The Latest Breaking News from Portland

Portland Legalized 'Missing Middle' Housing. Now It's Trying to Make It Easy to Build.

This month, the city passed a number of liberalizing reforms that legalize more types of housing and make already-legal homes more practical to build.

Reason · Jun 13, 2022

‘Not again’: This filmmaker couple’s harrowing video of mass shootings is fueling thousands of calls for gun reform

#AwakenDawn, from Portland-based Eleven Films, features clips of school shootings and loud calls for change. The couple who made the video tell Sheila Flynn their hopes for its impact

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2022

Less parking could mean more housing

PORTLAND, Ore. — Citing environmental concerns and a lack of housing, an increasing number of cities and some West Coast states are reconsidering mandates that all homes, offices and businesses offer a minimum number of parking spots for residents, workers and customers.

Tribune News Service · Jun 9, 2022

Portland hospital forum dismissed by Health Minister Martin Foley as 'closed-meeting politics'

Health Minister Martin Foley describes a forum attended by the state opposition for patients and families to express concerns about the quality of hospital services in Portland as "closed-meeting politics".

ABC News · Jun 1, 2022

Brit couple live the dream converting and driving iconic buses for epic US trip

Harri and Nicky moved from the UK to the US to buy a school bus and convert it into a home, which they'll drive through LA, San Francisco, Portland and Vancouver in Canada

Daily Mirror · May 31, 2022

Showing Up review – Kelly Reichardt’s indie art drama is downbeat but diverting

Michelle Williams plays struggling Portland artist Lizzie with subtlety in the First Cow director’s latest film

The Guardian - UK · May 27, 2022

'How to Murder Your Husband' writer Nancy Crampton Brophy found guilty of murdering her husband

Self-published romance novelist Nancy Crampton Brophy, who wrote an essay titled 'How To Murder Your Husband', has been convicted of killing her husband by a jury in Portland, Oregon, USA. It took the jury just eight hours on May 26, 2022 to return a guilty verdict against Nancy Crampton Brophy…

The Times of India · May 27, 2022

'How to Murder Your Husband' author found guilty of murder

A jury in Portland, Oregon, has convicted a self-published romance novelist — who once wrote an essay titled “How to Murder Your Husband" — of fatally shooting her husband four years ago

The Independent UK · May 25, 2022

CD&R, TPG Take Covetrus Private In $4B Deal

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R), a private investment firm, and TPG Capital will acquire animal-health technology and services company Covetrus Inc (NASDAQ:CVET) for $21.00 per share, representing an enterprise value of approximately $4 billion. CD&R and its affiliates currently beneficially own approximately 24% of the company's outstanding shares of common stock.  The transaction…

Benzinga · May 25, 2022

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's Akasa Air releases first look of its aircraft; to launch commercial operations by July

PUNE: Ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-backed Akasa Air on Monday released the ‘first look’ of its aircraft from its Boeing production facility in Portland as it gets ready for delivery.

The Times of India · May 23, 2022