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PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland City must spare no punches when dealing with a crackdown on homeless people camping in public areas, says mayoral candidate and city commissioner, Rene Gonzalez. He is proposing a measure that will place an…

PORTLAND, Ore. — More than 90% of all liquid fuel in Oregon is contained in aging tanks at the six-mile long Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub on the west shore of the Willamette River, and residents of Portland are demanding action…

To keep pace with inflation and rising costs, universities in Oregon are looking to student tuition fees to help fill budget gaps. The biggest public post-secondary schools, including Oregon State University (OSU), Portland State…

PORTLAND, Ore. — A comparison of the 50 largest downtown office markets nationwide at the end of last year by real estate firm Colliers has revealed that Portland’s central business district (CBD) had the highest office vacancy rate…

PORTLAND, Ore. — Citing the state's inability to keep up with the project's rising costs, Gov. Tina Kotek indicated on Monday that plans to toll Portland-area highways are halted. Kotek’s letter to the Oregon Transportation Commission,…

PORTLAND, Ore. — The vehicle of Jon Harder- former CEO of Sunwest Management and its affiliated companies that are implicated in a $120 million fraud scheme, was seized by the Oregon office of the U.S. Attorney General yesterday. The…

PORTLAND, Ore. — The majority of Portland metro area voters are dissatisfied with the direction in which Portland and the surrounding local governments are headed. Located in Portland, DHM Research polled 500 voters in the Portland metro…

PORTLAND, Ore. — Newsweek magazine has nominated the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, or OMSI, as it is known locally, as one of the fifteen sites for the title of best science museum in the nation. According to Newsweek, "At OMSI,…

PORTLAND, Ore. — A new report that researched the walkability of American destinations ranked Portland, Oregon, in the top five of most walkable cities. It was given the fifth spot as one of the cities where you can travel far without a…

PORTLAND, Ore. — Software company Trimble has announced that they are vacating their Central Eastside Industrial District offices and are moving to new premises in the summer. Going with them are about 400 jobs. Colorado-based Trimble…