Willamette Week

Willamette Week (WW) is an alternative weekly newspaper and website that has been serving Portland, Oregon, since 1974. It covers a wide range of topics including local news, politics, sports, business, and culture. Notably, Willamette Week stands out as the only weekly paper to have a reporter, Nigel Jaquiss, who received a Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting. Additionally, it made history as the first newspaper to earn a Pulitzer for a story published online. By 2016, WW boasted a larger readership in Portland than The Oregonian, the city's daily newspaper.

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Eight Vital Signs for the OHSU-Legacy Merger

1 day ago | wweek.com | Anthony Effinger

Three years is a long time in the course of someone’s health. Leave tuberculosis untreated and it will kill you in three years. Ignore asthma for that long and it can create permanent lung damage. Ignore diabetes for three years and you risk kidney damage and heart disease. Three years makes a big difference for hospital systems, too.
Metro Councilor Christine Lewis Seeks Clackamas County Seat

1 day ago | wweek.com | Anthony Effinger

Metro Councilor Christine Lewis has applied to fill the seat left vacant on the Clackamas County Board of Commissioners after Melissa Fireside resigned amid charges she stole $30,000 from an 83-year-old Lake Oswego man. The four remaining commissioners will pick Fireside’s replacement from dozens of applicants, including perennial candidate for state treasurer Jeff Gudman. Lewis’ bid for commissioner was first reported by the Wilsonville Spokesman.
Bend Psilocybin Center Becomes First in Oregon to Offer Insurance Coverage

4 days ago | wweek.com | Tyler Brown

A Bend-based nonprofit psilocybin service center has become the first in the state to offer private insurance coverage for psychedelic therapy. Bendable Therapy announced this week it will now accept insurance through Enthea, the only licensed benefits provider offering coverage for psychedelic mental health treatments.
Benson Tech Show Spotlights Career Technical Education in New Building

5 days ago | wweek.com | Joanna Hou

In the health wing of a newly-modernized Benson Polytechnic High School, senior Ruby Mullins offered passersby an opportunity to get their blood glucose read, drawing blood samples from strangers and feeding them through a meter. At Benson’s 102nd Tech Show on Thursday and Friday night, hundreds of students like Mullins showed off the technical skills they’ve mastered through posterboard, project displays and live demonstrations.
PETA Writes to National Institutes of Health Seeking Investigation into October Monkey Death, Small Cages

6 days ago | wweek.com | Anthony Effinger

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wrote to the National Institutes of Health on Thursday, urging them to investigate violations of rules that govern the welfare of laboratory animals at the Oregon National Primate Research Center. The letter follows a March inspection by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, one of the agencies regulating the center, that found workers didn’t attend to a 4-year-old Japanese macaque that appeared sick in October and died of sepsis a day later.
As Oregon Pushes Back Against A Federal K-12 Education Order, What Does It Stand to Lose?

1 week ago | wweek.com | Joanna Hou

By pushing back on a Trump administration attempt to curtail diversity, equity and inclusion in K-12 programming, Oregon risks losing about 7%—or $735.7 million—of its dollars that go toward public schools. On Thursday, Oregon education officials refused to sign an April 3 document that asked state education agencies to certify their compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and Students for Fair Admissions v.
Statewide AFSCME Director Faces Challenger

1 week ago | wweek.com | Anthony Effinger

After two years in a top job at one of Oregon’s most powerful labor unions, Joe Baessler faces a fellow union member who would like his job. The Oregon chapter of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees is holding its first-ever election for the position of executive director May 3, during its convention. Up to now, the union’s board had hired for the position. All others in the union are elected. Baessler has been with Oregon AFSCME for 19 years in a variety of positions.
82nd Avenue of Roses Parade Cuts Its Route by Half

1 week ago | wweek.com | Rachel Saslow

The 19th annual 82nd Avenue of Roses Parade will return Saturday, April 26, albeit an abbreviated version. The new route will be about a mile long, down from its traditional 2.2 miles. The change, according to parade organizer Nancy Chapin, was to accommodate the marchers. “We had a lot of our folks that are elders saying, ‘This is a pretty long parade and we are having a hard time walking 2.2 miles,’” Chapin says.
Portland School Board Members Are Still Debating the Bond’s Contents

1 week ago | wweek.com | Joanna Hou

The April 8 meeting of the Portland Public Schools Board featured an unusual sight: Three weeks before May ballots were to land in voters’ mailboxes, board members squabbled about what would be included in the district’s construction bond. Portland Public Schools’ $1.83 billion bond is intended to finance curriculum, technology, and deferred maintenance. But three high school modernization projects have dominated School Board members’ discussions since the fall.
Lawmakers Press BOLI on Prevailing Wage Decisions

1 week ago | wweek.com | Nigel Jaquiss

State Sen. Dick Anderson (R-Lincoln City) and Rep. Vikki Breese Iverson (R-Prineville) wrote to Oregon Labor Commissioner Christina Stephenson on April 8 following an Oregon Journalism Project story about the impact of Stephenson’s prevailing wage determinations on the development of affordable housing. That story highlighted a project in Astoria called Copeland Commons. The nonprofit that owns it hopes to convert the century-old building that once served as cheap hotel into workforce housing.