Calls for changes in the way Portland police do their job are coming to a boil over the next week, as members of the public will have two major events to make their voices heard on the issue of police accountability. Read the complete article
Back in 1992, little more than year into Portland’s experiment with “community policing” Officer Wayne Kuechler said the transition was proving hard for many of the Bureau’s entrenched interests...Today, there are remnants left of that philosophy, although some experts say the notion of an officer that works and lives in the neighborhood they serve has been lost in an era of increasing use of paramilitary tactics... Read the complete article
The 13th Annual Portland Clowns Without Borders Benefit Show, raising funds for relief work in Haiti, is this Friday, March 12, 7:30 p.m. at Da Vinci Middle School, 2508 NE Everett. Read the complete article
McKenna’s High-Tech Unit goes international to throw the book at eBook sellers Read the complete article
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Gov. Ted Kulongoski named Ted Wheeler to succeed Ben Westlund as state treasurer. Westlund, an independent spirit in Oregon politics and a passionate advocate of health care reform, died of lung cancer Sunday. He was 60. Read the complete article
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon's regular season came to an end on Saturday with one last win at McArthur Court and amid reports that its coach has been fired. Read the complete article
SEATTLE (AP) -- Coffee chain Starbucks Corp. is sticking to its policy of letting customers carry guns where it is legal and said it does not want to be put in the middle of a larger gun-control debate. Read the complete article
Even in a brand-new building, problems arise. The state-of-the-art environmentally sound Humboldt Gardens complex is no different. So BJ decided to form a resident’s association at the new Housing Authority complex to help deal with problems they were having ...
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PHILOMATH, Ore. (AP) -- Organic farmers fear this year’s spring breezes will be carrying pollen from genetically altered sugar beets, which they say could render their crops worthless, and they hope to persuade a federal judge this week to halt the plantings nationwide... Read the complete article
Friends of the Black Studies Department at Portland State University hosts students, faculty and community historians at a celebration of the institution’s future Friday, Feb. 26 at 5:45 at the Billy Webb Elks Lodge, 6 N. Tillamook St... Read the complete article
