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The East Burn has closed after 18 years
2+ hour, 3+ min ago (143+ words) The two-floor Portland bar scene staple East Burn has abruptly closed after 18 years at 1800 E. Burnside St. "Unfortunately, at this time the East Burn is closed for business," says the bar's outgoing voicemail message. Management did not immediately respond to a…...
ICE Facility at Portland Airport Seems to Be Off the Table
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (413+ words) Months after job listings from a government security contractor suggested there were plans for a federal immigrant detention facility at the Portland International Airport, there is no evidence any such project has been actually moving forward. "We have no new…...
Oregon Puts Out Stricter Air Quality Guidelines for Outdoor Youth Activities
4+ hour, 38+ min ago (376+ words) The Oregon Health Authority published new, stricter guidelines this week for scheduling youth sports and other outdoor activities when air quality gets unhealthy. The agency says the change reflects "increasing scientific evidence" that smoke can harm children's health at levels…...
Council President Jamie Dunphy Lambasts Serial Meetings Law
14+ hour, 6+ min ago (119+ words) In a rare moment of frustration for a typically placid official, Portland City Council President Jamie Dunphy said this week that the state's serial meetings law is "crippling" the council and causing it embarrassment. Dunphy said the law has resulted…...
Murmurs: Health Insurers Seek Huge Price Hike
14+ hour, 39+ min ago (1189+ words) Willamette Week Murmurs: Health Insurers Seek Huge Price Hike In other news: Meieran enters county chair race. HEALTH INSURERS SEEK HUGE PRICE HIKE: Oregonians will have fewer options for health insurance plans in 2027, and the plans that remain are seeking…...
Buckle Up, Parents. It's Summer Vacation.
20+ hour, 2+ min ago (237+ words) When school bells rang last Friday dismissing Portland Public Schools students for the summer, thousands of children trashed their workbooks and ran into the ecstasy of June, July and August. For those of us with school-age children, it marked something…...
Has the Gentle Parenting Movement Gone Too Far?
20+ hour, 5+ min ago (1808+ words) When her first daughter was born in 2018, Nataliya Pirumova set out to be a gentle parent. For a while, she felt she was nailing it. Pirumova, who lives in Beaverton, didn't go that far. Still, during her daughter's infancy, she…...
We Asked Tweens About the Policy That Made Them Bring Their Parents to the Pool
20+ hour, 4+ min ago (1017+ words) The summer of 2026 was shaping up to be Seamus Fitchen's best one yet. Seamus, 13, is coming off of arguably the worst year of middle school: seventh grade. But in the final weeks of class, he was starting to taste the…...
What to Do in Portland (June 1016, 2026)
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (492+ words) Willamette Week What to Do in Portland (June 1016, 2026) See Dyke Drama, hear Blueprint choirs or check out the Foster Summer Soiree this week in Portland. GO: Tab Benoit w/ Ghalia Volt, Soul of the Swamp Tour Grammy-nominated singer Tab Benoit…...
Thom Hilton's New Short Takes the Viewer on a Surreal Journey
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (349+ words) The inspiration for Thom Hilton's latest film came from a dream. "I went to this gallery and there was something in the gallery that had been taken from my house," Hilton tells WW. "A couple of years later, I saw…...