It's the perfect time to catch up on some of the great reporting and stories the Mercury churned out this week! (PRO TIP: If ...

An idea to have Oregon police agencies operate small regional incinerators – like a program in Tennessee -- would require ...

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof admitted that the West Coast's "permissive" policies regarding drug usage and ...

SMRs are touted as “clean energy” by the nuclear industry. The reality is that uranium mining, construction of reactors, ...

The latest batch of police data shows how many car thefts were reported in Portland in 2024. Though the overall picture is ...

The legal action challenges an executive order from President Donald Trump that seeks to deny federal funds to sanctuary ...

If you've followed our City in Crisis stories, you've seen Michael Corrie. He has been on a one-man mission to rid the city ...

For decades, people cleaned their windows with newspaper and vinegar since it was an easy and inexpensive option that didn’t ...

Several Cybertrucks and other Tesla models at the Loveland dealership had red spray paint across the windshields and broken ...

The former police chief resigned instead of sitting for a required interview with a city-hired investigator. He had served as police chief since 2018 before being placed on paid leave in October.

We’ve all heard talk about a cashless society. During the pandemic, when no one wanted to touch dirty, germy money, we certainly moved in that direction. But I thought cashless meant using a ...

Together, Portland couple Tyrone and Courtenay Collins founded an event that gets "Bigger, Blacker and Funnier" every year.