The trams — Jean on the north side and Walt on the south — are named in honor of Jean Richardson, the first female engineering graduate student at Oregon State University, and Walt Reynolds, the first Black person to graduate from the University of Oregon Medical School (known today as ...
And now, you are invited to the public forum of today's NEWS. IN LOCAL NEWS: • Today in "Welp, that was a waste of time": After years and countless hours of Portland's government pushing for the current ban that criminalizes homelessness, police have only arrested three people in th...
1. A city of southern Maine on an arm of the Gulf of Maine south of Lewiston. Settled c. 1632, it became a commercial center in the 1600s and was state capital from 1820 to 1832. It is the largest city in the state. 2. The largest city of Oregon, in the northwest part of the...
1786. The largest city in Maine, it (together with neighboring South Portland) is a port of entry, the commercial center of the state, and the rail, highway, shipping, and processing center for a vast farming, lumbering, and resort area. The Port of Portland is a major receiving port ...
This state of affairs follows prolonged disinvestment in the fields of history and civics: today, a new report reveals, federal spending per pupil in these subjects averages $0.05, whereas STEM education (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) per pupil averages $50—a thousandfold dif...
Umpqua, Walla Walla, Warm Springs, Wasco, Yakama, and numerous other Tribes and Bands. Today, Portland has one of the largest Native populations in the U.S., and tribal peoples throughout the Pacific Northwest continue to visit, use, and honor the lower Willamette River and its resources....
₋The station has changed little except for the rebuilding of the whistle house in 1975 due to its having been badly damaged in a storm. Today, Portland Head Light stands 80 feet (24 m) above ground and 101 feet (31 m) above water, its white conical tower being connected to a dwelli...
• Today in "Welp, that was a waste of time": After years and countless hours of Portland's government pushing for the current ban that criminalizes homelessness,police have only arrested three peoplein the ban's first six months. Time, place, and manner rules dictate that houseless people...
The Portland City Council declared a state of emergency on homelessness in 2015 and has extended it five times since then. The measure, set to expire in 2025, reduces the bureaucratic hurdles surrounding the creation of homeless shelters. ...
, USA Today My editors and I had originally thought of using this week’s column slot for a look at the fading fortunes of CTIA’s event, but they asked me to explain Apple’s new iPhone-upgrade program (so instead you read about this trade show’s travails here). Note the presence...