* Stuart Morris, 2006 Portland, Then and Now The Dovecote Press, Wimborne, Dorset: ISBN 1-904349-48-X.

Then in 2002 after a protracted hostile buyout, the company acquired Willamette Industries, Inc. of Portland, Oregon.

Then in 1999, and again in 2001, Enron attempted to sell PGE to other investor-owned utilities including Portland based NW Natural.

Then, Portland Vintage Trolley still used it on Sundays, and starting in 2004 Yellow Line trains used the loops every day until the Yellow Line and Vintage Trolley both moved to the Portland Transit Mall.

Then he went on to be the president of the entertainment division of the Overland Agency, an advertising firm based in Portland.

Many fast food operations have more local and regional roots, such as White Castle in the Midwest United States, along with Hardee's ( owned by CKE Restaurants, which also owns Carl's Jr., whose locations are primarily on the United States West Coast ); Krystal, Bojangles ' Famous Chicken ' n Biscuits, Cook Out, and Zaxby's restaurants in the American Southeast ; Raising Cane's in Louisiana ; Hot ' n Now in Michigan and Wisconsin ; In-N-Out Burger ( in California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and Texas ) and Original Tommy's chains in Southern California ; Dick's Drive-In in Seattle, Washington and Arctic Circle in Utah and other western states ; Halo Burger around Flint, Michigan and Burgerville in the Portland, Oregon area.

Now a southern suburb within the Portland metropolitan area, West Linn has a history of early development, prompted by the opportunity to harvest energy from nearby Willamette Falls.

* Portland Town-Portland Town / It's All Over Now, Baby Blue / Midnight Train / The Gorilla-( 1967, France only ), Disques Vogue INT18135 ( Belfast Gypsies credited as ' Them ')

Now with a collection consisting of some 40, 000 objects, the Portland Art Museum is one of the leading cultural institutions in the Pacific Northwest.

The original Now Software, based in Portland, Oregon, was acquired by Qualcomm in 1997.

Now, one can only enter I-84 headed westbound ( towards downtown Portland ) or exit I-84 onto OR 213 headed eastbound ( coming from Portland ).

Now, many cities around the United States and around the world host annual lindy exchanges, including Atlanta ( ATLX-Atlanta Lindy Exchange ); Austin ( ALX-Austin Lindy Exchange ); Boston ( dirtywater-Dirty Water Lindy & Blues Exchange ); Chicago ( WCLX-Windy City Lindy Exchange ); West Lafayette, IN ( LAFLX ); Knoxville ( KLX-Knoxville Lindy Exhange ); Orlando ( ORLX-Orlando Lindy Exchange ); Memphis ( RHLX-Red Hot Lindy Exchange ); Ann Arbor ( KissME-Keep it Simple and Swing Michigan Exchange ); Sacramento ; Washington D. C. ( DCLX-D. C. Lindy Exchange ); ( DetLX-Detroit Lindy Exchange ); Portland ( PDXLX-Portland is often referred to by its airport code, PDX ); Utah ; Charleston ( CHEX-Charleston Exchange ); Phoenix ( PHXLX-Phoenix Lindy Exchange ); Denver ( DLX-Denver Lindy Exchange ); New Orleans ( Fleur de Lindy ); Pittsburgh ( Pittstop Lindy Hop ); Orlando ( ORLX-Orlando Lindy Exchange ); New Haven ( CTLX ); San Luis Obispo ( sloX-SLO Exchange )- and many other cities.

* Portland Now, Inc. ( Portland's Neighborhood Association )

Now featuring dedicated land near Portland International Airport, elected community officials and crude but functional cooking, social, electric, and sanitary facilities, Dignity Village got its start as a collection of tents and campers " squatting " illegally on unused public land near Downtown Portland.

A number of notable Portland musical acts have appeared on the PDX Pop Now!

For Record Store Day 2010 The Cribs released " So Hot Now " as a split 7 " single with Portland, OR band The Thermals on legendary riot grrrl label Kill Rock Stars.

* Stuart Morris, 1985 Portland, an Illustrated History The Dovecote Press, Wimborne, Dorset: ISBN 0-946159-34-3

* Stuart Morris, 1998 Portland ( Discover Dorset Series ) The Dovecote Press, Wimborne, Dorset: ISBN 1-874336-49-0.

* Stuart Morris, 2002 Portland: A Portrait in Colour The Dovecote Press, Wimborne, Dorset: ISBN 1-874336-91-1.

* Portland, an Illustrated History: Stuart Morris, 1985-2004.

