Will Lloyd Center Last Another Christmas? A Week Inside a Mall on the Edge
One of Portand, Oregon’s oldest shopping centers has gone from thriving to ragged. During the busiest shopping week of the year, two reporters spent time inside it to understand the decline and search for signs of hope.
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Willamette Week
Published: Dec 4, 2019
Length: 12 minutes (3,119 words)
Death By Bitcoin
Synthetic opioids are the U.S.’s fastest-growing cause of overdose deaths. The synthetic that killed 18-year old Aisha Zughbieh-Collins in Portland, Oregon was new to local public health officials, and they didn’t know where she got it. Investigators discovered a chain of custody reaching into the dark web, where vendors sell drugs for bitcoin.
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Willamette Week
Published: Jul 5, 2017
Length: 11 minutes (2,891 words)