The city’s economic development agency now declines to provide copies of those reviews to WW, citing attorney-client privilege.
Murmurs: Prosper Portland Won’t Release Review of Loan Program
WW Staff
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Many more enforcement notices were pending. A spokesperson notes the complexity of the staffing requirements, and says the institution is working “in earnest” to get staffing plans approved.
OHSU Fined Over $1.5 Million for Oregon Staffing Law Violations, More Than Any Other Hospital
Andrew Schwartz
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Seven months later, the Trump administration has retreated from its own most provocative allegations.
Portland’s Police Chief Said Two Immigrants Shot by a Federal Agent Had Links to a Gang. Why?
Andrew Schwartz
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The very best of the city, according to a poll of their peers.
Scene Queens: Portland’s Finest Drag Artists of 2026
Andrew Jankowski
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Comic books and classic bombshells inspired the female female impersonator’s queer activism.
Harlow Quinzel Is One of Portland’s Finest Drag Artists of 2026
Nicole Eckrich
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The SoCal queen who brought House of Colby flair to the Rose City came in at the top of this year’s poll.
Jay Colby Is Portland’s Finest Drag Artist of 2026
Brianna Wheeler
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Comic books and classic bombshells inspired the female female impersonator’s queer activism.
Harlow Quinzel Is One of Portland’s Finest Drag Artists of 2026
Nicole Eckrich
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The city’s cheesiest queen wins audiences with her big voice and outlandish mash-ups.
Quesa D’Mondays Is One of Portland’s Finest Drag Artists of 2026
Rachel Saslow
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The Southern belle blends polished Atlanta pageantry with Portland’s DIY spirit.
Khadijah Diamond Is One of Portland’s Finest Drag Artists of 2026
Andrew Jankowski
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The self-described ‘Trashiest Showgirl in Portland’ has a soft spot for her drag family.
Seven Is One of Portland’s Finest Drag Artists of 2026
Tim Tran
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As politicians struggle to grasp new dividing lines, fresh polling shows a majority of Oregonians across the political spectrum hold negative views on artificial intelligence and data centers and support restrictive policies to regulate them.
New Polling Shows Most Oregonians Wary of AI, Data Centers
Garrett Andrews
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On his latest album, rapper Born I combined his passions for Buddhist meditation and hip-hop.
Local Meditation Center to Host Hip-Hop Sound Bath
Robert Ham
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A queer twist in the current Broadway adaptation of ‘Cursed Child’ clashes with J.K. Rowling’s anti-LGBTQ+ activism.
Harry Potter and the Only Marginally Controversial Gay Ending
Laura Hill
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Generations of figure skaters grew up on the mall’s ice, the only public rink within city limits. Now they’re looking for what’s next.
Lacking a Municipal Ice Rink, Portland Found One at Lloyd Center
Rachel Saslow
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Vibeflation deflating your sensations? We’ve assembled a month of affordable music in Portland to turn things around.
A $10 (Or Less) Concert for Every Day That’s Left in August
Nolan Parker
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Hear The Apricots, go to Friday Splashdown at Audrey McCall Beach and see Comedy Bang! Bang!
What to Do in Portland (Aug. 5–11, 2026)
Brianna Wheeler
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‘The Jericho Mile’ plays at the Hollywood Theatre on Aug. 10 as part of its Month of Mann series.
Get Your Reps In: Michael Mann’s Made-For-TV Debut
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
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The initiative seeking to reroute 25% of Portland Clean Energy Fund tax revenues to hiring some 400 police officers has failed to qualify for the November ballot. The initiative previously failed to qualify in its first sample. It has now failed the second and final sample.
Initiative to Hire Cops With Climate Dollars Fails to Quality for November Ballot, Backers Pledge to Sue
Julian Balsley
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“I was unaware that a burn ban was in place when I cleared some brush in my backyard last month,” Green said.
Willamette Week@wweek.com · yesterdayJust before 8 pm on July 26, a 911 dispatcher received a call concerning a fire in the backyard of a Southwest Portland home. It was the home of Councilor Mitch Green.
Just before 8 pm on July 26, a 911 dispatcher received a call concerning a fire in the backyard of a Southwest Portland home. It was the home of Councilor Mitch Green.
Backyard Brush Fire at City Councilor Mitch Green’s Home Violated Burn Ban
Sophie Peel
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A westward shift in winds on Monday cast an amber haze over the city as smoke from the catastrophic wildfires burning in central Washington and Oregon degraded the air quality.
Wind Shifts West, Sends Wildfire Smoke Into Portland
Julian Balsley
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On the role Adam Silver and the NBA will play in determining the Blazers’ future in Portland, whether Tom Dundon wants to keep them here or not www.rosegardenreport.com/why-adam-sil...
Why Adam Silver Won't Let Tom Dundon Move the Trail Blazers
City and county lawmakers are preparing to vote on their portions of a Moda Center funding package.
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Hundreds of people gathered in adjacent The Fields Park to watch the 116-year-old abandoned building burn.
Fire Collapses All Eight Stories of Vacant Centennial Mills
Joe Riedl, Aaron Mesh
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The front page of this morning’s Spokesman-Review, Aug. 2, 2026, the day after one of the worst wildfires in Washington state history. More than 600 structures, mostly homes, have been lost in the #OldTrailsFire. Read local news.
It’s a Class C traffic violation to operate a vehicle whose exhaust system exceeds 88 decibels.
Is the Barking of Cars with Obnoxiously Loud Exhausts Legal?
Marty Smith
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All 36 counties surpass the national average, with Hood River the highest and Clatsop the lowest, a new study shows.
Oregon Is the Top-Ranked State for Breastfeeding Right After Birth
Khushboo Rathore
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On the WNBA's culture war finally making its way to Portland: www.rosegardenreport.com/the-wnbas-cu...
The WNBA's Culture War Comes to Portland
An entertaining Fire loss to Indiana was overshadowed by the circus around a Sophie Cunningham rally.
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After WW reported on the slide being shut down, the parks bureau has backtracked.
Following Outcry, City Will Allow Brooklyn Park Waterslide to Return
Garrett Andrews
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The trick to getting a nice, snappy sausage texture? Salt and a little patience.
What We’re Cooking This Week: Italian Sausage and Peppers
Jim Dixon
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The evaluation’s authors indicate that the intention of the report is not to justify school closures, but to help the district better understand how rightsizing decisions might affect students, families, staff, and school leadership.
Ahead of PPS School Consolidations, A Report Offers Lessons From Its Most Recent Enrollment Balancing Attempt
Joanna Hou
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