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Get out and explore Southwest Portland, win prizes
SW Connection - NewsHillsdale Community Foundation offers scavenger hunt and trivia challenge June 19-25. -
Capitol Highway Improvement Project here for the long-haul
SW Connection - News$27.5 million infrastructure project will see roadway construction in Southwest Portland through late 2022
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Community newspaper publisher Christine Moore dies
SW Connection - NewsThe longtime publisher and advertising director for the Pamplin Media Group had been battling cancer. -
Help available: Oregon eviction moratorium ends June 30
SW Connection - NewsMultnomah County and Portland leaders urge renters and landlords to apply for assistance. -
Portland leaders: No chance at restoring funds for SWNI
SW Connection - NewsOn heels of Civic Life audit, Southwest district coalition warns of lawsuit without renewed funding -
Read the new Portland City Charter comic
SW Connection - NewsThe city's charter review process gets humanized by Portland-based comics creators. -
Portland police budget strives to maintain patrols
SW Connection - NewsUPDATE: City Council adopted $5.7 million budget with new pay raises and traffic safety projects. -
City apologizes for Civic Life mismanagement
SW Connection - NewsCommissioners issue apology to employees of troubled bureau as reorganization gets under way. -
PSU to disarm campus police by Sept. 1
SW Connection - NewsAfter initial delay, Portland State University commits to unarmed patrols before fall term. -
Oregon House expels Rep. Nearman for role in Capitol breach
SW Connection - NewsMid-Valley Republican is first in state history to lose his seat for 'disorderly behavior.' -
Ida B. Wells-Barnett High marks historic graduation with class…
SW Connection - NewsAfter year marked by pandemic, political and social unrest, students reflect on resilience. -
Longtime Virginia Garcia leader takes Multnomah County job
SW Connection - NewsAfter eight years as executive director of the Virginia Garcia Memorial Foundation, Serena Cruz will depart. -
Washington County detectives seek victims of alleged abuser
SW Connection - NewsHenry Stephen 'Steve' Bauer is facing four charges of first-degree sexual abuse. -
Canby Street housing development scaled back
SW Connection - NewsProject planners have reduced plans for the construction site near Gabriel Park to 25 new single family homes -
The power of one's voice
SW Connection - NewsCatlin Gabel's Catie Macauley is speaking out, organizing and making a difference -
Ralph Brown's family holds press conference seeking help
SW Connection - NewsThe former Cornelius mayor's family and friends are asking for your help to find Brown who's been missing… -
Red Electric Bridge work finally underway
SW Connection - NewsAfter years of delays on Southwest pedestrian and bike bridge, PBOT now making headway -
Metro OKs county homeless plan; Portland begins collecting tax
SW Connection - NewsThe Metro Council voted 6-1 to accept Multnomah County's implementation plan for the Supportive Housing… -
Hardesty: Year needed to reorganize Civic Life bureau
SW Connection - NewsAn existing manager is appointed as the interim director of the embattled Portland bureau after a scathing… -
Psychology tools in the palm of your hand
SW Connection - NewsSouthwest Portland parents launch app to help children navigate emotions and stress -
Civic Life director received $176K-plus severance package
SW Connection - NewsThe Portland bureau manager also was paid additional benefits when she resigned. -
Portland bureau review confirms serious management problems
SW Connection - NewsCommissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, in charge of the Office of Community & Civic Life, opposed releasing the public… -
Portland bureau review confirms serious management problems
SW Connection - NewsCommissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, in charge of the Office of Community & Civic Life, opposed releasing the public… -
Portland Children's Museum will dissolve assets
SW Connection - NewsPPP loan, free rent weren't enough to stabilize finances for museum, charter school -
Greene, Hollands, Brim-Edwards, Bussell win board seats
SW Connection - NewsPortland Public, Portland Community College board races see landslide wins -
Oregon Historical Society levy easily approved
SW Connection - NewsIn Multnomah County, 78.5% of voters are backing the levy to operate the downtown museum and four smaller… -
Washington County, four others cleared for 'lower risk'
SW Connection - NewsBenton, Deschutes, Hood River and Lincoln counties will also move to the more permissive COVID-19 risk… -
SWNI hopes to chart new path with 2nd PPP loan
SW Connection - NewsCiting need to restructure, neighborhood coalition will apply for new federal loan despite objections -
Head of embattled Portland Civic Life bureau to leave
SW Connection - NewsThe departure is announced two days after the Multnomah County District Attorney ordered the release of an… -
Ginny Burdick confirmed for regional power council seat
SW Connection - NewsThe Southwest Portland Democrat starts her term on Nov. 1, when she will vacate the Senate District 18 seat. -
DA orders Portland to release controversial bureau audit
SW Connection - NewsThe City Attorney's Office had refused to release the third-party audit of the Office of Community & Civic… -
Mapps: Release Office of Community & Civic Life audit now
SW Connection - NewsThe Portland City Commissioner said the audit of the embattled bureau should be released before Thursday's… -
DA orders Portland to release controversial bureau audit
SW Connection - NewsThe City Attorney's Office had refused to release the third-party audit of the Office of Community & Civic… -
Oregon shifts COVID vaccine doses where demand is high
SW Connection - NewsSome blame political tensions for hesitancy by many to get a shot against coronavirusSome blame political… -
Earl Blumenauer Bridge: Portland nets bike, pedestrian link
SW Connection - NewsElegant new bike and pedestrian bridge waits to be craned into place across I-84 for cyclists, pedestrians -
Rose City 5K Run set for downtown on May 20
SW Connection - NewsThe socially-distanced run will be held along the seawall in Tom McCall Waterfront Park. -
Civic org aims to enter partnership with neighborhood groups
SW Connection - NewsParticipatory Budgeting Oregon could help fill gaps in funding to Southwest groups -
Portland schools see fewer pandemic problems than in Bend
SW Connection - NewsA surge of COVID-19 cases forces quarantine of 700 students in the Central Oregon district
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Suit: Portland police slash tires, trap protester with disabilities in car
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The Intercept sues Portland for records in Sean Kealiher's unsolved death
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A park or development? West Linn mulls fate of 10 acres
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Tigard plans $3.5M public plaza to revitalize downtown
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Beaverton City Council race heads to runoff election
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OHSU targets 50% of Oregon teens not vaccinated for HPV
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LifeWorks NW clinic workers in Hillsboro vote to unionize
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Capitol Highway work to slow Portland traffic for 18 months
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First Portland protest held after police riot team disbands
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Riot declared as Proud Boys, antifa brawl in Portland suburb
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Portland cops step down from protest response team
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Former Olympian horse trainer charged with sex abuse
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Oregon farmers press Merkley for solutions to drought, fires
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Hillsboro police: Person shot, killed in tow truck dispute
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Police: Rapid Response Team departures result of stress
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Lawmakers OK money for motel conversions, housing tax break
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Help available: Oregon eviction moratorium ends June 30
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Oregon tenants, landlords await relief in state legislation
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