Checkerboard Pizza, the slice-focused sister establishment of Ken’s Artisan Pizza, has long beguiled critics. “Dumb name,” WW ...

As one would expect for a gracefully aging institution, the aesthetic of Willamette Week has evolved over the ...

The cornerstone of Wilson’s landslide win last week is a plan to establish 2,000 nighttime shelter beds within the year. He ...

Chris Henry tried something new last week, but the results were the same. Henry, a truck driver turned gig worker, secured ...

Nearly 100 candidates ran for Portland City Council this year. By the end of this week, we should know for certain who the 12 ...

BRENDAN FINN TO JOIN MULTNOMAH COUNTY: Gresham City Councilor Vince Jones-Dixon, who won the Multnomah County Commissioner ...

On Nov. 11, House Minority Leader Jeff Helfrich (R-Hood River) sent out an announcement that he was stepping down as leader ...

Portlanders now know the probable winners of a dozen seats on the 2025 City Council. It’s a diverse group. The 12 include ...

Hindsight is 20/20. Looking into the future? That’s 50/50. To celebrate Willamette Week’s 50th anniversary, we decided to ...

For most of the 20th century, doctors treated cancer by hitting it with everything they had. Radical surgery, high-dose ...

Before it became Portland’s swankiest urban neighborhood, the Pearl District was a forlorn, dusty old railyard bisected by an ...

For the past 50 years, civil rights and social justice leader Kathleen Saadat has advocated for women, people of color, ...