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Portlanders had their say Wednesday on two competing ordinances that would govern enforcement of homeless camps on city property.

Los Milics winery, designed by Chen + Suchart Studio, is set among vines at the foothills of the Mustang Mountains

A fire at Bethlehem Central High School school on April 23 that forced an evacuation of school and relocation of some classes is now under investigation.

After a series of proposed changes and late-stage amendments, Portland City Council is on track to relax its city codes regulating houselessness. The Council took an initial vote Wednesday to approve amendments to a revamped public camping ordinance put forward by Mayor Ted Wheeler, with changes from Commissioners Carmen Rubio and Mingus Mapps. The new ordinance, which still requires a final council vote, replaces city code adopted last June that was met with a lawsuit...

The lyrical content for Brooklyn’s Bodega may be serious — the absurdity of modern life, consumerism, technology, identity and more — but the messages are wrapped up in catchy, post-punk nuggets. In their show Wednesday at Club Cafe on Pittsburgh’s South Side, Bodega showcased their newest album, “Our Band Could

When President Joe Biden’s administration last week announced the award of $2 million to help “reconnect” Chicago neighborhoods torn apart by massive expressway construction since the 1950s and ’60s, my first reaction was, “It’s about time.” That was followed by a question: How are they going to do it? Two million dollars doesn’t sound like […]

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When President Joe Biden’s administration last week announced the award of $2 million to help “reconnect” Chicago neighborhoods torn apart by massive expressway construction since the 1950s and ’60s, my first reaction was, “It’s about time.” That was followed by a question: How are they going to do it? Two million dollars doesn’t sound like much in this age of trillion-dollar budgets. But, as ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — April 21 marks 57 years since an outbreak of ten tornadoes ravaged West Michigan. The outbreak included an F3 tornado that traveled from Grandville through the south side of Grand Rapids and then east to Ada. This was the strongest tornado ever recorded in the city limits of Grand Rapids. The […]

State troopers responded late Friday to the northbound lanes of Interstate 94 at Canalport Avenue for a report of shots fired, Illinois state police said.