Round up your retro Portland Fire jerseys! The WNBA is returning to the Rose City! 22 years after the short-lived Fire folded ...

In an interview with the Business Journal, Ted Wheeler said the return of the WNBA adds to Portland's improved livability. Twenty years after the Portland Fire played its last game, the Rose City ...

The WNBA pivoted, announcing the addition of Toronto ... completely transformed from the one the city saw during the Portland Fire’s existence from 2000-02. The league has shattered viewership ...

As the WNBA's popularity continues to grow ... despite having a lack of success with its previous team — Portland Fire. That organization also only lasted three seasons, playing from 2000-2002.

The expansion marks the WNBA's return to Portland after more than 20 years and the first time the league has returned to a city it previously left. The city had the Portland Fire from 2000-02.

An "incendiary device" placed inside a ballot box sparked a fire early Monday in Portland, Oregon, police say. The Portland Police Bureau said officers responded "to reports of a fire at a ballot ...