Portland News

Alameda and Laurelhurst school neighbors should brace for summer construction . PPS has applied for noise variances to work past standard construction hours in an effort to do the work before students return in the fall.

PORTLAND, Ore. Portland police are looking for 17-year-old boy who left his home Thursday morning and hasn't been seen since.

Photographs from Oregon Coast Beach Connection editor Andre' Hagestedt are on the walls for the month at the popular Raleigh Hills Starbucks on Beaverton/Hillsdale Highway in SW Portland.

First the weather : So much for a sunny weekend. The rain and cold is expected to continue through Sunday, skip Monday, and return Tuesday.

Police are searching for a man who held up a Southeast Portland convenience store with a handgun on Thursday morning.

Patrick Stupfel began skipping school in fourth grade, when his divorced parents were working long hours and he was forced to take the bus to school.

Clackamas County will not renew its contract with a sex offender treatment clinic that has been the source of angry protests in two Southeast Portland neighborhoods.

The Beaumont-Wilshire Neighbors for Responsible Growth decided Wednesday night to file a second notice of intent to appeal involving an apartment development planned for Northeast Fremont Street.

Literary Arts has announced its 2013-14 arts and lectures season. The lineup: Salman Rushdie, Oct.

With music institutions - especially those in less commercial genres - struggling musicians and fans have had to get social and entrepreneurial, increasingly relying on grassroots funding and informal venues.

These are some of the conclusions to be drawn from a recent analysis of economic trends in the Portland metropolitan area conducted by Christian Kaylor, a work force analyst with the Oregon Employment Department.

Backbone: Early Vancouver Experimental Cinema, 1967-1981 Richard Martin's documentary about... well, Vancouver experimental cinema from 1967 to 1981, accompanied by "some of the essential works that Martin's film touches upon." Whitsell Auditorium .

FOR THOSE WARRING against Portland's decades-old legacy of gang violence, 2013 has been, so far, something of a luxury.

A Gresham man is accused of stealing a car in the city and leading police on a chase through Northeast Portland early Wednesday morning.

A man brandishing a handgun entered a Baskin Robbins Ice Cream store at 11011 N.E. Halsey St.

A car crashed into a power pole overnight, cutting off electricity to thousands of people in southeast Portland.

A four-car crash shut down traffic at a southeast Portland intersection Wednesday morning.

ANYTHING HELPS: Mayor Charlie Hales is signaling that he will launch a new effort to deal with homelessness and panhandling.

Modern Vampires of the City finds the group without prep-school gimmickry and Afro-pop appropriation, instead revealing a self-assured pop craftsmanship.

What is this Union Cab company, with its splashy periwinkle and orange sherbet-colored cars? Can Union be trusted? And who gave it permission to operate here? Your signature suggests you may have a dog in this fight, Cabbie-though I suppose it's possible you're taking poetic license, sort of like when I drop an "Order of the British Empire" between ... (more)