President Joe Biden called for a ban on assault weapons Tuesday morning, following a mass shooting in Colorado on Monday. Chip Somodevilla / GETTY IMAGES Here’s your daily roundup of all the latest local and national news. (Like our coverage? Please consider making a recurring contribution to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) In local […]
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Blair Stenvick is a former news reporter and culture writer for the Portland Mercury.
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Good Morning, News: Shooter Kills 10 in Boulder, Kids Still Locked Up at Border, and Germany Goes Back into Lockdown
A scene from outside King Sooper’s grocery store in Boulder, Colorado yesterday. Chet Strange / Getty images Good morning, Portland. Funny story: I’m currently leading the March Madness men’s bracket my brother harangued me into partaking in because I just shrugged and put University of Oregon and Oregon State at the top. Please don’t fail […]
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Good Afternoon, News: Three Feet for Oregon Students, Shooting in Boulder, and Trial for George Floyd’s Killing Starts Next Week
Blair Stenvick Here’s your daily roundup of all the latest local and national news. (Like our coverage? Please consider making a recurring contribution to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) In local news: • It’s been two years since a federal appeals court prohibited Oregon and other neighboring states from penalizing individuals for sleeping on […]
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Good Afternoon, News: Frontline Workers Get Vax Soon, Biden Fires Staffers For Smoking Pot, and Oregon Basketball Star Calls Out Sexism in NCAA
BILLY H.C. KWOK / GETTY IMAGES Here’s your daily roundup of all the latest local and national news. (Like our coverage? Please consider making a recurring contribution to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) In local news: • Gov. Kate Brown announced this morning that all frontline workers will be vaccine-eligible by April 19—and for […]
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Good Morning, News: Racist Cop Says Atlanta Shootings Weren’t Racist, 16-Year-Olds Get the Vax, and Good News for Portland Soccer Fans
A Washington, DC vigil held for the victims of the Atlanta shootings. ALEX WONG / GETTY IMAGES Good morning, Portland! If you’re looking to start your day with some good energy, consider donating to this organization that supports Asian and migrant sex workers. Here are the headlines. • Following remarks from Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office […]
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Good Afternoon, News: Naming the Atlanta Shooting Victims, Oregonians Want Criminal Justice Reform, and Vaccine Eligibility by May 1
Mourners visit and leave flowers at the site of two shootings at spas across the street from one another in Atlanta. Megan Varner /getty images Here’s your daily roundup of all the latest local and national news. (Like our coverage? Please consider making a recurring contribution to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) In local […]
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Two Months After Lovejoy Surgicenter Closes, Portland Gets New Independent Abortion Clinic
Signs from a 2019 abortion rights rally in Portland. Blair Stenvick Portland’s first new independent abortion clinic in at least 20 years is about to open its doors. The Lilith Clinic, located in downtown Portland, will begin seeing patients this Friday, March 19. The clinic will be unique among Portland abortion clinics in that it […]
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Good Morning, News: Wheeler Loves Kettling, Kids Get Trial Shots, and Another Classic Bundy Moment
Mayor Ted Wheeler at a protest last July. MATHIEU LEWIS-ROLLAND Good morning, Portland! If you’re still in a foggy post-daylight-savings haze this morning, don’t worry—you’re not alone! Here are the headlines. • Mayor Ted Wheeler expressed his support Monday for the Portland Police Bureau’s (PPB) latest technique to quell protester activity. He was referring to […]
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PIFF Review: Everything in the End Is an Introspective End-Times Flick
Everything in the End courtesy of piff If you knew that the end of the world was imminent, how would you spend your final days? Personally, I’d probably spend them taking edibles, listening to my favorite music, and eating my weight in Girl Scout cookies. But Everything in the End, part of this year’s Portland […]
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Good Morning, News: Wrongful Death Settlement Approved for Quanice Hayes’ Family, It’s March 11 Again, and Biden Speech Tonight
A sign from a rally following Quanice Hayes’ February 2017 death. DOUG BROWN Good morning, Portland! Grab your coffee—or a two-liter bottle of root-beer-flavored-vape-juice-flavored-root-beer—and settle in. root beer flavored vape juice flavored root beer pic.twitter.com/7xaGXNugeN— An Angry Opossum (@AnAngryOpossum) March 11, 2021 Here are the headlines! • Portland City Council approved a $2.1 million wrongful […]
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Good Afternoon, News: Congress Finally Passes Stimulus, Inside Portland’s Vaccination Efforts, and Why I’m Moving to Alaska!
Johnny Johnson / Getty images Here’s your daily roundup of all the latest local and national news. (Like our coverage? Please consider making a recurring contribution to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) In local news: • Last year, a Supreme Court decision put an end to Oregon’s archaic use of non-unanimous jury felony convictions. […]
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PIFF Review: Nostalgia, Puberty, and Earthquakes in Death of Nintendo
Death of Nintendo courtesy of piff [This review is part of the Mercury’s 2021 Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) guide. You can check out all our PIFF reviews here.] If you were a kid during the 1990s, it’s going to be hard for you not to enjoy Death of Nintendo, a coming-of-age tale set in […]