The Portland Police Bureau says it responded to 11 drug overdoses in nearly as many hours on Friday, three fatal, highlighting the fatal consequences of the fentanyl flooding Portland’s streets.
Category: Willamette Week
We Asked Portlanders Where the Mayor Is Opening a Giant Homeless Camp
Portlanders are a knowledgable tribe.
How Exactly Would You Go About Eating the Rich?
When leftists chant slogans like “eat the rich,” have they really thought about eating, like, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk?
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Friday night, March 2.
Republican Leader Calls for Oregon Governor, Secretary of State to Return Contributions Made by La Mota’s Founders
Oregon’s top Republican lawmaker has responded to a WW story by calling on Gov.
These Are the Glory Days of Cheap Blazers Tickets
The Portland Trail Blazers are trying to thread a very fine needle.
Office of Civic Life Looks to Reroute $500,000 From Five Nonprofits to Neighborhood-Based Grants
The Office of Community and Civic Life plans to cut $500,000 in guaranteed funding from five nonprofits that focus on communities of color and instead use that money to maintain funding for its neighborhood offices and to bolster its small grants prog…
Readers Respond to a Fentanyl Den in a Prominent Downtown Property
Last week, WW explored one of the most blighted properties in downtown Portland, a commercial complex at Southwest 4th Avenue and Washington Street.
Multnomah County Lost Population Again in 2022, U.S. Census Bureau Says
Multnomah County lost population in the year ended July 1, 2022, the U.S. Census Bureau said in its annual report on county-level changes, marking just the fourth decline in four decades.
Oregon Health Authority Rejects Legacy’s Closure of East County Birthing Center
The Oregon Health Authority today firmly rejected Legacy Health’s request for a waiver that would give the hospital system permission to close the birthing center at Legacy Mt. Hood Medical Center.