“Medical identity theft is the new frontier for organized crime,” says Alex Johnson, a former FBI agent who investigates ...

From my perspective, unless rents go up and vacancies go down, this building slump will steepen, and it’s going to be a long ...

The Foster Theater is open for business once again. Built in 1915 and gone through many iterations since—vaudeville venue, movie house, piano showroom, abandoned property —the theater at 5444 SE ...

Here’s a pretty mind-blowing fact about tiki bars: they were invented in 1930s California, then reimported to Hawaii for ...

Oregon sued the Trump administration Wednesday, arguing that new federal guidance restricting food assistance benefits for ...

In the last decade, humans caused 7 out of 10 wildfires on state-protected land. (Lightning accounted for the rest.) In 2025, the number of human-caused fires exceeded the 10-year average by 33, ...

Winter foraging used to be a matter of survival. Now it’s a unique way to discover seasonal eats while waiting for the bounty ...

Willamette Week's picks for the incredibly hard to shop for people in your gift-giving social circle. Stick to the basics and give them things they have no excuse not to use.

Willamette Week's annual gifting guide is curated with care, to make your shopping easy and meaningful. We hope it inspires ...

Currently, only the 285 OLCC-chartered state liquor stores are allowed to sell spirit-based canned cocktails. While alcohol ...

The bike bus concept is gaining in popularity, and Portland is now home to about 25 bike buses. This is largely thanks to Sam ...

Preschool for All is sitting on a lot of money. So it might come as a surprise that the people monitoring the program are ...