Checkerboard Pizza, the slice-focused sister establishment of Ken’s Artisan Pizza, has long beguiled critics. “Dumb name,” WW ...

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Nearly 100 candidates ran for Portland City Council this year. By the end of this week, we should know for certain who the 12 ...

The cornerstone of Wilson’s landslide win last week is a plan to establish 2,000 nighttime shelter beds within the year. He ...

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Portlanders now know the probable winners of a dozen seats on the 2025 City Council. It’s a diverse group. The 12 include ...

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Chris Lydgate is a longtime Portland writer, editor, and author whose work has appeared in local, national, and international ...

The name is everywhere: Schnitzer Steel. Schnitzer Hall. Schnitzer Properties. Patriarch Sam Schnitzer fled from Ukraine to ...

A strip club torn down to make way for community housing. A landfill that became a park. And a nonprofit that shows what can ...

Portland has the ninth-largest Native American community of any city in the nation, but none of its members had ever been ...