Metropolitan Community Church of Portland will rededicate its century-old building at 2400 N.E. Broadway at 10 a.m. Saturday to mark the centennial of its original dedication by President William Howard Taft on Oct. 3, 1909. The public is invited.
VANCOUVER — An 18-year-old Vancouver woman appeared in court today accused of helping the alleged hit-and-run driver in the death of a popular high school teacher. Kelsey Curtis is accused of being an accomplice to driver Antonio Cellestine. Clark County…
The story of how rainy roads and a one-car crash turned into a spider web of traffic jams in the Portland area Wednesday morning.
The mural will get an official dedication in early November.
New Coast Guard reports target mechanical failure when the old tugboat lost its steering, hit rocks and then started drifting in the Columbia River last year. The Portland remains tied up on the Portland waterfront.
His two assistant coaches resigned after the school district review of their Aug. 29 encounter with police.
The 2009 Portland Rose Festival won 17 awards from the International Festival and Events Association during its annual convention in Indianapolis last week. The festival earned six gold, seven silver and four bronze awards for a wide range of event planning elements, including its new promotions, commemorative poster, newsletter, and environmental and educational programs.
PR Newswire Opening of a Kohl’s store in Jersey City One retailer’s demise fuels another’s growth. The bankruptcy liquidation of the California-based Mervyn’s department store chain provided competitor Kohl’s Department Stores with a chance to increase its presence in the Golden State by one-third. Kohl’s, the Wisconsin-based chain, opened 37 stores Wednesday , 35 of which are former Mervyn’s stores. And 30 of those are located in California, increasing Kohl’s total number of California stores by 33%, up to 121. Kohl’s acquired the former Mervyn’s stores through the chain’s bankruptcy, which Mervyn’s launched in July 2008 with plans to shed just a handful of unprofitable locations from its 177-store chain. However, in October 2008, the retailer dropped its plans to reorganize and instead chose to liquidate. Mervyn’s said the financial fixes it attempted didn’t return it to profitability. In December, Kohl’s picked up the leases to 31 sites under a $6.25 million deal that also handed Forever 21 Inc., the seller of designer knockoffs, 15 former Mervyn’s leases. The fourth-largest U.S. department-store chain has been one of the rare retailers to expand amid a recession that’s seen a major drop in consumer spending and has spurred many retailers to liquidate. In addition to the 37 stores opening today, the chain opened another 19 earlier this year. According to Bloomberg , the mid-priced chain is poised to profit from its fellow retailers’ struggles, gathering up cash in order to snatch up stores that rivals are shedding in and out of bankruptcy. Not only does this strategy allow Kohl’s to open in parts of the country it may otherwise not have, it also saves the chain money. Chief Executive and Chairman Kevin Mansell said it costs $11 million to open a brand-new store, versus the $7 million it costs to convert a Mervyn’s store into a Kohl’s store.
About 200 Portland workers staged a noontime rally on the steps of City Hall today, demanding that promises be kept and that city leaders keep attorneys and HR bureaucrats in check. Speakers focused on issues outstanding from a 2006 contract….
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