Portland Public Schools could close five to 10 of its 74 elementary, K–8, middle, and alternative schools by the start of the 2027–28 academic year, Superintendent Dr. Kimberlee Armstrong said at a ...

Oregon’s failing grade, according to the CASPR report, stems not just from the fact that it offers sports betting online (as do 30 other states). Oregon also actively promotes online betting.

Crews work to extinguish a fire at Elephants Delicatessen at 115 NW 22nd Ave., on March 10, 2026. (Portland Fire & Rescue) A fire ripped through the Northwest 22 nd Avenue location of Elephants ...

Grant High School Constitution Team BOP (Courtesy of Civics Learning Project) Awkward silence filled the ballroom of the National Union Building in Washington, D.C., as Dr. Donna Phillips, president ...

Amid an ongoing transportation funding crisis, a committee of the Portland City Council is mulling a $68 million funding ...

In selecting nine schools for seismic retrofits, Portland Public Schools weighed how to reduce life-safety risk within the confines of money allocated toward retrofits in its 2025 school bond.

Spurred by fears that a new owner could uproot the Trail Blazers from Portland, state lawmakers approved a $365 million ...

Milagro Theatre, Portland’s premier Latino arts and culture center, has pulled a March run of shows of The Macbeths, citing remarks by its co-creator and star Mary McDonald-Lewis that disparaged ...

There is free time, but activities are generally chosen from a relatively wholesome menu—and, in any case, they’re more a classroom management tool than a reward for laxity.

In addition to a host of other legal challenges, Dr. Robert Pamplin Jr. now faces a demand from the Oregon Department of ...

Leach Botanical Garden has earned enough money in its emergency fundraising campaign to stay open through June 30, according to Leach Garden Friends, the nonprofit that has operated the East Portland ...

Portland State University sees department reductions and closures as a necessary step to a financially sustainable future. But its faculty union says the university should instead invest more in ...