After the 2008 financial crash, Portland writer Evan P. Schneider wrote a novel called A Simple Machine, Like the Lever that told the story of a young man who adopts radical thrift to try to get out ...

On April 16th at the Hollywood Theater, a film shot entirely in Portland and with a bicycle as a central character, will have its Oregon premiere. A Simple Machine is more than just a film, it’s a ...

Periwinkle's family is still wondering how she managed to travel dozens of miles on her own. Hit-and-run victim dies in the hospital, police search for his family and the driver A man who was struck ...