Participants in the program pose in front of Human Services Council in Vancouver.(Photos: Madeleine von Laue) [This story was written by Madeleine von Laue.] A Vancouver woman has a new job and a new bicycle to get there, thanks in part to a new program that helps job seekers and low-income adults in SW Washington access b

A year ago, Eileen Brady officially announced she was running for mayor. She got into the race against Charlie Hales – an experienced campaigner who had won three city-wide races – and presumably Mayor Sam Adams.

Sony Pictures and MGM have debuted the first poster for the 23rd James Bond movie, Skyfall. Coming to theaters and IMAX on November 9, the Sam Mendes-directed action adventure stars Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Dame Judi Dench, Naomie Harris, Berenice Marlohe, Ralph Fiennes, Albert Finney, Ben Whishaw, Helen McCrory, Ola Ra

The CW has released the first promo clip for “Arrow,” which will air this fall on Wednesdays at 8:00-9:00 p.m. The show is described as follows: After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the Pacific

You'll never guess which side Bill Bennett is on.

Iraq Vets Returning Medals at NATO Summit in Chicago"(NEW YORK) -- A protest of Iraq war veterans at the NATO summit being held in Chicago this weekend is intended to send a strong message to Washington and the European alliance.

So you’ve convinced friends and family to invest. You’ve had an Angel or two contribute to your efforts. And you’re driving a little revenue. What next? Well, Oregon Angel Fund could be just the thing your startup needs. And they just so happen to be taking applications. The online application draws from a

Oh, Humankind. Never change. That is SHIRI. Shiri is a buttocks humanoid robot. (I'll give you a second to parse that sentenc

There isn't enough money on planet Earth"No matter how you look at it, as The Automatic Earth and others have pointed out ad infinitum, in the end the US economy rests on two pillars: Jobs and Housi

The job cuts, which could include retirements, are under discussion but have not been finalized.

Kathryn Rickson on May 3rd.(Photo: Facebook profile) Tomorrow night the community will gather at the corner of SW 3rd and Madison in downtown Portland to remember Kathyrn Rickson. Kathryn is the 29-year-old Southeast Portland resident who died late last night from injuries sustained from a collision with a truck while bicy

Loyal fans of my former project qPDX have let me know that you miss being told what to do…for the weekend. We are still in transition phase between qPDX and Just Out calendars and I don’t have quite as much time to add witty commentary about about my recommendations I will, at least list my weekend [...]

NBC is bringing Matthew Perry back to TV, in a comedy called "Go On," and the J.J. Abrams show, "Revolution," explores what life would be like after every power source on Earth spontaneously stopped.

Here’s the Oregon beer news for Thursday, May 17. As always I’ll be periodically updating this post throughout the day, so check back often for updates; and if you h

The Portland chapter of AIGA—the professional association for designers—just completely revamped

The Portland chapter of AIGA—the professional association for designers—just completely revamped their web site, adding new featured content as well as a cosmetic refresh. Portland's long been known as a hotspo

While the Jail Ducks and their backers skim krugerrands across the Willamette, the regular Joes and Janes trying to get a bachleor's degree at U.C. Nike are being nickeled and dimed to death. They're starting to

They probably just flew away after the murders, leaving neighbors and family to fish the ripped up bodies out of the water.Hondurans Demand DEA Leave After Shooting"TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — People in Honduras' pr

A woman hit by a tractor-trailer while riding her bike down SW Madison near Chapman Square and Terry Schrunk Plaza last night has died of her injuries, police announced this morning. She was identified as 29-year-old Ka

You’ll find lots to laugh and wonder about in the May 15th, 2012, Gallagher blogs posting:"Names, Popular and not So Popular"

If you hear about raw milk, it's almost always portrayed as a fringe product consumed by wacko hippies who are just asking to get sick. In this video from a new series about local farmers and cooks called Food Farmer Earth, farmer Mike Guebert of

Law Librarian Blog posting: Director of the Law Library, Willamette University College of Law

Traditional marriage is not what they want you to think it is. (Via Queerty.) [

Oregon Legislative Administrator: (Closing date/time for application: Friday, 06/08/12, 11:59 PM, Pacific Time) "The Legislative Administrator is selected by and serves as the full-time executive officer of the Legislative Administration Committee,

All MGx can do is share what both men are doing and to the best of my ability show how their actions affect the citizens and let the voters decide but if Main wants my vote he will have to earn my respect and give me more than a six-to-one-half-dozen-of-the-other choice in November. In a nutshell the voters deserve some qui

"Don't be afraid of technology, technology is your friend"

I’m speaking, of course, of the kid and his mom, whose picture ran on the cover of Time. I’m not giving Time a damn link — go look it up if you haven’t seen it yet. Talk about Ways to Traumatize Your Kid. Here’s my problem with the cover: The kid is 3-going-on-4, but looks [...]

