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Hunger does not take the summer off, so the Portland Police Sunshine Division is launching its second annual "Hunger Doesn't take a Vacation" food drive.

Veloce Bicycles, 3202 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd. in Portland, is ramping up what it hopes will be an annual bike art contest.

Then, in 1962, he joined the Portland Gun Club. The former owner of Shooter's Emporium, 606 S.E. 162nd Ave., is the oldest living lifetime member of the gun club.

A drunken driver who crashed onto an Old Town Portland sidewalk and slammed into two young women -- killing one of them -- pleaded no contest Tuesday to second-degree manslaughter.

The fries were on the dry and cardboardy side Price: YouCanHasCheeseburger, $7; Burgermeister, $9; fries, $1.50/$4 With the opening of their brick and mortar store on 4/20, Brunch Box expanded out of Food Cart Alley on the corner of SW 5th and Stark, offering Portlanders another place to get their mitts on budget-friendly and hunger satiating grub, ... (more)

The Homebuilders Foundation last week broke ground on a $1.2 million renovation of the Portland Rescue Mission's facility on Northeast Wygant Street, according to the Portland Tribune.

DON'T BE SURPRISED if Mayor Charlie Hales keeps a solid hold on - for a few weeks longer - the city bureaus he grabbed from his colleagues in February as part of his new-look budget process.

The minds behind the bike-powered BrewCycle - which pedals party-minded folks through a brewery crawl in NW Portland - will open a proper 24-tap pub in the Pearl.

Laura Veirs has a new album coming out August 20, and the first song from Warp and Weft can be found in the various farflung corners of the internet.

Welcome to Diner 2013-not a guide to the Portland area's best restaurants , or even to the best Oregonian-operated diners, but a seven-part series where we ate at seven Portland diners we hadn't been to in a while.

The Oregon Senate voted down a $6.55 billion budget for primary and secondary schools on Monday after one Democrat and all 14 Republicans said it didn't provide enough money.

Portland police detained several people but made no arrests in connection to a shots-fired call in Glenfair neigborhood in east Portland Sunday afternoon.

A bicyclist was in critical condition Monday after he was struck by a car Saturday night on North Interstate Avenue, Portland police said.

A bicyclist on his way home from work Saturday night was critically after he was hit by a pickup truck driver who fled the scene, police said.

If you missed it in yesterday's paper, check out my profile of Dion Jordan . Four years ago, Jordan's father -- former city commissioner Charles Jordan -- was diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

Grant High teachers, students, staff and neighbors are invited to a Wednesday "community listening session" to discuss what attributes they'd like to see in the next principal.

Phil Fogg Jr. had been going to the Rose Cup races since he was little, but had never actually been in one until Sunday.

Focused infrastructure improvements could serve to substantially increase the number of people riding bicycles in Washington County, thereby helping to reduce traffic congestion and increasing public health.

Wayne Herendeen was not the king of the high school dance. In fact, he didn't really start shuffling his feet until he was 24. 'Shyness,' he says.

People walking with Alaska Airlines wait for the start of the annual Pride Northwest parade in downtown Portland Sunday.