News & City Life

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The Diver

Lieutenant Rich Tyler

07/18/2012 By Jill Davis

Mudroom

Ring Leader

A local woman’s olympic quest captures the greatness of the games.

07/18/2012 By Jill Davis

Out and About

Inside the New Moderns

From boathouse to "Treehouse," new Portland modernist homes open up for a tour on Saturday.

07/16/2012 By Kristin Belz

Rainmaker

Virtual Vending

Paresh Patel changes the way you buy snacks.

06/22/2012 By Zach Dundas

Mudroom

All in the Family

The real reasons Portland has nine—yes, nine—sister cities.

05/25/2012 By Emily Wilson

Mudroom

Tillamook to Titan

The coast’s dairy capital prepares space balloons for Saturn’s biggest moon.

05/25/2012 By Kate Moening

Insider's Guide to the Gorge

How’d the Gorge Get There?

We chart the geologic evolution of the Columbia River Gorge. This may take a while.

05/25/2012 Edited by Kasey Cordell

Insider's Guide to the Gorge

Kite Rider

Hood River resident Aaron Sales (yes, that’s his real name) dishes about life as a pro kitesurfer and snowkiter.

05/25/2012 By Christopher Van Tilburg

from the songbird's beak

Getting To Know Ashia Grzesik

The cabaret cellist and soprano songwriter sits down with a Culturephile correspondent to talk about music, fashion, gender-blending, and the Polish-American experience. See her live tonight!

05/24/2012

CRIME

Dark Journey

As a teenager, David Pedersen went to prison after robbing two coffee stands. At 30, he got out—and went on a killing spree. This story examines his history in Oregon’s courts and prisons.

05/24/2012 By Alison Barnwell

Parks & Wreck

How John Yeon Shaped the Columbia River Gorge

One visionary Portland architect used bulldozers, Ming china, and political chutzpah to create a stunning personal landscape—and save the Gorge as we know it.

05/24/2012 By Randy Gragg