Nick Kristof Has Centered His Campaign for Governor on His Hometown, Yamhill. He and Yamhill’s Mayor Have Never Met.

Rumors of Jo Ann Hardesty’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. Hardesty, the first Black woman on Portland City Council, as well as its most progressive and polarizing member, enjoyed a comfortable lead over her two challengers Tuesday evening and appeared poised to advance to a November runoff. She snagged...

With election day upon us, the story of the 2022 primary continues to be a lack of excitement on the part of voters. With a partial count of ballots received on Monday, figures released by the secretary of state show the statewide percentage of ballots returned is 18.1%. Overall, Republicans (24.8%) and Democrats (24.6%) are voting at a similar rate, while unaffiliated voters, who are shut out of party primaries but can vote in nonpartisan contests, are barely bothering to open their ballots (7.3%).

The beer that symbolizes the beginning of the city’s modern craft era continues to prove that it’s still relevant: Widmer Brothers Hefeweizen just snagged a silver at the prestigious World Beer Cup competition. The win came at a perfect time, too—just weeks before the return of an in-person celebration of Hefe Day at the North Portland production facility. The event will kick off an updated brewery tour, introduce the classic beer’s new branding, and allow attendees to sample just-released beers from Widmer’s innovation program. Widmer Brothers Brewing, 929 N Russell St., 503-281-3333, widmerbrothers.com. 11 am-4 pm Sunday, May 22. Free.

When it was a motel, the Days Inn on Northeast 82nd Avenue got some rugged reviews. “We were planning to stay for three nights, happy we only booked one at the time,” said a 2018 review on TripAdvisor. “Our pillows on the bed had bloodstains, our bathtub water didn’t drain, the staff was very unfriendly.”

The U.S. Postal Service informed Multnomah County elections officials today that somebody stole a mailbox sometime after postal officials last emptied the box at 11:35 am on Wednesday, May 4. The concern: Voters may have placed ballots in the blue metal collection box located at Southeast Reed College Place and...

After a cool, showery spring and the meltdown of last year’s hot vaxx summer, people are itching to get outdoors. Now, one of the city’s top tourist destinations is making it easier for the coming throngs to get around town. Explore Washington Park and TriMet have partnered up...

Two summers ago, following the initial pandemic online ordering boom, local restaurants and organizations like the Portland Independent Restaurant Alliance fought tooth and nail to reduce third-party delivery app fees. Companies like Uber Eats, Grubhub and Caviar were charging businesses as much as 30% of the total cost of an order—an amount restaurant owners said was eating into their profits during an already challenging time for the industry. Relief came when the Portland City Council passed an emergency ordinance that temporarily capped app commissions at 10%. However, that’s set to expire at the end of June.

Rainbow Tavern, a longtime post-rafting stop for many in the tiny town of Maupin, is now officially part of the Mt. Hood Brewing family. Today, the Government Camp-based business announced on its Facebook account that it had purchased the iconic dive on Deschutes Avenue—the community’s main drag. WW...

Another COVID outbreak has hit the production group at Portland Center Stage, forcing the scrap the first week of its season-ending show. Today, the company’s director of marketing and communications announced the cancellation of several performances of Rent, the hit 1996 musical by Jonathan Larson. The production was scheduled...

First they rehabilitated a century-old church and turned it into a brewery. And while the SteepleJack owners’ second construction project—the former IBU Public House on Southwest Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway—wasn’t quite as ambitious, the end result is just as exciting for beer lovers on the other side of town.