The Hill reports that Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), who lost a primary race to Rep. Marcy Kaptur after redistricting combined their previously separate districts, has decided against running for a seat in

Facebook’s app and website were accessed by nearly three-fourths of U.S. Android smartphone users in March, making it the most used social networking website and app on the Android platform, according to market research company NPD Group. Facebook is maintaining its social networking strength as the proportion of Andr

Joe Freeman: I think Aldridge will be a regular All-Star game participant and All-NBA performer during his career. But his personality is best suited to be a No. 2.

Joe Freeman: I think Aldridge will be a regular All-Star game participant and All-NBA performer during his career. But his personality is best suited to be a No. 2.

1. Ann Packer is at Cedar Hills with Swim

It's breathtaking, when you think about it: Local government in the Portland area has millions and millions of dollars to hire p.r. flacks and tweeters to spin the facts for the politicians' and bureaucrats' benefit. But when a resident asks to see

The Columbia Human Rights Law Review (publisher of the Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual) presents the evidence in its website publication of:

The weekend is finally here and once again we have a great list of Portland events and and tons of free tickets including music, art, film, and more. FREE TICKETS: We give out 100s of $$$ in free tickets every week including to many of the top music and art venues in Portland. Join our [...]

First of all, thank you to everyone who chimed in with frugal ideas to help celebrate my husband’s birthday. In years past what we’ve done is either put together a fancy dinner at the house, or taken everyone out to dinner. However, we are in throw-all-extra-money-at-older-son’s-summer-trip-to-Japan mode,

I recently said "YES!" to my fiancé and we're getting married in the fall. He's perfect in (almost) every way except for one: ever since his dad died he's been the biggest mama's boy. I understand and love his mom dearly, but I found out that my fiancé told his mother that she could accompany us on our HONE

By Bob Hicks Today I posted Theater: Hard Times for big theories on Oregon ArtsWatch – a little theorizing on the failure of theories as expressed by Voltaire in Candide (as adapted in the Leonard Bernstein musical at Portland Opera) and Charles Dickens in Hard Times (as adapted by playwright Stephen Jeffreys and performe

Arrested development: The criminalization of America’s schoolchildren "[P]ublic school reform is now justified in the dehumanizing language of national security, which increasingly legitimates the transformation of schools into adjunc

Today, T-Mobile USA announced new, flexible No Annual Contract mobile broadband service passes that will debut May 20. They make it easier for customers to use T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network across a variety of mobile broadband devices including tablets, mobile hotspots and laptop sticks. T-Mobile’s No Annual Contract start a

Riley, 8 years old and 17 feet tall, was moved recently from Utah to the Oregon Zoo, where he'll spend two years while the Hogle Zoo renovates its giraffe habitat.

Your dose of adorable: A bunch of small British children offer their thoughts on Skrillex. (They're as baffled as we are.) That one curly-haired Elton John fan is mint. And I don't know quite what the girl at 2:42 is saying, but I agree with her 100 percent.

During the disco era she burned up the charts as the only artist to have three consecutive double-LPs hit No. 1, "Live and More," ''Bad Girls" and "On the Radio."

The music that provided the most important moment in 20th century music no longer shocks us, but it challenges musicians and makes a fitting finale to the season.

The Game of Thrones RPG came out yesterday (we've got a review copy en route, and I'll blog some impressions once it shows up), but hey, look at this: A digital version of author George R.R. Martin "Maester Martin" from the game, where the bespectacled fellow awkwardly talks about how he's writi

Are you ready for this belly? I’ve had a few people who haven’t seen me in a while and they are surprised I’m not showing more. Like, “You’re not massive! I thought you’d be grotesquely huge by now!” I feel pretty okay about that. I’m sort of tall, at 5’8,” and we

The red streak continues to haunt Obama’s Primary challenge, and Obama is poised for some Embarrassment in Arkansas. You see, a Tennessee lawyer, John Wolfe Jr., is challenging the President in the May 22 primary and he’s currently only seven points behind POTUS in the most recent polls. And that’s without