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Multnomah County Chair Breaks Back in Skiing Accident

by Betsy Richter

Most of us knew already that Multnomah County Chair Ted Wheeler is an iron man in the truest sense of the word. He’s completed the Iron Man Triathalon 3 times already, in between excursions to Mt. Everest & showshoeing to the North Pole — not to mention going mano-a-mano with Metro & the City [...]

11.29.2009 See the rest →

*What’s* In Our Water Again…??? (The PDX Reservoir Scare)

by Betsy Richter

It was a casual, relaxing Saturday evening. That is, until this announcement flashed over thousands of PDX Twitter clients, and pandemonium struck. The announcement?
MayorSamAdams: DRINKING WATER ALERT: Selected customers need to boil water for one minute: http://www.portlandonline.com/water/.
And with that, thousands of water customers west of the Willamette River were [...]

11.28.2009 See the rest → 4 comments

WMTM Redux: Founder Ron Buel Responds

by Abraham Hyatt

Last weekend’s We Make The Media conference has generated more debate on blogs and Twitter than any other journalism event in recent memory.
Ron Buel, the founder of the event, has now weighed in on the sometimes-heated conversation. But since the conference site doesn’t have a comments section, we asked Buel if we could [...]

11.24.2009 See the rest → 17 comments

Drive to Downtown PDX? Not Any More…

by Betsy Richter

I’ve been doing a slow burn about this for months now — but the match hit the haystack Saturday afternoon.
See, over the last few months, I’ve been trying to reduce my driving trips downtown. Between the challenges finding on-street parking, the non-functioning new smart readers, the parking tickets I’ve gotten mere [...]

11.17.2009 See the rest → 15 comments

Fox 12 Helps Marysville Regroup

by Cosmic Charlie

I suppose at some point it’s every kid’s fantasy to have their school burn down. (“But Maaaawmm, I don’t wanna go to school!”) Sometimes what sounds good in theory sucks in real life, as roughly 500 people found out this week. Marysville School in Southeast Portland caught fire during class the other day. All the [...]

11.12.2009 See the rest → 1 comment

‘Tis Downtown Portland

by PAgent

Unless you’ve been purposefully avoiding downtown, you should have noticed that the Christmas…er…”holiday” lights have been up for a while already. Just recently some little conifers in wooden planters appeared along the sidewalks, each one outfitted with a string of lights and a HUGE white solar panel to power them (huzzah – festive AND green).
But [...]

11.12.2009 See the rest → 2 comments

Welcome Back

by PAgent

The faithful started gathering shortly after six, standing in the cold rain outside the studio in Pioneer Courthouse Square. As the downpour increased in intensity, some moved down the steps under the shelter of the overhang. A crowd standing around outside a television studio is nothing that unusual — it happens all the time when [...]

11.06.2009 See the rest →

The New KUFO: Cue Tool’s Eulogy…

by Cosmic Charlie

(T)he(y) had a lot to say;
(T)he(y) had a lot of nothing to say,
We’ll miss them.
We’re gonna miss them…

As fans of Portland’s rowdiest rock station know, major shakeups have been happening. KUFO has gutted its on-air staff and brought in “talent” from around the country. I checked it out yesterday, and I’ll get to that in [...]

10.29.2009 See the rest → 9 comments

Pour Some Gravy On Me!

by Cosmic Charlie

I’ve never been bitten by the gambling bug. I learned early on in life that I should never bet anything I’m not willing to lose. Ten bucks? I can afford to lose that once in a while.

The Oregon Lottery has a new game out, and tickets are going fast. The Thanksgiving Raffle [...]

10.11.2009 See the rest →

Adams Recall Effort Fails; Backers Kick Off New Approach

by Metroknow

With the signature campaign to recall Portland Mayor Sam Adams failing to meet the basic requirements, Portland residents in favor of the recall are not giving up. In a surprising turn, “Recallers” are now focusing their efforts on a different issue: The lingering question of the Mayor’s citizenship.
The “Pretty sure he wasn’t born here” effort, [...]

10.06.2009 See the rest → 3 comments

Inquiring Minds…

by Cosmic Charlie

While walking around the inner city core, I spend a lot of time looking down. What with broken glass, gobs of spit, doggie leftovers, the omnipresent pierced-headed panhandlers and other wonderful things in my path, every step holds the potential for messy disaster. I keep my eyes on where I’m going. I’ve found money, drugs, [...]

10.05.2009 See the rest →
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