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Midday Scan Tuesday: A city with police troubles? Portland
Oh, were you thinking Seattle? Snohomish County might build another dam, of the mini variety. Dave Reichert faces some surprising poll numbers.
READ MORE | 2 COMMENTSMayor of 'Portlandia': the real-life fight
Things didn't go so well with Sam Adams after voters picked him 4 years ago. Now, 3 contenders are battling to emerge from a large primary pack of would-be mayors.
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Meet the megapolitans and their need for rail, collaboration
A myth holds that America is a land of wide-open spaces. In fact, much of the population is densely concentrated huge urban areas. And, yes, busting another myth, the density could support high-speed rail service.
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Portland Opera: Glass on Galileo
The adventurous opera company gives the 2001 Philip Glass chamber opera a stirring, imaginative new production.
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For Columbia River Crossing, Coast Guard objections are just the beginning
The Columbia River Crossing, the $3.1 billion replacement of the bridge between Washington and Oregon, has an entire chorus of detractors. The Coast Guard, with its objections that the bridge is too low to allow certain ships through, might want to get in line.
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Portland troupe marries dance and oral fixation
With little traditional dancing and no narrative, tEEth's 'Make/Believe' leaves its audience with a viscerally compelling look at human communication.
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWMcCormick, Schmick and ... Bubba's?!
The restaurants, which have just seen an ownership change, trace their roots to Jake's in Portland. Whatever the new Texas-born owner does, according to our Portland-native writer, he shouldn't mess with Jake's.
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Seattle's missing out on the value of motorcycles
Other cities, including Kirkland and San Francisco, are encouraging people to get out of cars and onto scooters and motorcycles. Seattle is mired in process on the question.
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Rumbles on the waterfront; another case of Portland-envy; dubious distinction time for Washington colleges; Rose City roses for Obama's speech; and a study puts tolls on 520 under another cloud.
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Cities now compete on how well they plan for biking-walking-transit
With more people moving to urban settings, the cities such as Portland and Minneapolis that do the most to build transit and bike-friendly streets will be the economic winners.
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Passing of eras in Everett and Portland; McKenna gets a lesson from the Supreme Court; Tim Burgess wants to save Seattle's downtown, while Howard Schultz may want to save the country.
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Now a victim of strange behavior, David Wu has said he will step down from representing Portland's high-tech neighborhoods. Democrats were showing him the door, hoping to replace him with someone with a better statewide future.
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The annual Summer Solstice Reading put on by Copper Canyon Press featured award-winning poets including local star Heather McHugh.
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Years ago, King Broadcasting's president was down in Ashland to see some Shakespeare and noticed a Medford reporter. His story sometimes varied, to include a mention of her working part time as a waitress.
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Transit union, TriMet fight over benefits
A winner-take-all arbitration round is set to begin in a showdown over generous health benefits.
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Portland mayor fights with sheriff over finger-printing costs
The mayor says reducing payments to the county helped him find money to keep teachers. The sheriff isn't happy and says the cost is a city responsibility.
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In Portland, 100 teachers could lose their jobs
The Oregonian reports, "Portland Superintendent Carole Smith proposed Monday that the school board cut 110 teaching jobs -- 7 percent of the teaching work force in Oregon's largest school district -- to balance the budget for the coming school year."
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