Portland, after losing $11 million generating hydropower, forges new dam deal that could lose millions more

by Shane Dixon Kavanaugh | Jul 15, 2022 | Headline Feed, Multnomah County

During the past half decade, Portland has lost millions of dollars operating a pair of once-profitable hydropower dams it owns, despite assurances by project managers it would make...

Portland effort to save food carts displaced by Ritz-Carlton: Delays, rampant crime, scant customers

by Shane Dixon Kavanaugh | Jun 19, 2022 | Headline Feed, Multnomah County

Lin Chen could not wait to bring her food cart back to downtown Portland last summer.

Plan to radically reshape Portland’s form of government, rewrite mayor and City Council powers advances to the fall ballot

by Shane Dixon Kavanaugh | Jun 15, 2022 | Headline Feed, Multnomah County

Portland voters this fall will decide whether to radically reshape the city’s odd — and arguably dysfunctional — form of government after a group tasked with suggesting changes gave its final approval to a sweeping set of proposals Tuesday...