Search - PDXtoday

City

City of Portland inks e-scooter partnerships with Lyft, Lime

The partnerships will provide up to 3,500 electric scooters across the City of Roses.

August 8, 2024

·

Cambrie Juarez

A woman swims in the swimming hole beneath Punchbowl Falls.

Travel and Outdoors

Make a splash at these swimming holes in the Portland area

When summer is laying the heat on thick, make a beeline for the water — but choose carefully. Here, we’ve listed only the best spots to swim.

August 8, 2024

·

Cambrie Juarez

Sports

Celebrate National Pickleball Day in Portland

If you can’t take the heat, stay out of the kitchen on Aug. 8.

August 7, 2024

·

Ben McBee

Mount Hood rises above a still lake at night, reflecting the stars above it. A cloud sits just atop its peak and lights from ski resorts on its slope shine bright.

Culture

Where to watch the Perseid meteor shower around Portland

The Perseids are predicted to be active July 14-Sept. 1, 2024.

August 7, 2024

·

Cambrie Juarez

Looking up at a long truss bridge spanning a river before it meets the ocean. A stunning sunset has cast everything in varying shades of orange, pink, and blue.

Travel and Outdoors

Spend a weekend in the historic port town of Astoria

Explore our recommendations on where to eat and stay and how to fill your free time.

August 6, 2024

·

Cambrie Juarez

Portland is spelled out in lower case arial font on a slime green background. The black text is substantially blurred.

Culture

What’s a ‘brat summer’ and how do I have one?

Thanks to Charli XCX’s hit pop album, we’re here to decode why “brat” is all over the airwaves, internet, and right outside your front door.

August 5, 2024

·

Madison McMillen

Art in the Pearl

August 5, 2024

A six-piece brass band holding instruments and wearing white button-down shirts and ties stands before a hedge.

Culture

New Orleans-style jazz funeral band offers catharsis, comfort ‘in an honest and truly connected way’

The brass band plays a mournful dirge, followed by joyful, uplifting jazz music to help grieving loved ones embrace their feelings.

August 2, 2024

·

Cambrie Juarez

Several oysters on the half shell arranged on a round plate.

Food

Where to eat fresh oysters in Portland

These three spots offer standout selections of the bivalve mollusks served in unique ways.

August 2, 2024

·

Cambrie Juarez

A white and brown dog sits on a grey couch in a living room with an abstract painting hanging above its head.