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Culture
Walking trends in Portland
Average daily walking trips dropped by 36% in the US between 2019 and 2022 — see how Portland compares.
January 2, 2024
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Emily Shea-Owen
This photograph was taken looking down at a city from a higher elevation. The sky isn't completely dark, but tinted shades of pink and purple, with warm lights illuminating city buildings. A snowcapped mountain rises in the background.
Travel and Outdoors
Holiday help: Where to take visitors this season
Have friends or family in town this year? We’re here to help plan their visit.
December 20, 2023
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Cambrie Juarez
A blue and black Steller's jay, a bird with a pointy crest, sits on a shiny silver bird bath filled with snow with a peanut in its mouth.
Travel and Outdoors
Calling all citizen scientists for the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count
The annual event helps the nonprofit monitor urban bird populations in Portland.
December 19, 2023
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Ben McBee
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Travel and Outdoors
Hike of the Month: Vedanta Retreat
Unique wooden shrines, sweeping vistas, and tranquil forest paths blend into this gentle hike that benefits the mind and body.
December 18, 2023
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Cambrie Juarez
A sandwich board sign signaling volunteers are on site stands along a boardwalk leading to a building next to a stormy ocean.
Travel and Outdoors
Winter Whale Watch Week returns to the Oregon Coast
Trained volunteers will be stationed at 15 sites to help visitors spot whales from Wednesday, Dec. 27 to Sunday, Dec. 31.
December 8, 2023
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Cambrie Juarez
Homer the opossum poses in his Oregon Zoo enclosure.
City
Opossum lands at the Oregon Zoo after remarkable odyssey
Homer has quite the tale to tell.
December 1, 2023
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Ben McBee
Rows of Christmas trees at a tree farm in Ridgefield, Washington
Travel and Outdoors
Where to find a Christmas tree in the Portland area
Fresh is best if you want your home to smell like a forest.
November 28, 2023
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Cambrie Juarez
The Mile Post Sign in Pioneer Courthouse Square shows many different destinations and their distances from Portland.
City
Take a trip around the world to visit Portland’s sister cities
Get to know the Rose City’s distant relatives.
November 21, 2023
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Ben McBee
A fish eye photo of shooting stars across the night sky
Travel and Outdoors
Look to the skies for the Leonid meteor shower
The annual display has been occurring since early November, but will peak the night of Friday, Nov. 17 through the morning of Saturday, Nov. 18.
November 16, 2023
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Ben McBee
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Travel and Outdoors
Oregon Zoo elephant Rose-Tu and critically endangered black rhino Jozi are pregnant
Jozi could deliver a calf anytime; Rose-Tu isn’t expected to give birth until early 2025.
November 14, 2023
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Cambrie Juarez
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A view from high up looking south shows Portland along the Willamette River, with freeways and bridges dominating the center of the frame.
Culture
Pack up: People are moving to Portland from these US cities
U-Haul rolled out info on 2024 moving trends — and now you just might know a little more about your new neighbors.
August 30, 2024
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Monica Garske
People sit in a pop-up park made of painted cardboard tubes.
City
PARK(ing) Day returns, empowering Portlanders to reimagine public spaces
The international event came to the city in 2006.
August 29, 2024
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Ben McBee
Dew drops on a spider web.
Travel and Outdoors
Pacific Northwest ‘spider season’ is upon us
You may see more spiders in late summer and fall, but that doesn’t mean there’s been a surge in their numbers.
August 29, 2024
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Cambrie Juarez
Orange leaves lie on the grass in front of Portland's Pittock Mansion.
Play
Fall events happening in and around Portland
Check out harvest and Halloween-themed events happening in and around Portland in this seasonal guide.
August 29, 2024
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Ben McBee
Two crewed dragon boats float on a river. Both vessels are painted in colorful hues and feature traditional Chinese dragon figureheads and decorative tails.
Culture
Portland pursuits: Breast cancer survivors ‘find strength, quality of life’ on dragon boat team
Pink Phoenix is billed as the first dragon boat team in the US made entirely of breast cancer survivors.
August 28, 2024
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Cambrie Juarez
A man holding a lantern and wearing a Forest Service ranger uniform and headlamp crawls through a dark, rocky tunnel.
Culture
Where to watch indie Bigfoot thriller filmed in Mount St. Helens area
Fans may only get one chance to see “Feet of Death” in theaters.
August 28, 2024
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Cambrie Juarez
A light rail train near an airport terminal in Portland, Oregon.
City
TriMet completes MAX Red Line expansion, announces bus and overnight light rail service changes
The public transit agency serving Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas counties is capping its Better Red project and making headway on its Forward Together initiative.
August 26, 2024
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Cambrie Juarez
A large rectangular high school building, partly clad in red brick with metallic accents, overlooks a track and field complex.
Education
39 elementary, middle, and high schools in Portland
From Hillsdale to Parkrose, we’re giving you all the pertinent details about some of the elementary, middle, and high schools in Portland.
August 26, 2024
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Ben McBee
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Travel and Outdoors
Vaux’s swift watch in Northwest Portland
Every September, thousands of migrating birds roost in Chapman Elementary School’s chimney before flying to Central America and Venezuela.
August 23, 2024
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Ben McBee
A waterfall plunges in smooth white over a rocky ledge.
Development
Closed for construction: Oregon state parks to receive repairs thanks to GO Bonds
The effort will help revitalize eight state parks, but the ongoing construction will result in full or partial closures through 2026.
August 22, 2024
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Michael Beausoleil