Willamette Week @wweek.com · 1hTalk of the team’s future home overshadowed the arrival of Ja Morant and new head coach Micah Nori.wweek.comBlazers Leadership Faces the Music at Media DayRobert Ohman 010
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 3hA Republican seeking to represent parts of Multnomah and Clackamas counties got a boost from the wife of a prominent former fuel executive convicted of rape.wweek.comContribution of the Week: $62,000Garrett Andrews 242
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 3hSo when the three county chair hopefuls came into WW’s office last week for an endorsement interview, we asked what went wrong with the county’s oversight of the Sunstone Way contract and what accountability measures should have prevented it.wweek.comWhat Went Wrong With Sunstone Way?Joanna Hou 141
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 4hOfficials projected a jubilant spirit.wweek.comGenentech Breaks Ground on Major Factory Project in HillsboroAndrew Schwartz 010
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 4hThe conversation to approve the contract has had a lasting effect on the School Board’s dynamics. Since that night, its seven members have seemingly pushed on with open wounds.wweek.comA Controversial Bond Management Contract Continues To Divide the Portland School BoardJoanna Hou 030
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 4hIn other news: A family alleges in a lawsuit that construction at the Bull Run water treatment site has disrupted everyday life.wweek.comMurmurs: Housing Providers See Costs From Property Damage BalloonWW Staff 130
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 10hRun by an intergenerational volunteer staff, the former Hollywood Senior Center skips the institutional day care vibes in favor of something akin to a clubhouse.wweek.comCommunity for Positive Aging Is About Aging Gracefully With the HomiesBrianna Wheeler 082
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 10hAquafit and other water-based exercise classes might be a good fit for your aging parents. But they might be what you’re looking for, too.wweek.comWater Aerobics Has a Rap as an ‘Old Person’ Exercise. That’s Why I Love It.Christen McCurdy 033
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 10hStatistically, the average Portlander’s parents are of retirement age.wweek.comHow to Help Mom and Dad Over the HillMatthew Trueherz 131
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 10hThe decades-old town has something to teach us all about what it looks like to bend an independent life toward community.wweek.comKing City Has Long Set the Regional Standard for Middle-Class Senior LifeAndrew Schwartz 020
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 10hAn aging population affects the city’s schools, civic priorities and migration trends.wweek.comStatistically, Portland Is Getting OlderJoanna Hou 020
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 13hWith ‘Streamers,’ Dundon expands on a body of work he began with the 2023 book ‘Protest City.’wweek.comPhotographer Rian Dundon Studies a New Breed of Hyper-Online Citizen JournalistGarrett Andrews 031
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 16hThe ‘country-punk poet’ talks sex, drugs and publishing a short story from her 2019 collection ‘Black Light’ as a standalone book.wweek.comKimberly King Parsons Spills Her ‘Guts’Matthew Trueherz 010
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 17hDavid Cronenberg’s body-horror masterwork screens at Cinemagic this week.wweek.comGet Your Reps In: ‘The Fly’ Still Disgusts and Delights in Equal MeasureMorgan Shaunette 020
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 17hGo to the Swan Island Dahlia Festival, watch the doc ‘Black Zombie,’ and chow down at Taste of Portland.wweek.comGet Busy: What to Do In Portland (Sept. 30-Oct. 6, 2026)Brianna Wheeler 010
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 17hAlso: Bolivian American sibling duo Los Thuthanaka plays the Wonder Ballroom, and Acid Mothers Temple is at Polaris Hall.wweek.comShows of the Week: Geordie Greep Will Scare the Bejesus out of YouDaniel Bromfield 010
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 23hThere’s a shadow hanging over the Oregon’s governor’s race: a record $10 million check that a California carpenters union wrote to an affiliated Oregon political action committee Sept. 16.wweek.com$10 Million Mystery Check Hangs Over Governor’s RaceNigel Jaquiss 071
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 29/09/2026A Washington state attorney has been advising a Portland-area governance board on Oregon Public Meetings Law.wweek.comEthics Watchdogs Investigate Whether Lawyer Gave Troubled Multnomah County Health Board Dubious Legal AdviceAndrew Schwartz 1103
