News & City Life

Politics

Lawmakers Consider Bill to Protect Oregon’s Outdoor Industry from Lawsuits

Senate Bill 754 would put Oregon in line with its neighbors by bolstering businesses’ ability to enforce liability waivers, but opponents say it will make it harder for people to claim a business was negligent.

02/17/2023 By Sam Stites

Soccer

The NWSL Soccer 2023 Schedule Is Finally Here—Portland Thorns’ First Home Game Is March 26

The long wait is over, and fans can finally mark their calendars for home games at Providence Park.

02/08/2023 By Margaret Seiler

Truffles

Truffle Farming Has Arrived in Oregon. How Does It Work?

French truffles are now farmed in Oregon, and command the same price as imports. What does that mean for wild varieties? Could your dog learn to hunt them?

02/07/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Food News

Egg Prices Send Local Food Businesses Scrambling

Once a cheap source of protein and staple of baking and cooking, eggs are skyrocketing in cost, and business owners are making changes to accommodate.

02/06/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Home and Health

Hoarding Disorder Appears to Have Increased in the Pandemic

It might be fodder for reality TV, but the issue—for which local groups are seeing an uptick in subsidized housing as inspections resume after a pandemic hiatus—is no laughing matter.

01/31/2023 By Laurenz Busch

CORONAVIRUS

XBB.1.5 Is Spreading in the Northeast. What Does That Mean for Oregon?

An infectious disease expert from OHSU weighs in on the new omicron subvariant.

01/27/2023 By Isabel Lemus Kristensen

Real Estate

Many Portland Office Spaces Are Empty. Why Aren’t They Being Converted to Housing?

Money, regulations, and seismic upgrades are sticking points when it comes to turning offices into apartments.

01/25/2023 By Connor Radnovich

Food News

These 10 Oregon Chefs and Restaurants Are James Beard Award Semifinalists

Kann, Okta, and beloved local chefs Peter Cho, Vince Nguyen, and Thomas Pisha-Duffly made the list. But who got snubbed?

01/25/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Events

The Portland Winter Light Festival Sets the City Aglow

Discover a 16-foot-tall robot, a glow-in-the-dark community mural, wood-burning sculptures, projection mapping, and more at this year’s nine-day festival.

01/25/2023 By Isabel Lemus Kristensen

Hotels

The Ritz-Carlton, Portland Brings More Than a Taste of Luxury Downtown

A waterfall-inspired floating staircase, condos for the 1 percent, and, just maybe, some new life in an area that lost foot traffic when construction killed its food carts

01/23/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Breaking News

Oregon Brewers Festival, Portland's Iconic Craft Beer Event, Canceled for 2023

Festival organizers cite increasing costs, declining attendance, and extreme weather as reasons for hitting the pause button on the event that got its start in 1988.

01/13/2023 By Sam Stites

True Crime

Lifetime Movie Brings Daniel Brophy Murder to the Small Screen

Cybill Shepherd and Steve Guttenberg star in the ripped-from-the-headlines made-for-TV movie about the murder of a local chef and culinary instructor.

01/13/2023 By Margaret Seiler

Outdoor Investments

Oregon Lawmakers Introduce Bills to Improve Outdoor Recreation

In Salem, the state legislature considers more urban fishing, funding for communities rebuilding from wildfires, and more connections for the Oregon Coast Trail.

01/11/2023 By Sam Stites

Soccer

Portland Thorns Name Mike Norris, an Assistant in 2022, as New Head Coach

Just ahead of the NWSL Draft, the native of Newcastle, England, replaces Rhian Wilkinson, who resigned in December.

01/10/2023 By Margaret Seiler

Light a Fire 2022: Caring for the Planet

Friends of the Columbia Gorge Helps Protect a National Treasure

For decades, the group has been a ‘citizen watchdog’ to monitor development on the Oregon and Washington sides of the river.

01/06/2023 By Isabel Lemus Kristensen

Trail Blazers

Not-to-Miss Trail Blazer Games in January

Catch Rip City fever with Damian Lillard, Anfernee Simmons, Jerami Grant, and crew at the Moda Center this month.

01/06/2023 By Sam Stites

Nonprofits

Light a Fire 2022

Honoring Portland’s most innovative community leaders, nonprofits, and volunteers

01/04/2023 Edited by Fiona McCann Illustrations by Kaitlin Brito

Light a Fire 2022: Leveling the Field

Brown Girl Rise Makes a Safe Space for BIPOC Youth

The Portland nonprofit centers joy, fun, and radical sisterhood for girls and nonbinary kids.

12/30/2022 By Isabel Lemus Kristensen

Light a Fire 2022: Best New Nonprofit

WeShine Builds Small Pod-Villages as an Alternative Approach to Homelessness Solutions

Microvillages, housing around a dozen people and small enough to fit into most any neighborhood, build community and give residents agency over their housing.

12/30/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Light a Fire 2022: Extraordinary Executive Director

At Path Home, Brandi Tuck Is Anything but Shy

A college spring break service project turned into a career of bringing a trauma-informed approach to homelessness services.

12/30/2022 By Conner Reed

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