Blair Stenvick

Portland City Hall MERCURY STAFF Mingus Mapps, the challenger to incumbent Commissioner Chloe Eudaly in the November race for Portland City Council’s fourth position, just got a significant endorsement. Sam Adams, the former Portland mayor who unsuccessfully ran against Mapps and Eudaly in the May primary, announced Friday that he is endorsing Mapps. Adams secured […]

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We need your help. The economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis is threatening our ability to keep producing the quality reporting you’ve come to love. If you’re able, please consider making a monthly contribution to the Mercury. Brough to you by climate change. Nathan Howard / Getty images Good morning, Portland! I’m back after taking […]

MATT WONG Liz Fouther-Branch was a young child in the late 1950s, when her family got displaced from their home in Albina, a historically Black neighborhood in Northeast Portland. The house was razed to make way for an expansion of Legacy Emanuel Medical Center. The family relocated eight blocks north, moving into another house in […]

Officers surround the body of Aaron Danielson after he was fatally shot Saturday night. Nathan Howard Michael Forest Reinoehl, the man suspected of fatally shooting Aaron “Jay” Danielson at a pro-Trump rally in downtown Portland last Saturday, has reportedly been killed by law enforcement officers in Washington state. The New York Times is reporting that […]

We need your help. The economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis is threatening our ability to keep producing the quality reporting you’ve come to love. If you’re able, please consider making a monthly contribution to the Mercury. This COVID-19 vaccine stock photo from Getty Images seems totally legit, just like the one Trump’s planning for […]

OREGON PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION Gov. Kate Brown announced Tuesday that she is extending Oregon’s state of emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic for another 60 days, until at least November 3. The state of emergency is what allows Brown to issue executive orders requiring individuals, businesses, and schools to take coronavirus-related health precautions. This is […]

We need your help. The economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis is threatening our ability to keep producing the quality reporting you’ve come to love. If you’re able, please consider making a monthly contribution to the Mercury. A sign in honor of Mayor Ted Wheeler’s birthday. Cata Gaitán Good morning, Portland! And a belated “Happy […]

Timothy Abero / EyeEm / Getty images Portland met a dire record last month: With 15 homicides over a 31-day period, July contained the highest number of homicides the city had recorded in a single month for over 30 years. The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) also reported 99 shootings in July—about three times the number […]

We need your help. The economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis is threatening our ability to keep producing the quality reporting you’ve come to love. If you’re able, please consider making a monthly contribution to the Mercury. Federal officers, and Portland police officers, faced off against protesters at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building […]

A screen grab from Andrew Tolman’s protest livestream on Aug 23. Andrew Tolman Since the ongoing Portland protests against police brutality began on May 29, Andrew Tolman has been a regular attendee. But Tolman isn’t just there as a protester—they also work to make the demonstrations accessible for Deaf and Hard of Hearing (HOH) people […]