The ''Portland Alliance'' is a free monthly

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Portland Portland most commonly refers to: * Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States * Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...

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. The newspaper is the primary project of a

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organization, the Northwest Alliance for Alternative Media and Education (NAAME). The newspaper has no paid staff and is developed and distributed by volunteers. Describing itself as "Portland's oldest alternative progressive newspaper," the newspaper typically explores the topics of

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, and other topics "missed by the mainstream press". In 2000,

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by the newspaper uncovered a series of tapes in which the Portland

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at the time, Mark Kroeker, made anti-gay statements ten years before. This was the first in a series of public embarrassments for Kroeker, who was eventually forced to resign as Portland Police Chief in 2003. The ''Portland Alliance'' was nominated for an

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Independent Press Award in 2003 in the category "Local/Regional Coverage". The paper ceased publishing a print edition in June 2011, but continues to maintain an online presence as of Aug. 2, 2022.

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* Independent newspapers published in the United States Monthly newspapers Newspapers published in Portland, Oregon Publications established in 1981 Alternative press 1981 establishments in Oregon {{oregon-newspaper-stub

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