By Rebecca Jacobson

Fallen Treasure

Bad Week for Airlines, Good Week for Apple?

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's an iPhone that miraculously survived a 15,000-foot fall, and other Portland-area finds bringing corporate glee and headaches.

01/10/2024 By Zoe Sayler

Winter Wonderland

Will Portland Get Real Snow This Year?

We asked an expert whether the fluffy, white snow of sledding dreams is coming our way.

01/10/2024 By Zoe Sayler

Jenga!

How to Turn That Property into an Income Stream, Portland Style

A women-owned local company enables a new type of developer: you.

01/09/2024 By Arianne Cohen Photography by Michael Novak

Sky High

Private Flights? A Whole New World for Travelers and Pets

KinectAir, the Uber of airplanes, offers chartered, nonstop flights on the cheap across the Pacific Northwest.

01/08/2024 By Zoe Sayler

Big Day

Cheapest Weddings in Portland: Monday Sign-Ups Will Draw Crowds

Highly sought-after park venues are up for grabs starting at 8 a.m. on Monday.

01/05/2024 By Zoe Sayler

No ring, no problem

Swipe Right on Portland: City Ranks 10th in US for Singles

The City of Roses maintains its dating dominance.

01/05/2024 By Zoe Sayler

The Game of Portland

Can You Make It to Spring?

It's time for our favorite game, traversing Stumptown from now till March. This season, remember the winter rule: no important decisions in February.

01/02/2024 By Portland Monthly Staff Illustrations by Hawk Krall

Downtown

We Slept around Portland to Find the Best Staycations

Can luxury stays at downtown hotels outmatch the siren song of our editor’s cozy bed at home?

01/02/2024 By Arianne Cohen

Best of 2023

The 10 Biggest Portland Moments of the Year

We spent much of 2023 slack-jawed, through No-school November and the farewells of Darcelle, Dame, and Kenny & Zuke’s, plus a few Walmarts and Targets.

12/28/2023 By Portland Monthly Staff

Most Innovative Restaurants

The Pizza Shop Run by One Guy. Yes, Just One.

Two years of operating Gracie’s Apizza solo taught Craig Melillo a new model for restaurants.

12/21/2023 By Arianne Cohen Photography by Michael Raines

Unionized

8th Time’s the Charm: Powell’s and Employees Agree to a Contract

Following a strike and more than 10 months of bargaining, employees at Powell’s Books have voted to ratify to the eighth contract on offer.

12/20/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Most Innovative Restaurants

In Portland, Cooperation, Sharing, and Charity Are on the Menu

From collectives to cooperative ownership, Dame Collective, Mirisata, and Café Olli cook up sustainable business models in a notoriously tough industry.

12/20/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Sanity

Why Are Oregon Therapists Training for 500 Fewer Hours?

Alarming as it sounds, it’s a good thing.

12/13/2023 By Arianne Cohen

Tail Tales

Phyllis the Pit Bull Has Some Concerns

For decades, dogs like Phyllis had a bumpy path to adoption. The Oregon Humane Society is trying to change that.

12/12/2023 By Arianne Cohen

Our 20th Anniversary

Ready, Set, Renaissance: 10 Ideas for Reinventing the City We Love

What if the city had a riverfront amphitheater, a botanical garden, a 24-hour downtown, and a commuter ferry?

12/06/2023 By Arianne Cohen Illustrations by Tara Jacoby

Our 20th Anniversary

Fixing Portland? They’re on It.

Here's the comeback story you've been awaiting. The city’s busiest minds are on it.

12/06/2023 By Arianne Cohen Illustrations by Tara Jacoby

Weathering It

Floods, Avalanches Likely in Oregon from Back-to-Back Atmospheric Rivers

The National Weather Service is advising Pacific Northwesterners to look out for extreme weather this week.

12/05/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Litmus Test

What 10 People Really Think about Portland

We posed hard questions to locals and tourists about our favorite city, and their answers struck a chord.

12/05/2023 By Arianne Cohen Illustrations by Rob Dobi