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Travel and Outdoors
Hike of the Month: Gillette Lake
Explore this out-and-back route that connects to the Pacific Crest Trail near Bonneville Dam on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge.
March 21, 2023
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Cambrie Juarez
A person walks through tall grass and brush.
City
Metro acquires 92-acre natural area in Clackamas County
The regional governing body plans to restore and support natural habitat diversity.
March 13, 2023
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Cambrie Juarez
A group of people stand in front of a vineyard on a sunny day
Business
Apply for Our Legacy Harvested’s fall 2023 wine production internship
The nonprofit focuses on creating opportunities for education, advancement, and empowerment for members of the BIPOC community in the wine industry.
March 10, 2023
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Ben McBee
A sandwich board sign with information about Ride Every Wednesday is propped up on 6th Avenue in downtown Portland.
Airports and Transportation
PBOT offers prizes to downtown commuters who leave the car at home
The Ride Every Wednesday campaign rewards downtown Portland commuters who take public transit, ride a bike, walk, or roll in March and April.
March 7, 2023
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Cambrie Juarez
A teal and white colored passenger train waits at a station.
Travel and Outdoors
Amtrak restores service between Portland and Vancouver, BC
Amtrak’s Cascades line is now operating its full, pre-pandemic route.
March 7, 2023
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Cambrie Juarez
A worn white ball with curved stitching like a baseball lies on a pitch of sunny grass.
Sports
Catch the Gaelic game of hurling in Portland, OR
We’re breaking down the Irish sport of hurling including its rules and where you can catch a game.
March 7, 2023
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Jessalin Heins-Nagamoto
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Culture
Spring equinox in Portland, OR
Visit a local park, participate in a community event, or clean up your humble abode in honor of the astronomical transition from winter to spring.
March 6, 2023
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Emily Shea-Owen
A cardinal perched on a seed feeder.
Travel and Outdoors
Feed Portland birds
Putting out a tube feeder is just the beginning — we’ll get you started in the wide world of birdfeeding.
March 2, 2023
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Dayten Rose
A marked crosswalk on a residential street.
City
Transportation officials to close 181 crosswalks around Portland
The locations are “unmarked, unsafe, and inaccessible.”
March 1, 2023
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Cambrie Juarez
A cat sits in a basket of a Biketown bike in Portland, Oregon on the Tilikum Crossing.
Travel and Outdoors
How much of your day can you spend on a bike in Portland?
We take a look at our bicycling infrastructure and how we can make the area more bikeable.
February 27, 2023
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Jessalin Heins-Nagamoto
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Travel and Outdoors
Metro helps 2 PNW wildflowers recover from threatened status
Golden paintbrush and Nelson’s checker-mallow were recently removed from the Endangered Species Act.
June 27, 2024
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Cambrie Juarez
Portland Bureau of Transportation officers raise their right hand to swear into the office.
City
Parking violators beware, Portland’s new enforcement officers are coming to your neighborhood
The Portland Bureau of Transportation’s bolstered forces intend to better enforce vehicle registration, missing license plates, and other common infractions starting Monday, July 8.
June 26, 2024
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Ben McBee
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City
Celebrating Portland’s LGBTQ+ sites on the National Register of Historic Places
With the addition of Erv Lind Field and McMenamins Crystal Hotel, the city now contains 10% of such locations in the country.
June 26, 2024
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Ben McBee
A luxury picnic setup in a lavender field with a low wooden table, plates, drinks, pillows, and an umbrella on a sunny day.
Food
Plan a perfect Portland picnic
From snack shopping to location scouting, we’ve got you covered when you need a break from your backyard.
June 25, 2024
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Cambrie Juarez
A black-and-white image showing five women in an art gallery. Three of the women stand next to a folded screen made by Jay Backstrand.
Culture
Oregon Historical Society to showcase Arlene Schnitzer’s legacy to the arts
The two-part exhibition will feature works collected by the philanthropist and arts patron and her son.
June 25, 2024
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Cambrie Juarez
A rendering shows a future mural with visages of Diego Valeri and Diego Chara on a green background. There are also stars, crossed axes, and sunflowers with a yellow and green radiating pattern.
Arts
‘Dos Diegos’ mural to honor a pair of Timbers legends
Local nonprofit Cada Casa will commemorate Portland’s soccer culture and bring the community together by painting two buildings this summer.
June 24, 2024
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Ben McBee
Cover art from the book "Piranesi" featuring a faun playing a flute.
Culture
Hillsboro’s LAIKA Studios to adapt best-selling fantasy novel
The award-winning stop-motion animation studio bought the rights to “Piranesi” by Susanna Clarke.
June 21, 2024
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Cambrie Juarez
A Victorian-style house painted blue with white trim featuring a balcony-topped turret overlooks several freeway lanes next to the Willamette River.
Real Estate
Step inside Portland’s historic Johan Poulsen House
The iconic house is a textbook example of local Queen Anne architecture and a familiar landmark for commuters.
June 21, 2024
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Cambrie Juarez
A red, white and blue hot air balloon rises in the morning sky just above a crowd of people
Events
Tigard’s Festival of Balloons
Up, up, and away to family fun.
June 21, 2024
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Ben McBee
Two people sit on the floor bending their left legs over their right legs, stretching their body toward the right of the photo. The yoga studio has soft window light coming in, with a gray background where a plant can be seen.
Fitness
Flow at these Portland yoga studios
Check out these 15 yoga studios around the City of Roses offering sweat-fueled workouts, restorative meditation, and more.
June 21, 2024
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Cambrie Juarez