GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! We’re in this love together, and like berries on the vine, it gets sweeter all the time. LET’S GO TO PRESS.

According to a new story by our Daniel Forbes, the DEQ was investigating cadmium emissions near Uroboros years ago, but due to slip ups was unable to pinpoint the glass factory.

Yesterday brought a tsunami of new competition for Commissioner Amanda Fritz’ seat, with a whopping seven people hopping into the race.

It’s a sad day for Portlanders as Andrew Loomis, the drummer for hugely influential local band Dead Moon, has died following a long battle with cancer.

While authorities are claiming the shooting of Malheur occupier LaVoy Finicum was justified, the FBI is having a hard time explaining why some of their agents didn’t report they also did some of the shooting.

The slow, plodding path Portland has been forced to march in order to get Google Fiber took another small step, after the speedy internet company signed a deal with PGE and Pacific Power to use their utility poles.

In sports ball news, the Blazers squeak by the Wizards in overtime to beat them 116-109.

Nine firefighters are hurt in a huge Seattle explosion that destroyed a building in the Greenwood neighborhood.

Donald Trump easily takes the Mississippi and Michigan primaries, while Hillary Clinton stumbles in Michigan, losing to Bernie Sanders in a squeaker of a race.

And more debates to come! Tonight the Democrats will take the stage on Univision, while tomorrow, Trump (and whoever’s left) will scream at each other on CNN.

The “fifth Beatle” producer George Martin has passed away at the age of 90.

Iran fired two ballistic test missiles on which someone wrote “Israel must be wiped out“—because they’re subtle like that.

Just a few years after filmmaker Lana Wachowski came out as transgender, her sibling and directorial partner Andy has revealed she is transgender as well. Welcome to the world, Lilly Wachowski.

Now let’s peek at the WORLD OF WEATHER: Wet, wet, and more wet today with a high of 54.

And finally, move over Amazon Prime: What the world really wants is a MONKEY AND BULLDOG DELIVERY SERVICE.

Bang bang, choo-choo train, let me see you shake that thang. Wm. Steven Humphrey is the editor-in-chief of the Portland Mercury and has held the job since 2000. (So don’t get any funny ideas.)