The Portland Tribune

Preston Pulliams jokes that he's adopted a new handshake: hand out, palm upward in the universal position that can only mean one thing. He's asking for money. As president of Portland Community College for the past eight years, Pulliams has tapped nearly every local business, organization, ...

What recession? Portland's tepid economy didn't appear to play as big a role in voters' minds as widely projected. Eileen Brady, who made job creation her top campaign theme, was drubbed in the Portland mayor's race, despite an early lead and an edge in fundraising. And Multnomah County voters ...

The annual "Most Literate Cities" report ranks Portland No. 11 nationally. That puts us somewhere behind Washington, D.C. (No. 1), Seattle (2) and San Francisco (9). Apparently a gigantic bookstore and a large population of out-of-work young creatives can only take you so far. But, hey, ...

Multnomah County leaders and library supporters will huddle Monday to plot the next step to secure long-term library funding, after voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved stopgap money by renewing a short-term operating levy. By a whopping 5-to-1 margin, county voters approved a three-year ...

Charlie Hales' idea of a good party is a breezy gathering of friends and supporters, an outdoor barbecue, kids eating ice cream, and a passing streetcar to get the crowd energized. The father of the Portland Streetcar took the stage at his election night party Tuesday evening by hopping up on a ...

Is the Lloyd District poised to become a second downtown? That was the vision for the blocks around the Lloyd Center adopted by the City Council when it approved the Central City Plan in 1988. A 2007 analysis shows the area is zoned for nearly 32 million square feet of additional development, ...

State Rep. Mary Nolan's strong showing against Commissioner Amanda Fritz in the primary election raises the possibility that a majority of the City Council could be replaced in November. The last time an incumbent commissioner was forced into a November runoff election, she lost. The year was ...

With Commissioner Amanda Fritz casting the sole dissenting vote, the Portland City Council approved the creation of a new Urban Renewal Area around Portland State University on Wednesday. Fritz said she supported the goal of PSU expanding to accomodate projected growth and research opportunities, ...

A two-alarm fire heavily damaged a condo-complex in Southwest Portland on Wednesday afternoon. Around 4:30 p.m., firefighters were called to The Village at Multnomah condominiums, located at 7937 S.W. 40th Ave. They quickly called a second alarm on the fire. Smoke could be seen from as far away ...

The teachers union and the Reynolds School Board will meet for mediation at least one more time in a last-ditch effort to avoid a strike that the union has scheduled for Monday, May 21. School Board Chairwoman Theresa Delaney Davis confirmed on Wednesday that the two sides will have at least one ...

Between 1990 and 2009, obesity rates in Oregon increased a drastic 121 percent, with the over 1.76 million state adults classified as obese or overweight in 2009, based on a report released Tuesday by the Oregon Health Authority's Public Health Division. According to the report, "Oregon ...

A fatal early Wednesday crash closed East Burnside at 148th Avenue through part of the morning rush hour. Both westbound vehicle traffic and MAX service was disupted by the single vehicle accident. Westbound MAX service was restored around 6:30 a.m. Police say the person killed in the crash was ...

The wins for the state House of Representatives, District 37, were clear as there was no real competition. Running uncontested, both contender Democrat Carl Hosticka and incumbent Republican House Rep. Julie Parrish won their primary elections. Early results show Hosticka at 99.4 percent with ...

According to early results, replacing Clackamas County Circuit Judge Ronald Thom in the fifth district, position 3, will be Mike Wetzel. Thom, known for his strong stance on drunk driving, turned 75 in March, which is the mandatory retirement age for state judges. Wetzel was vying for the ...

All three Multnomah County commissioners running for re-election easily retained their seats Tuesday night. In early returns that were likely to hold up, Commissioner Deborah Kafoury was leading Wes Soderback in the District 1 race by a margin of roughly 84 to 15 percent. In the District 3 ...

Challenger Jeff Reardon handily defeated 10-year incumbent state Rep. Mike Schaufler, D-Happy Valley, in Tuesday’s Democratic primary for House District 48 by nearly a 2-to-1 margin. Reardon was leading Schaufler, who often bucks his own party on key House votes, by 1,993 to 1,010, after a ...

Democrats in House District 29 were decisively giving a nod to Ben Unger, a Hillsboro Democrat, in the primary race to decide who faces Republican state Rep. Katie Eyre in the fall. In early results Tuesday, Unger was garnering 65 percent of the vote while Riley was trailing with 35 percent of the ...

Police are asking the public to help fund Kelly Vincent, a 51-year-old Southeast Portland woman who was last seen in Lincoln City on May 7. According to police, Vincent was reported missing after having been out of contact with family members and her job for a few days. She is described as a very ...

Based on Tuesday night's primary election results, incumbent Washington County Commissioner Dick Schouten appears to have job security. Voters delivered the veteran commissioner a comfortable victory margin over challenger Betty Bode, a Beaverton city councilor since 2003. Washington County ...

Supporters at both Charlie Hales' and Jefferson Smith's parties Tuesday night were thrilled by the results — while those at Eileen Brady's party tried to remain hopeful with her third place position but eventually had to admit defeat. Immediately after the first count was posted, Hales ...