* Portland ( Discover Dorset Series ) Stuart Morris, 1998.

* Stuart Morris, ( 1985, 2004 ) ' Portland, an Illustrated History ' The Dovecote Press, Wimborne, Dorset: ISBN 0-946159-34-3

* Stuart Morris, 1998 Portland ( Discover Dorset Series ) The Dovecote Press, Wimborne, Dorset: ISBN 1-874336-49-0.

* Stuart Morris, 2002 Portland: A Portrait in Colour The Dovecote Press, Wimborne, Dorset: ISBN 1-874336-91-1.

Engraving of Frances Stuart, Countess of Portland by Wenceslas Hollar after Anthony van Dyck

Lord Portland married Lady Frances Stuart ( 19 March 1617-13 March 1694 ), a daughter of the 3rd Duke of Lennox, on 10 June 1632.

Charles Weston, 3rd Earl of Portland ( 19 May 1639 – 3 June 1665 ) was the only son and heir of the 2nd Earl of Portland and Lady Frances Stuart.

As publisher and chief critic of PORT, he prompted Stuart Horodner to state, " In the ecology of Portland he is an important independent player .... He's calling for a level of seriousness.

In the summer of 1949, 15-year-old high school student Thelma Taylor was abducted and held by her captor, Morris Leland, under the east side of the bridge ( which was undeveloped at the time, now the location of Cathedral Park, Portland, Oregon ), and was eventually murdered there.

The British regulars routed the Americans, however, and Morris and his crew had to scuttle the ship and escape overland to Portland, Maine.

* Parry, Linda: William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement: A Sourcebook, New York, Portland House, 1989 ISBN 0-517-69260-0

In the 2006 NBA Draft, the Bulls were awarded forward-center LaMarcus Aldridge and immediately traded him to the Portland Trail Blazers for forward Tyrus Thomas and forward Viktor Khryapa.

Additionally, as in the rest of the Portland metropolitan area, house prices have increased rapidly ( as of June 2006 ); the median value in 2000 was $ 296, 200, over twice what it was in 1990 ($ 142, 600 ).

It is also part of the extended Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, Maine combined statistical area, which has a combined population 621, 219 as of 2006 estimates.

The Elgin Little League Major Girls traveled to Portland, Oregon to compete in the 2006 Little League World Series.

The Elgin Major Girls softball team came from behind in the Consolation match-up with the South team from Tennessee to win third place in the 2006 Softball World Series in Portland, Oregon.

* Jerome Kersey ( 2006 ), former basketball player ( Drafted in the second round in 1984 by the Portland Trail Blazers, but did not finish degree until 2006 ).

Protests in Portland, Oregon in March 2006

15, 000 cases to be sold include: 2006 Sonoma County Chardonnay, 2005 Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon and 2006 Sonoma County Merlot ( for Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, North Carolina, Denver, Phoenix, and Portland, Oregon ).

The first, by Last Rites Productions, was given in Portland, Oregon in early 2006.

These quarries have been worked since the mid-19th century with the final dimension stones coming out of Independent in 2006, although some stocks of Portland stone block still remain.

In 2006, they launched the Portland version of Greasy Kid Stuff.

Their sixth studio album, You in Reverse, was recorded in Portland in 2004, but was not released until April 11, 2006.

* International Christian Churches — Separated from the International Churches of Christ, 2006 in Portland, Oregon.

On 11 June 2006, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company announced that it would be manufacturing Camel brand snus in Sweden in partnership with British American Tobacco ; the product would be test-marketed in Portland, Oregon and Austin, Texas by the end of the month.

On March 17, 2006, Genentech announced its decision to construct a new fill / finish manufacturing facility with a distribution center in Hillsboro, Oregon ( near Portland ).

In 2006 part of the remains of the World War II Portland Square air-raid shelter were rediscovered on the Plymouth campus.

The roof of the Portland Building is covered with a green roof, installed in 2006.

Prior to the completion of the Mississippi Aerial River Transit in May 1984 and the Portland Aerial Tram in December 2006, it was the only commuter aerial tramway in North America.

The band's 2006 spring tour included stops in Asheville NC, Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Denver, San Francisco, and Portland, OR.

In February 2006, NBA player Sebastian Telfair was questioned after a handgun registered to his girlfriend was found in his pillowcase aboard the Portland Trail Blazers team plane.

The 2006 Libertarian National Convention was held at the Hilton Portland & Executive Tower in Portland, Oregon, July 1 – 2.