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 28/09/2026The Oregon Department of Justice has subpoenaed records as part of an investigation into the failed startup Made In Old Town, which secured a $7 million loan from Prosper Portland and then went belly-up earlier this year.wweek.comOregon Department of Justice Subpoenas Records Concerning Failed Old Town Shoe StartupSophie Peel 0103
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 28/09/2026“It’s lowered the appetite of people to do something bold.”wweek.comBen Bowman Is No Fan of Multimember District, Ranked Choice VotingAaron Mesh 760
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 28/09/2026“I do not want to see a square or a rectangle.”wweek.comTay Nakamoto Has Filled Her Beaverton Home With Cheerful Colors and Lively ArtChristen McCurdy 051
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 27/09/2026Measure 98 diverted funding to more rigorous instruction, but state officials aren’t tracking results.wweek.comAudit: Oregon Department of Education Has Failed to Oversee $338 Million Program for Boosting High School Graduation RatesJames Neff 1135
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 26/09/2026Regulating screen time appears to be a top priority for the School Board’s seven members.wweek.comPortland School Board Takes Early Step Toward a Screen Time PolicyJoanna Hou 061
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 26/09/2026Recently, OK Omens had become one of the most exciting places to eat seafood in Portland.wweek.comOK Omens to Close, Ending 25-Year Legacy of the Restaurant CastagnaRachel Saslow 040
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 26/09/2026Celebrating 30 years, the music recording magazine is out with a new book.wweek.com‘Tape Op’ Editor Larry Crane Explains What a Music Producer Actually DoesChristen McCurdy 041
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 26/09/2026The documents detail the specific claims a university investigator felt she had “substantiated”—and which she had not.wweek.comOHSU Releases Files From Investigation That Preceded Abrupt Firing of Health System CEOAndrew Schwartz 031
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 25/09/2026The custard-like cake is an easy skillet recipe that works with or without the elusive fall fruit.wweek.comWhat We’re Cooking This Week: Olive Oil Cake with QuinceJim Dixon 030
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 25/09/2026It’s nearly extinguished, and it was far from 2026’s biggest Oregon blaze, but the 94,000-acre Grasshopper Fire east of Mount Hood represents the biggest missed opportunity this fire season.wweek.comDid the Grasshopper Fire Have to Be So Bad?Penny Rosenberg 161
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 25/09/2026As a public official, there are several things you would prefer not to read in an audit of a $61 million public contract.wweek.comReaders Respond to Audit of Portland Public Schools’ $61 Million ContractWW Staff 250
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 25/09/2026The controversial fuel terminal along the Willamette River that’s currently owned by Zenith Energy will soon have a new owner.wweek.comFranchise Transfer of Fuel Terminal Greenlighted After Months of LimboSophie Peel 030
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 24/09/2026In two recommendations, Jennifer McGuirk suggests the county strengthen its seat allocation policies and improve the program’s waitlist.wweek.comCounty Auditor Raises Concerns Around Preschool for All ContractingJoanna Hou 030
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 24/09/2026With the beginning of fall comes a now familiar tune: Oregon students continue to post outcomes on the statewide assessment that continue to fall flat from pre-pandemic outcomeswweek.comOregon’s Students Continue to See Slow Recovery in State Assessment OutcomesJoanna Hou 031
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 24/09/2026‘Rock*’ is a speculative cultural history that asks, what if the Velvet Underground was the biggest band the world had ever known?wweek.comFake Trivia From Chuck Klosterman’s Bizarro Rock-’n’-Roll HistoryMatthew Trueherz 050
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 24/09/2026Women’s sports deserve better than anti-trans fearmongering.wweek.comAnti-Trans Protestors Take to Sports Bra and Portland Fire and Thorns GamesLeo Baudhuin 1264
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 24/09/2026The ex-CEO of Home Forward, who resigned under a cloud of controversy earlier this year, is poised to be selected to serve as the next executive director of the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh.wweek.comPittsburgh Housing Authority Expected to Pick Ex-Home Forward CEO Ivory Mathews to Lead AgencySophie Peel 030
