Portland, Oregon Casino Proposal Moves Ahead

Casino gambling in Portland: Editorial endorsement

Twice in as many years, private investors who'd like to build a casino in the Portland area have been pummeled by Oregon's entrenched gambling interests, which don't want the competition. The Canadian ...

Portland, Oregon Casino Proposal Moves Ahead

Two businessmen, Matt Rossman and Bruce Studer, have been gaining momentum for a proposed casino at the Wood Village Park greyhound track in Multnomah County, just 12 miles from Portland, Oregon. The ...

Portland casino: The governor asks, What if?

When Gov. Ted Kulongoski went rambling outside the box in a recent interview with The Oregonian's Harry Esteve, the governor offered that some once-unthinkable proposals might be in play if Oregon ...

Tribal Casino Opens Near Portland, Will ‘Eventually’ Have Poker Room

On Monday, a $510 million tribal casino opened in the state of Washington in the Portland-Vancouver metro area. The facility, Ilani Casino Resort, has 75 table games and 2,500 slot machines. There’s ...

Portland Meadows and the Oregon Lottery Desperately Seek Answers for a New Casino Across the River

Portland Meadows, the only commercial horse-racing track in Oregon, celebrated its 70th birthday last year. In a legislative hearing earlier this month, the track's general manager and its lobbyist ...

Portland moves closer to renaming Cesar Chavez Boulevard

Portland City Council voted to move forward with renaming the boulevard Campesinos, a change supporters say honors the city’s ...

Oregon preschool teacher survives deadly flash flood in Grand Canyon

At least two people were killed in the flooding, and another person remains missing. More than 80 people were rescued.

‘The most amazing person’: Family mourns Gresham road worker killed in hit-run

The McKinneys are asking questions involving the death of beloved grandfather, 50-year-old Miguel McKinney, who was struck by ...

Blazers’ Damian Lillard opens up on bonkers 100k shots in offseason

Portland Blazers veteran Damian Lillard reflected on his astonishing off-season feat of making 100,000 shots ahead of his ...

A sticker is shutting down illicit Oregon massage businesses. Some legit ones worry they’re next.

State regulators say a new placard program to flag massage businesses without licenses is working faster than almost anything ...

This 15-Minute Golf Lesson Changed My Swing. Here’s 4 Important Ways How

My golf lesson with top-ranked teacher Christopher Smith changed my golf swing forever—and my ball contact's never been ...

Otis man who founded Cascade Relief Team indicted for theft from American Red Cross

An Otis man already accused by the state of stealing hundreds of thousands in donations for victims of Labor Day 2020 fires ...

Another sexual abuse survivor speaks out following settlement with Maine’s Diocese of Portland

Annie Allen detailed some of her experiences and feelings about the outcome of her case during a news conference held on ...

Portland poised to rename Cesar Chavez Boulevard after farmworker movement

The name change comes in the wake of a sweeping New York Times investigation into the civil rights leader’s past.

Dan Venezio wins New England PGA title

Dan Venezio of Portland Country Club shot a 1-under 69 on his home course Wednesday to win the New England PGA Championship.

It's been 20 years since a Boston man disappeared in Maine

The Portland Police Department says it is closer to solving a missing person case involving a Boston man who went missing from Maine's largest city 20 years ago.