Vance Day, a former judge best known in Oregon for being suspended from the Marion County Circuit Court bench, has accepted a senior position in the U.S. Department of Justice. Day confirmed his new ...

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Sortis Capital, a Portland investment company affiliated with the owners of Bamboo Sushi, Sizzle Pie and Water Avenue Coffee, among others, has been in negotiations to buy Burgerville, the iconic ...

Meanwhile, Minnesota, a Finnish immigrant hotbed, proclaims itself the sauna capital of North America. Oregon is no Finland, but according to Michael Calcagno, it might be something like Minnesota.

Pietra Tordin makes a point to focus on something other than soccer every day. It’s how she gets through the constant training and travel, how she stops herself from getting overwhelmed by the demands ...

The top lawyer at the state agency responsible for paying public defenders retaliated against two female lawyers after they voiced complaints about him and the agency, according to a report obtained ...

A Pearl District landlord filed a tort claim notice with the city of Portland this week, threatening to sue the city over the emergency overnight shelter that officials opened last fall at the ...

A key component of the Oregon Health Plan will survive in at least some form for now, after a bill to reshape how the state determines the plan’s benefits died in committee. The original version of ...

Gov. Tina Kotek today released a slew of new appointments to the state’s 265 boards and commissions. Among the more interesting names on the list: Karin Power, a former state representative from ...

Prosper Portland has repossessed two buildings in the Old Town neighborhood that had been purchased by a failed shoe startup after it secured a $7 million loan from Prosper in 2025. The economic ...

This story was produced by the Oregon Journalism Project, a nonprofit newsroom covering the state. Ahead of the May 15 meeting of Gov. Tina Kotek’s Prosperity Council in Eugene, one of the loudest ...

New census data shows significant housing growth in Central Oregon, but the number of new units overall fell far below state ...