Way Out West

Neighborhood Guide: Orenco Station

Part Portland, part Truman Show, this master-planned Hillsboro hood is all grown up.

03/18/2025 By Margaret Seiler

Utilities

Underground Power Lines Work. Why Doesn’t Portland Have Them?

Workers and business owners lost millions in last month’s storms.

02/23/2024 By Andi Prewitt

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

City Government

Here's What You Need to Know about the Effort to Overhaul City Government in Portland

Charter reform will be on the ballot, not everyone's in favor, and if it passes, city hall will never be the same.

08/22/2022 By Julia Silverman

Transit

Running the Numbers on TriMet’s Slow Recovery

A more streamlined public transit system might be our new bottom line

08/22/2022 By Shannon Daehnke

Elections

We Read the Voters' Pamphlet so You Don't Have to

Just kidding! You should read it too, but here are some highlights

04/26/2022 By Julia Silverman

News You Can Use

5 Oregon Stories To Watch This Week, February 7–13

Contracts for the police, the Portland schools superintendent, and the short session continues in Salem.

02/07/2022 By Julia Silverman

News You Can Use

5 Stories That Defined Oregon in 2021

Plus, a look at how they might play out in 2022

12/29/2021 By Julia Silverman

News You Can Use

5 Oregon Stories to Watch This Week, October 19-26

Budget deals at Portland City Hall, a big new movie with an Oregon backstory, and a police investigation pulls back the curtain...maybe.

10/18/2021 By Julia Silverman

News You Can Use

5 Stories to Watch This Week, September 20-27

Booster shots for the 65+ crowd, a redistricting ruckus in Salem, and more schoolkids in quarantine.

09/20/2021 By Julia Silverman

News You Can Use

5 Oregon Stories to Watch This Week: September 6–13

Here’s your cheat sheet to what everyone in Portland will be talking about this week.

09/06/2021 By Julia Silverman

Politics

The Campaign to Recall Mayor Ted Wheeler Is Sputtering

Campaign staffers say recurring heat waves and the delta variant are to blame for their lack of signatures. Can they still pull it off?

08/11/2021 By Cami Hughes

Politics

Portland Might Need a New Mayor Soon

Just in case, let's speculate wildly on the potential candidates.

07/22/2021 By Julia Silverman

News

The Pearl Has a Very Masculine New Footbridge

Well ... overpass. It’s an overpass.

06/04/2021 By Conner Reed

Housing

Solving Portland's Houselessness Issues Could Start with Zoning

The city council is set to consider some big changes to shelter models in the coming weeks.

02/17/2021 By Julia Silverman

Government

Dr. Markisha Smith Has Some Advice for Mayor Ted Wheeler

Good thing she's just accepted a job as his special adviser on racial justice and equity.

02/03/2021 By Julia Silverman

Real Estate

City Deals a Big Blow to Single Family Zoning in Portland

President Trump has been tweeting about backing off on zoning regulations. Portland is headed in the opposite direction.

08/19/2020 By Julia Silverman

Cool for the Summer

A Volunteer-Built ‘Summer Park’ Sprouts in St. Johns

Hay bales, a movie screen, and a silent disco transform a gravel patch while it waits in construction limbo.

08/15/2020 By Margaret Seiler

What Now?

Architect Kevin Cavenaugh Talks Coronavirus, the Future of Buildings

“Applebee’s is screwed. Olive Garden is screwed, but we’re not screwed.... The small, nimble, creative, local entrepreneurs are going to be fine.”

06/01/2020 Edited by Marty Patail

Portland Monthly

City Planning

Neighborhood Guide: Orenco Station

Underground Power Lines Work. Why Doesn’t Portland Have Them?

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

Fixing Portland? They’re on It.

Here's What You Need to Know about the Effort to Overhaul City Government in Portland

Running the Numbers on TriMet’s Slow Recovery

We Read the Voters' Pamphlet so You Don't Have to

5 Oregon Stories To Watch This Week, February 7–13

5 Stories That Defined Oregon in 2021

5 Oregon Stories to Watch This Week, October 19-26

5 Stories to Watch This Week, September 20-27

5 Oregon Stories to Watch This Week: September 6–13

The Campaign to Recall Mayor Ted Wheeler Is Sputtering

Portland Might Need a New Mayor Soon

The Pearl Has a Very Masculine New Footbridge

Solving Portland's Houselessness Issues Could Start with Zoning

Dr. Markisha Smith Has Some Advice for Mayor Ted Wheeler

City Deals a Big Blow to Single Family Zoning in Portland

A Volunteer-Built ‘Summer Park’ Sprouts in St. Johns

Architect Kevin Cavenaugh Talks Coronavirus, the Future of Buildings