Fifty years ago professional soccer came to Portland. Today, the dedicated Timbers Army and Rose City Riveters help fuel a $187 million soccer economy in the city.

After-school programs, swim lessons, sensory friendly gym sessions and so much more could all go away if the City of Portland ...

Portland’s place in this collection is no surprise. Multnomah County is home to the largest concentration of lesbian couples ...

The Portland area's retail landscape has been shrinking in 2025, emptying several big box stores around the region.

Portland City Administrator Michael Jordan suggested a number of cuts in his budget proposal last month, including some public agency funds, Portland Bureau of Transportation repairs, and several ...

Better Portland ED and Vanport Studio CEO Stephen Green debunks doom loop gloom by recalling the Rose City's resilience ...

The Mercury covers culture & art because we think all its various forms are—quite plainly—how people understand one another.

"Are you going to call it ‘A Tale of Two Bookshops’?" Craig Florence, owner of Mother Foucault's asks. We are not. The ...