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Portland Tops Most Sustainable City Again
Portland, Ore., has done it again, topping SustainLane.com’s new ranking of the 50 biggest American cities in order of their environmental and social sustainability. (Portland has been No. 1 since t...
HUGE pot bust in Columbia gorge
Damnit, need a new source (jk) WHITE SALMON, Wash. - Law officers seized 20,000 mature marijuana plants in Klickitat County. Four armed suspects were arrested in two different raids.The biggest was no...
who'd a thunk?
Wow - this isnt exactly what one would expect to see when going to check US severe weather online... We got the heat up here....
9 fire crew feared dead in Oregon-based chopper crash
Awful news... SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Nine people are missing and feared dead in the crash of an Oregon-based helicopter that was carrying firefighters over a Northern California forest, officials said...
Second University tells RIAA to fuck off...
Now its not just going down in Oregon anymore. Welcome aboard Michigan. I have a feeling its going to be a long ride. PORTLAND, Ore. — Another university has challenged the Recording Industry Asso...
A sad day on the Oregon coast...
This small plane crash had a big toll... It is reported that there are 4 dead and one still missing... Newswire... Death toll raised to 5...
Oregon National Guard to deploy airmen to Iraq
eh.... The Oregon National Guard tomorrow will mobilize 28 airmen for deployment to Iraq following two weeks of training. The mobilization ceremony for the troops of the 116th Air Control Squadron, b...
Commercial composting takes off in Portland...
Excellent video... excellent program. [via Environmental Leader]...
Treehugger gives props to Burgerville...
You shouldn't be eating this shit anyways.... but my it can be tasty. Burgerville is by far the best choice. Fresh. Local. Sustainable. That's the Burgerville tag line, and while some people might ta...
Dont go speeding down a hill on your bike without a helmet..
Darwin award? Not trying to be mean, but come on. A McMinnville woman, speeding down a steep hill without a helmet, suffered critical head injuries Friday when she flew off her bike at Lower City Par...
Coming to Portland.... Bush Legacy Tour Bus...
[official website...]...
Oregon getting the world's largest wind farm...
Yeayeaaaaa..... SALEM, Ore. - The Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council approved a site certificate for the 909 megawatt Shepherds Flat Wind Farm. Located in Gilliam and Morrow counties, Shepherds Fl...
Compassion and choice.... Death with dignity in WA...
Yes on I-1000. [website] [via not a well behaved woman...]...
SAVAGE facing consequences...
Michael Wiener Savage is facing the consequence of his hate speech... and getting the much craved attention.... just not the praise his delusional mind probably pictured. He has people calling for hi...
Redbull Flugtag - Coming to Portland...
August 2nd. The sketches over at the site are hilarious. Here is a personal favorite... Go check out the site!...
Oregon cities growing faster than most...
Interesting to watch........ Ill leave the speculation about if all this is good or bad to the others. I think growth is good. I just like to think they are like-minded people. :P We only need one...
Regarding 4th of July...
Celebrating our amazing country - a wonderful time of the year. If anyone is looking for good stuff to do on the 4th - that is perhaps new for some... go to Long Beach, Washington and watch all the ...
1000+ wildfires rage in CA and now OR
Truly horrific views from the sky as 1000+ fires rage throughout California and now Southern Oregon coast. This is horrible for the people living their - as far as health and is greatly damaging thei...
Check out the new MAX trains coming...
Trimet has some new pictures up of their new MAX trains. Cannot wait to see these cruising around our fair city... very slick looking. [src]...
Oregons Gordon Smith featured on Countdown...
Ill bet Gordon Smith was happy about this. A ton of people just watched his ad....
Documentary: Underage drinking in Clatsop county...
Many know underage drinking is a problem and it is particularly bad in Clatsop County as we have heard before. This is a great documentary about that and how to change that. Part 2... cont'd...
Portland pride....
Some neat stuff from Portland pride... The vids are starting to hit the net... On the net: http://www.pridenw.org/ Also see more Oregonian coverage.... here is a great summary video... Portla...
Washington looking to mirror Oregon's death with dignity...
This should pass no problem... OLYMPIA, Wash. -- There isn't much John Peyton can do on his own except speak, and soon he'll lose even that. The former Boeing computer programmer has Lou Gehrig's dise...
Teens rock MAX system...
Notttt funny. God dammit.... thanks a lot. Now we will need 5 wackenhut on every max car, leading to higher prices and a shittier ride. Fuckin' idiots. Police arrested a fifth and final teenage sus...
Pregnant man - 4 wks from birth - UK still captured...
The UK is loving this... seems that other countries are the ones so intent on following this. A great first for Oregon. LOL....
Portland embraces its peculiarities
PORTLAND, Ore. — For several years, Portland has been reaping praise from lifestyle magazines, from Men’s Journal to specialty publications, as one of the nation’s more livable cities, listed am...
Hey, Portland: Try to fit twice the people here
If you're worried about our collective carbon footprint, wait for this shoe to drop: By 2060, the seven-county Portland metro area could have 3.85 million people. That's about the current size of Dal...
W Week - Welcome to Googleville
Definitely not very sustainable. I posted before about this and the Harper's magazine article which basically says Google is exploiting for cheap energy. Has the Dalles fallen victim? Or is this re...
The pride of Portland... Gayor Elect.
Happy Gay Pride Month... Full of fun....
A sad day for Portland - MetroFi is down