News across Multnomah County
Artificial Intelligence in Arts Education
Artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving rapidly, meaning primary school systems and universities have begun to prepare students for AI in educational and vocational settings. Educators face the specific challenge of...
AI in Sports Medicine: Tool or Replacement?
Since the explosion of artificial intelligence in 2022, there have been increasing worries about the threat of artificial intelligence (AI) replacing jobs. Generative AI in particular has rapidly entered workplaces...
Just a Little Autistic
A viral TikTok sound says, “I like him, I like that autistic man.” Roughly 48,000 videos use it as of September 2026. Women post about their boyfriends throwing sticks at...
PSU Needs to Change Its AI Policy
Recent college graduates have expressed dissatisfaction with artificial intelligence (AI) at their graduation ceremonies. The University of Central Florida, the University of Arizona and Middle Tennessee University have all experienced...
I Used AI to Break Up With My Boyfriend
People are so against Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the stupidest reasons. People talk about the environment as if they don’t use plastic coffee cups and drive their fossil-fuel cars. At...
Jim Quackenbush appointed as Ridgefield’s next police chief
Quackenbush brings 27 years of law enforcement experience, from Portland patrol officer to Washougal Operations Captain.
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Published September 11An Oregon nonprofit harvests fruit from backyards and parks for people in need
In the Portland area, one nonprofit harvests edible fruit from thousands of metro trees, shrubs and bushes and distributes it to people in need.
Logan Lynn’s sobriety journey captured in a new record and documentary
Editor’s note: This story contains mentions of substance use and sexual abuse. Logan Lynn admits that drugs are probably the reason his music career started in the mid-‘90s. He describes himself — in the new documentary “The Pain and the Power,” and in conversation with Street…
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Published September 10Nonprofit harvests fruit from Portland-area trees to feed people in need
In the Portland area, one nonprofit harvests edible fruit from thousands of metro trees, shrubs and bushes, and distributes it to people in need.
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Published September 09Oregon nonprofit harvests fruit from backyards and parks for people in need
In the Portland, Oregon, area, a nonprofit harvests edible fruit from thousands of metro trees, shrubs and bushes, and distributes it to people in need.
What’s at stake with diverting Portland Clean Energy Fund money?
If you’ve seen the Portland Clean Energy Fund, or PCEF, in the news lately, chances are it wasn’t in a story about clean energy projects. Groups floated PCEF, designed to support carbon-reducing projects with public funding, as a source to fund everything from more police…
Portland’s Most Budget-Friendly Music Venues
It is common knowledge that concert tickets can be expensive, and prices are only rising. The entertainment behemoth, Live Nation/Ticketmaster, has garnered controversy and even a lawsuit for its global...