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 24/09/2026Monthly visitors and office workers in downtown hit 3 million people for the first time since 2019. The number is higher than last summer, when foot traffic neared 2.8 million, and marks five consecutive years of growth.wweek.comDowntown Foot Traffic Is Up But Office Workers Remain Home, Study ShowsGarrett Andrews 2102
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 23/09/2026The film ‘Peaking’ shows the effects of LSD, psilocybin, ibogaine, MDMA, ayahuasca and toad.wweek.comDocumentary on Psychedelics Shows Real-Deal TripsRachel Saslow 051
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 23/09/2026Jane Austen’s most classic of classics critiques the patriarchy and wins slapstick laughs in Kate Hamill’s adaptation.wweek.comA Retooled, Farcical ‘Pride & Prejudice’ Opens Season 20 at Portland Center StageEric Ash 040
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 23/09/2026Two city councilors are seeking to increase the city’s existing surtax on companies whose CEOs are making much more than their employees, and at the same time increase the existing threshold for the city’s Business License Tax.wweek.comPortland Councilors Seek To Raise Taxes on Companies With Highly-Paid CEOs and Exempt More Small Businesses From TaxSophie Peel 3141
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 23/09/2026We asked the six incumbent city councilors what fuels the bitter feuds between the two factions.wweek.comWhat Divides the Portland City Council?Sophie Peel 220
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 23/09/2026‘This company is a gem, hidden under the rocks.’wweek.comTwo Men Joined Forces at a Biotech Firm. One Is Being Hailed for His Work to Cure HIV. The Other Is Going to Prison.Andrew Schwartz 051
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 23/09/2026The fact that a city director was lobbying the same elected officials to whom she might later allocate public campaign finance dollars raises ethical questions for some observers.wweek.comA City Campaign Finance Officer Lobbied Councilors in Her Free Time Last YearSophie Peel 453
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 23/09/2026The Portland School Board’s policy committee was set to discuss a districtwide screen time policy Sept. 22 that if approved would, in some cases, significantly reduce the amount of time students in grades K–8 spend in front of screens.wweek.comMurmurs: Draft Screen Policy Would Curb Use Across PPSWW Staff 020
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 23/09/2026Trisha Baga’s experiential audiovisual installation at PICA explodes the tourist trap form.wweek.com‘MORE’ Escapes the Corny Pitfalls of 3D and Immersive Art WorksJordan Sutherland 020
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 23/09/2026The city announced this week that the Columbia Pool in North Portland will be demolished later this year.wweek.comCity Will Demolish North Portland PoolSophie Peel 242
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 23/09/2026At issue is the school district's contract with the Texas-based management firm Procedeo. The referral letter cites potential violations of two state laws that prohibit the use of a public position for financial gain. It doesn't specify who is under investigation. 161
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 23/09/2026BREAKING: Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read on Monday referred an investigation his office began into Portland Public Schools to the Oregon Department of Justice, citing potential criminal violations of two state laws.wweek.comSecretary of State Refers Portland Public Schools to Department of Justice for Criminal Investigation Over Procedeo ContractIn a referral letter, Read’s deputy, Michael Kaplan, cited potential violations of two state laws that prohibit the use of one’s public official position for financial gain. Kaplan wrote that Read’s o... 0102
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 23/09/2026The former Six Point Inn is a neighborhood watering hole, not a TV diner.wweek.comOver Easy Bar & Breakfast Survived ‘Bar Rescue’ by Refusing to ChangeAndrew Jankowski 150
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 23/09/2026Henri-Georges Clouzot’s masterwork of noir screens at Cinema 21 on Sept. 26.wweek.comGet Your Reps In: ‘Diabolique,’ the Movie That Lit a Fire Under HitchcockMorgan Shaunette 0100
Willamette Week @wweek.com · 23/09/2026Also: Chat Pile comes to Rev Hall, and Igorrr stops by the Roseland.wweek.comShows of the Week: A Stripped-Down Perfume Genius Show at the AladdinDaniel Bromfield 000
