Here’s a pretty mind-blowing fact about tiki bars: they were invented in 1930s California, then reimported to Hawaii for ...

Oregon sued the Trump administration Wednesday, arguing that new federal guidance restricting food assistance benefits for ...

In the last decade, humans caused 7 out of 10 wildfires on state-protected land. (Lightning accounted for the rest.) In 2025, ...

Winter foraging used to be a matter of survival. Now it’s a unique way to discover seasonal eats while waiting for the bounty ...

Willamette Week's picks for the incredibly hard to shop for people in your gift-giving social circle. Stick to the basics and give them things they have no excuse not to use.

Willamette Week's annual gifting guide is curated with care, to make your shopping easy and meaningful. We hope it inspires ...

Currently, only the 285 OLCC-chartered state liquor stores are allowed to sell spirit-based canned cocktails. While alcohol ...

The bike bus concept is gaining in popularity, and Portland is now home to about 25 bike buses. This is largely thanks to Sam ...

Preschool for All is sitting on a lot of money. So it might come as a surprise that the people monitoring the program are ...

Portland Public Schools’ teachers levy collected almost $5 million less than expected this year, the district’s chief ...

Rent costs Lane County just $577,304 a year, but the rooms do something a $3.2 million deflection center can’t: house people ...

Rogue Ales & Spirits and its subsidiaries filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Monday. Earlier this month, the storied brewery ...