REI to close Portland Pearl District store, blames … Portland Pearl District will lose another large commercial tenant in early 2024 as REI announced Monday it plans to close its store.
Hunzeker resigns from PPB, put on leave by Clark … Brian Hunzeker, the one-time president of the Portland Police Association who resigned over a false leak concerning then-Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, was placed on leave Saturday by the Clark County Sheriff’s Office, two days after resigning from PPB.
Leader of Reimagine Oregon ‘disappointed’ with Mapps’ … Justice Rajee, the Director of the local, Black-led organization Reimagine Oregon, says that he felt personally disrespected by Commissioner Mingus Mapp’s at Wednesday’s City Council meeting after Mapps repeatedly criticized Reimagine Oregon’s lack of action in distributing $5.8 million in Recreational Marijuana Tax funds set aside by the city to help incubate Black-owned businesses in Portland.
City council approves $5 million demolition of O’Bryant … During an April 12 meeting, the Portland City Council officially approved the $5 million demolition of the blighted O’Bryant Square located along Park Ave. between Harvey Milk and Washington Streets in Downtown.
Portland police clear out alleged open-air drug market … The Portland Police Bureau moved in on Wednesday to clear out and board up the Washington Center building which has become an open-drug dealing site.
Wheeler orders police to patrol Washington Center … Mayor Ted Wheeler and the Portland Police Bureau have bolstered patrols around the Washington Center building in downtown Portland following a spate of fentanyl overdoses in the area.
Portland, Multnomah County leaders change plans after … City and county leaders are changing their plans to address the homeless crisis after Gov. Tina Kotek chose to withhold funding from the governments — saying their plan did not have enough detail for how the money would be used.
Kotek withholds homeless funds to Portland, Multnomah … Gov. Tina Kotek has pledged to tackle the homeless crisis in Oregon and is willing to spend money to make it happen. But Kotek has decided to hold out handing over millions of dollars to Multnomah and Clackamas counties and to the cities of Portland and Gresham.
Long-time Radio Cab driver stabbed to death in Portland; … A man accused of a deadly stabbing in South Portland on Easter Sunday has been arrested, the Portland Police Bureau announced Monday.
These 15 speakers, performers will be highlighted … Here’s more on the Portland residents, and visitors, who will give 11 TED Talks and four musical performances next month.
