Portland's shelter for asylum seekers has lost its nonprofit partner, and the city will continue take on the cost of its ...

What’s being called a “generational investment” that aims to build sidewalks in east and southwest Portland passed its first political test this morning when the five-member Portland City Council ...

Jordan did not recommend any cuts to public safety, but acknowledged that Wilson and the City Council could consider ... But it tells me Portland is moving in the right direction.” ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — On Wednesday, leaders from Multnomah County and the city of Portland met to continue conversations about how to address the crisis of homelessness in the region. It marks the ...

The Mercury covers culture & art because we think all its various forms are—quite plainly—how people understand one another. Conversations about food, music, performance, and “weird” installation art ...

But after 18 months, the Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition was expected to assume responsibility for daily operations. But Monday, the Portland City Council approved an amended contract ...

That changed when it came down to a vote whether to do the projects, which was turned down by the Aransas Pass City Council ... the only cities between us and Portland that have a paid fire ...

With March not even half over, Portland has already experienced more fatal pedestrian accidents on its streets than the city has seen in ... including the Greater Portland Council of Governments and ...

Just weeks after a total lunar eclipse turned the sky blood red, there’s already another celestial event that has people talking – a partial eclipse that will create a unique sunrise ...

Ontario implemented a 25 percent tariff on all electricity exports to the U.S. on Monday, impacting three states.