Portland police tactical officers are at Terminal 4 of the Port of Portland this morning. They are searching for a gunman who wounded a security officer around 1:30 a.m.

*Link may ask for demographic info, but you can just make up anything picked by DaftGretel 2 years ago

Portland is the unhappiest city America, according to a new ranking by BusinessWeek magazine.
*depression rates, suicide rates, divorce rates, crime, unemployment, population loss, job loss, weather, green space, depression, suicide, unemployment and crime rates* picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

The organizers cited Portland as a city that is, "celebrated as a center for animation, filmmaking, comics and indie music" and as such, an obvious fit. Animators from all over the world will attend. picked by robfouryqr 3 years ago

What an honor! Yay for the Northwest! picked by muppet 2 years ago

What's an employee to do when a masked robber confronts him in broad daylight, armed with a handgun, and demands money?
Rebuffed the robber with a high-intensity power washer, sending the suspect running from the spray of a lukewarm water and soap mixture. picked by bingo 11 months ago

Because they're engaged in a First Amendment-protected protest, the homeless people are exempt from Portland, Oregon's new sit-lie law, and the police are therefore powerless to move them on during the day.

Favorite quote from the article:

"This isn't camping, this is a protest." picked by Daftgretel 2 years ago

Oregon opened another chapter in U.S. marijuana history when at 4:20 p.m. Friday, about three dozen people christened the nation's first cafe for licensed residents to sit down, sip coffee and smoke marijuana. picked by ozero 1 week ago

City Commissioner Sam Adams is pushing a plan to impose a fee on grocery bags. Paper or plastic.
Adams, who hopes to have the fee in place before he takes over as mayor next year, said he has yet to decide how much to charge. But he's discussing that the City Council vote for a fee ranging anywhere from a nickel to 20 cents per bag. picked by muppet 1 year ago

A giant squid has been found off Portland in Victoria's south-west.

The six-metre long, 230-kilogram squid was still alive when it was netted by commercial fishermen last night. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Did you know it's not illegal to occasionally ride your bike nekkid in portland, oregon?

Good times. picked by muppet 1 year ago

Woman leaves baby in field, says she wasn't sure she was pregnant until the day she gave birth. She said doctors had told her, but she thought they were wrong. She said the pregnancy was "a mystery."

i hope they don't give it back. what a freakin lunatic. picked by muppet 1 year ago

Cyrus Sullivan of Portland, Ore., has launched a website, stdcarriers.com, listing carriers of STDs, even naming which disease a person has. picked by twoflies 1 year ago

Students who have parental permission to be treated at King Middle School's health center would be able to get birth control prescriptions under a proposal that the Portland School Committee will consider Wednesday.
*Yes the students need parental permission to use the health center, but they don't need parental permission for specific treatments, including the birth control prescription. picked by marli 2 years ago

Erik Ayala, 24, was the lone gunman who opened fire outside an under-21 nightclub in Portland on Saturday night, killing two girls and wounding seven other people before shooting himself, police said. The shooting, the worst in Portland's history, was also an international tragedy, including six foreign exchange students among the nine victims. picked by muppet 10 months ago

Link takes you to the example, then you can make your own! (The "T", however, said to be in Portland, Oregon, is indeed in Vancouver, Wa., to the north of our fair city.)
Stupid, stupid Google. picked by teresag 2 years ago

A goat somehow hitched a ride on a Portland bus Monday night, surprising TriMet officials and her owner, who was baffled about how she got there. Video picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The $57,000, prison-tough public toilets are attracting worldwide attention. The could be just the so-loo-tion to bathroom shortages. Portland police especially like them; they can easily tell if there are two legs too many in there. picked by meggysue 3 months ago

When the vegan restaurant didn't succeed, the entrepreneurial owner came up with a better idea. picked by arsphidius 2 years ago

The question is, how do Douglas Adams’ fans want to honor the humorous science fiction writer? picked by DaftGretel 1 year ago