AltWeeklies Wire
Voices From the Streetnew
Wondering what could go wrong with Portland's homeless plan? Ask homeless people.
Willamette Week |
Lance Kramer |
12-28-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Agents Of Instructionnew
The FBI's citizens' academy will tell you how to handle a gun, but not how many G-men are in Oregon.
Willamette Week |
Julie Sabatier |
12-28-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Nigerian Connectionnew
The tale of an African government insider, a PGE exec and a shopping bag full of cash.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
12-20-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Fuck Dese Profilesnew
What did we do when we wanted to know more about teens with alleged ties to a Portland burglary ring? We checked out their MySpace pages.
Willamette Week |
Ian Demsky |
12-20-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Womb Raidersnew
An anti-abortion group's ads in local high-school newspapers fill the void left by Planned Parenthood.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
12-14-2006 |
Sex
Green vs. 'Green'new
Mount Hood Forest watchdogs worry that a federal study could lead to more logging.
Willamette Week |
Ian Demsky |
12-14-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Bottled Upnew
Oregon has fallen from leader to laggard in the simplest sustainable habit -- recycling.
Willamette Week |
Melissa L. Jones |
12-14-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Fur Fliesnew
With Schumacher Furs leaving downtown, what's next for Portland's animal rights activists?
Willamette Week |
Julie Sabatier |
12-07-2006 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Badge Of Dishonornew
About a third of Oregon law enforcement and corrections licenses revoked since 2002 involved sexual misconduct.
Willamette Week |
Ian Demsky |
12-07-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Producernew
Portland General Electric manipulated the record to try to raise our electricity rates.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
12-07-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Two Crimes, Two Punishmentsnew
Who should get more prison time: an accomplice in a robbery or a drunken driver in a fatal crash?
Willamette Week |
Ian Demsky |
11-29-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Losing Their Religionnew
A church's charter-school application rises again, and so does the debate over whether the school is secular.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
11-16-2006 |
Education
Tags: Education
Illegal Scholarnew
Carlos is a bright high-school senior who wants to go to college but faces a perplexing problem: he's also an undocumented immigrant.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
11-16-2006 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Blazers Gazersnew
The Oregonian's odd attempt to bring in an outside ref to examine its coverage of the Blazers.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
11-08-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Out of Africanew
Portlanders shine a spotlight on the Ethiopian crisis.
Willamette Week |
Julie Sabatier |
11-01-2006 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
