EXTRA CREDIT

Class Notes

With special features such as music program makeovers to the tune of $40,000 and tech-savvy schools' Facebook pages, Portland-area schools go for the extra credit.

01/25/2010 Edited by Martha Calhoon

Wordplay

Definitions for School Statistics

Pop quiz time: What's the difference between a Magnet School and a Charter School? Learn more about how we graded Portland-area schools with this cheat sheet of definitions.

01/25/2010 Edited by Martha Calhoon

Nothing But the Truth

Call of Duty

One citizen’s service on a local jury inspires her to put the Oregon judicial system on trial

01/19/2010 By Anna Sachse

High Note

Guided by Voices

A love of ancient music brought Cappella Romana together. Their skill has made them stars.

01/19/2010 By Bart Blasengame

Learning Curve

Retro Grades

Portland Public Schools’ plan to fix its high school system takes a page out of the past. And not everyone is happy about it.

01/19/2010 By Zach Dundas

PORTLAND MONTHLY PHOTO ESSAY

Food Chain

Five local photographers turn their lenses on Oregon’s farm-to-table fight against hunger

12/15/2009

Top Docs 2010

Team Trauma

They're the subject of TV melodramas, they see us on our worst days. We asked the emergency room doctors of our Top Docs list to tell us what it takes to work in the ER, what they love about their job, and which patients they'll never forget.

12/15/2009 By Kasey Cordell and Randy Gragg With Brian Barker

Genetics

Branch Science

Oregon State University researcher Steve Strauss is engineering trees that might help save the planet. So why do so many greenies want to stop him?

12/11/2009 By David Wolman

Christianity in Portland

Jesus' Favorite City

A group of emerging liberal Christian leaders is rethinking GOD—in Portland’s image

12/11/2009 By Randy Gragg, Rachel Ritchie, and Martin Patail

Feature

Questions of Faith

A conversation between Unitarian minister Marilyn Sewell and infamous atheist Christopher Hitchens

12/11/2009

Article

The Big Melt

Mount Hood's 12 glaciers have shrunk a collective 40 percent since 1901, and according to a PSU geology professor, "Our children could see summer skiing on Hood go away."

11/18/2009 By Kasey Cordell

Timeline

The Hood Old Days

Who was the first person to summit the mountain? Who dedicated Timberline Lodge? What's the deal with that igloo thing? This slideshow is sure to give you all the details on the history of Mt Hood.

11/17/2009 Edited by Brian Barker

BEST ROUTES

The Inside Track at Mt. Hood Meadows

Welcome to Mt Hood Meadows. With terrain this good, you can’t afford to stand around gaping, wondering where to go. You need a plan. So we tapped Jeremy Riss, the mountain’s ski-school manager, for some solid advice on our local volcano’s biggest ski area

11/10/2009 With Brian Barker

Feature

Lore of the Mountain

Since 1896, more than 130 people have died in the process of summiting Mt. Hood. Still, more than 10,000 people attempt the feat each year. Here are five of the most unforgettable stories from Hood's peaks.

11/10/2009 With Brian Barker By Ivan Miller

Feature

Golden Girls

A bygone era of beauty and community lives on at Dee’s Golden Door.

11/09/2009 By Nancy Rommelmann

Appendix

Parlez-Vous Bro?

Your guide to snow slang for those upcoming days on the mountain.

11/09/2009 With Brian Barker

Q&A: JOE SACCO

Behind the Lines

Disillusioned by the American media’s coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, JOE SACCO went to the Gaza Strip to see things for himself. In the process, he invented a new kind of journalism.

11/09/2009 By Randy Gragg

If you built it...

Architecture of the Sandwich

From the constant changes of the Sausage Sandwich at Clyde Common to the bizarre combination of the hot dog flight at The Original, the variety of Portland's sandwiches mirrors architecture from around the country.

10/09/2009 By Mike Thelin and Eva Hagberg