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PDC to take last comments on fate of Sears armory

The Portland Development Commission is finally nearing the end of its 1˝-year study of the Sears U.S. Army Reserve Corps building on Multnomah …

Mercy Corps’ new fund fights global food prices

Portland’s Mercy Corps has created a Global Food Crisis Fund to battle rising food prices around the world. The fund will raise and distribute …

To market, to market

The Multnomah Village Business Association will sponsor a pilot farmers' market this summer at the Multnomah Center

MULTNOMAH – The popular Hillsdale Farmers’ Market will soon have a little sister in Multnomah Village. The summertime market is set to …

Woman dies in I-5 motorcycle accident

A 40-year-old woman died Sunday afternoon, April 27, on Interstate 5 southbound when the motorcycle she was riding left the road and slammed into a …

SW Trails pushes for final link to Lake Oswego

Armed with his e-mail list of about 1,000 people, SW Trails head Don Baack is turning on the heat at Portland City Hall to fund a project that would …

Council candidate Fritz talks sidewalks with locals

MULTNOMAH – The conversation quickly turned to sidewalks at this home party just off a poorly maintained gravel road in the Village. But this …

The government beat

Realtors call for more single-level homes in Hillsdale Realtors Pam Taylor of RE/MAX Capitol Properties and Viola Wax of The Hasson Company …

Murder-suicide discovered in Southwest Portland home

Officers from Portland’s Central Precinct discovered the bodies of Juan Andres Flores and Maen Issa Lutfi dead from a murder-suicide Monday …

Anticipation mounts for decision on Food Front

HILLSDALE – Spelling relief for Hillsdale residents who have had to travel far and wide for groceries the past few months, officials at Food …

The 'gentle giant'

Loss of artist felt in national haunt industry, local subculture

BRIDLEMILE – It was cold and dark, but still about 60 people – from teenagers to septuagenarians – gathered at the banks of the …

These activists still celebrate Earth Day in earnest

HILLSDALE – Stepping into Dick and Jeanne Roy’s home in Hillsdale is like walking into a time capsule from the 1970s. The décor is in …

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At an April 10 community meeting in Bridlemile, two neighbors wait to ask their question about the “halo” tax proposal while Portland Department of Transportation’s Don Gardner (left) and engineer Jerry Markesino answer another question.

Rieke may go solar

A proposal is in the works to add solar panels to the hillside along Bertha Court

HILLSDALE — The city of Portland and Portland Public Schools are working on a proposal to dot the hillside along Bertha Court with solar panels …

Southwest Portland childhood fuels state rep candidacy

MARSHALL PARK – For Chris Garrett, growing up in Southwest Portland was pretty great: wild parks, a close-knit community and great schools. …

Hillsdale hair salon hits 45th birthday this year

HILLSDALE – On a Saturday morning at Images Unlimited Salon on Vermont Street, owner Sandy Liptak smoothes Doris Palmer’s hair into …

Suspected car thief’s lunch plans end with arrest

Police find stolen Acura and capture primary suspect in citywide locker room thefts

Dustin Torres picked the wrong day to go to Tom’s Pizza & Pub in Northwest Portland. It was April 2, and the 36-year-old man – …

City’s sewage saga

BACK STORY • Southwest pipeline posed problems for years, and it’s not done yet

Bob Stevens wasn’t even dressed. It was an afternoon in February 2000, and he was waiting for the mail to come and waiting out a miserable …

The plan to save school a popular one

HILLSDALE – Portland Public Schools officials have been singing a different tune lately to Rieke Elementary School parents and staff about the …

Police seek help solving man’s beating death

Body of transient Don Wilson found in February near Southwest Barbur Boulevard

The Portland Police Bureau, in cooperation with Crime Stoppers, is offering a $1,000 reward for information that helps solve the case of a man found …

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