Lisa Freeman, a candidate running for Portland City Council in District 4, is the subject of a complaint filed with Oregon’s ...

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GET IN IT... Oregon prohibits, forbids, has outlawed towing a vehicle with someone in it. Better still the city regulates what a tow truck driver can charge to unhook your car (the "drop fee"). Now ...

The Portland Auditor’s Office is reevaluating the circumstances surrounding City Commissioner Rene Gonzalez’s use of taxpayer ...

Patty Roberts grew up as the daughter of a preacher in the Church of Christ. That meant she and her family moved around a lot ...

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This affordable Indonesian snack of a shop on Northeast Alberta has actually been open since the end of last year, and it ...

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Another day in the life, oh boy. Nihilistic visions of a broad swath of the Middle East controlled by the new Israel, killing or expelling Palestinians right and left, scattering other national/ethnic ...

Pretty Girls Make Graves are back. Pretty Girls Make Graves por vida. And I didn’t even have to run into traffic. It was a really beautiful time, to be honest. Sweaty, stinky, and full of passion.