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Oh boy. We're on the cusp of a long holiday weekend. So you'll have plenty of time to hang out in Southeast Portland.

A Portland man is accused in hammer attacks on two women in the last two months.

PORTLAND, Ore. Another casualty of the Portland mayor's budget is the city's dive team, something that seems especially crucial following Thursday's Interstate 5 bridge collapse in Northern Washington.

Portland's budget hotels include a former bathhouse with a rock'n'roll vibe, art-stuffed B&Bs, and a bike-friendly hostel This mid-century motor inn has been turned into a boutique hotel in the heart of Portland - think classic motel with ultra-modern glass and steel facelift somewhere between Twin Peaks and a cosmopolitan truck stop - and is just ... (more)

With comic-book stores, indie cinema, live gigs, theatre, cutting-edge galleries - and great coffee of course - Portland punches way above its weight for a city of its size Laurelhurst Theater is a piece of Portland's history, and unmatched in its wide selection of contemporary, indie and art house cinema.

Portland's music scene is one of the most vibrant in the US and its gig venues and concert halls are a reflection of this.

North Portland, here's what's going down on this long, rainy weekend. Today at 3:30 p.m., artists will unveil the Albina Yard Mural .

Alameda and Laurelhurst school neighbors should brace for summer construction . PPS has applied for noise variances to work past standard construction hours in an effort to do the work before students return in the fall.

PORTLAND, Ore. Portland police are looking for 17-year-old boy who left his home Thursday morning and hasn't been seen since.

Photographs from Oregon Coast Beach Connection editor Andre' Hagestedt are on the walls for the month at the popular Raleigh Hills Starbucks on Beaverton/Hillsdale Highway in SW Portland.

First the weather : So much for a sunny weekend. The rain and cold is expected to continue through Sunday, skip Monday, and return Tuesday.

Police are searching for a man who held up a Southeast Portland convenience store with a handgun on Thursday morning.

Patrick Stupfel began skipping school in fourth grade, when his divorced parents were working long hours and he was forced to take the bus to school.

Clackamas County will not renew its contract with a sex offender treatment clinic that has been the source of angry protests in two Southeast Portland neighborhoods.

The Beaumont-Wilshire Neighbors for Responsible Growth decided Wednesday night to file a second notice of intent to appeal involving an apartment development planned for Northeast Fremont Street.

Literary Arts has announced its 2013-14 arts and lectures season. The lineup: Salman Rushdie, Oct.

With music institutions - especially those in less commercial genres - struggling musicians and fans have had to get social and entrepreneurial, increasingly relying on grassroots funding and informal venues.

These are some of the conclusions to be drawn from a recent analysis of economic trends in the Portland metropolitan area conducted by Christian Kaylor, a work force analyst with the Oregon Employment Department.

Backbone: Early Vancouver Experimental Cinema, 1967-1981 Richard Martin's documentary about... well, Vancouver experimental cinema from 1967 to 1981, accompanied by "some of the essential works that Martin's film touches upon." Whitsell Auditorium .

FOR THOSE WARRING against Portland's decades-old legacy of gang violence, 2013 has been, so far, something of a luxury.