"Mainstream media" is increasingly a misnomer when applied to outlets that publish content created by people they employ.
That's now a niche in a media market dominated by online megaplatforms that aggregate and monetize content provided for free by others. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
A view of a wide, busy street with a bus that reads "20 to Beaverton TC"
This 12-mile corridor reveals the price of Portland’s housing crisis: Coming over the next several days from Jonathan Bach, a series of dispatches from Burnside Street
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The Kruse Woods vacancy rate is ~22-25%, but...
"There are a couple buildings out there where you’ll find a nameplate on the office space, but no one is there...
No one is holding a press conference saying ‘We have a lease, but we are not there anymore.’”
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A man walks in a suburban parking lot outside a three story grey office park
Lake Oswego has officially re-zoned 13 acres in the Kruse Woods office park from "office campus" to "high density residential."
All 3 buildings at 4000 Kruse Way Place will likely be torn down.
The owners of the office park are considering a redevelopment with townhomes and apartments.
If you haven’t heard about Bruce Campbell’s latest film, it’s likely because he’s been distributing it himself. The Evil Dead star wrote, directed, and stars in Ernie & Emma, a thoughtful, heartwarming story about a man on a quest through grief who finds more than a few laughs along the way. 1/2
A judge in a courtroom
Multnomah County's district attorney sidelined a local judge from hearing serious felony cases, a time-out that's lasted months. His justification hasn't been reported until now, by @zane.bsky.social: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/0...
I'm freelance again, so my landlord will appreciate any and all gigs you can send my way. jankandrew at gmail dot com. will pivot to video.
Really sorry to hear this, Andrew. Arts coverage is so crucial.
Yesterday was my last day at Willamette Week. I accomplished a lot to be proud of* but I'm crushed. WW was my dream job and I lived it. Losing this beyond my control or fault is hard. Taking the weekend to breathe and grieve. I will miss the team a lot. (Birthday Tuesday, job loss Thursday is rough)
You can buy tickets for this Portland music festival now, priced between $125 and $500.
But just two months out, Soundscape Northwest only has a few venues on board, and it's missing required permits. Vendors and venues say they haven't been paid.
@lizzyacker.bsky.social reports:
Letter from the Editor: Readers asked for women’s sports coverage. We listened — and need your help.
According to an internal email to Washington Post sports staff, the paper isn't sending any reporters to cover the winter Olympics next month. The decision comes as major layoffs are expected in the coming weeks.
Intel shares had been on a tear but the stock slid 13% this afternoon after executives admitted they had badly underestimated demand from data centers.
“We are working aggressively to address this and better support our customers’ needs going forward," CEO Lip-Bu Tan told investors.
Alan Swinney's appeal is heading to the Oregon Supreme Court
His conviction was based on “transferred intent." Essentially, that the Proud Boy had intended to hit one person, but instead struck another
His appeal argues transferred intent doesn't apply to a 2nd-degree assault case
Context here:
🚨JOB ALERT🚨
The Oregonian/OregonLive is hiring a reporter through @reportforamerica.bsky.social to cover the business and culture of women’s sports in Portland.
Come cover the Thorns, WNBA and more in the Rose City. 🌹 #BAONPDX
The defense attorney, Brian Walker, conceded that he didn’t have a “good explanation” for the death, but suggested the medical examiner had been misled by injuries inflicted during a “deep and firm” massage that the Wests’ 22-year-old son, Ted, gave to his mother on Jan. 7.
bro violated op-sec
four months of silence now he can't stop posting
BACH is BACK
I’m at a lunch for landlords (yknow, for research) and the speaker is predicting that rents in Portland will start heading up again in 2026 “as new supply remains constrained”
To the people who do this for a living, cause and effect couldn’t be clearer
extremely wild story from @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social (yes that one): aftermath.site/nicole-carpe...
A screengrab of new Portland City Council President Jamie Dunphy at a city council meeting, responding to the idea of electing him president by saying "This is not something that I have been seeking and not something I'm excited about."
me when my friends want to hang out
Despite the impression given on the front page of the daily paper's website today (and the email newsletter) I will not be standing trial for murder this year.
(I thought it was really funny and the editor is buying me a drink. We journos work hard and shit happens).
@aprilehrlich.bsky.social shares for our “what our audience doesn’t know” series.
"Many of these managers make 6 figures, a salary that many of us may never reach, and OPB is paying for a negotiator. The more they prolong this process, the more money it costs." -April Ehrlich, OPB Reporter/Producer
The FBI found no video of the shooting and six Border Patrol officers did not have operating body cameras, an affidavit said.
Oregon had just begun to reap the benefits of leaps in energy efficiency and imagine a future where little or none of its electricity came from fossil fuels.
Then came data centers, and extreme weather.
Now the state faces a new energy crisis. @rogoway.bsky.social reports in the first of a series:
Oregon lawyers seek court order to halt ICE warrantless arrests
@oregonian.com
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Oregon’s Attorney General Dan Rayfield announces formal investigation into shooting of a man and a woman in a truck by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol today.
Meanwhile, FBI still processing shooting scene and evidence in lot of Adventist Health Medical Office 3 at 10201 SE Main St.
