The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! COURTESY NO LNG EXPORTS Good morning, Portland! Pro tip for the holidays: […]
Blair Stenvick
Blair Stenvick is a former news reporter and culture writer for the Portland Mercury.
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Good Afternoon, News: DeFazio to Retire, Omicron Has Arrived, and the Supreme Court Is Fucking Stoked to Control Your Body
The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! Rep. Peter DeFazio Good afternoon, Portland! Here’s the latest on local news, […]
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Good Morning, News: Some People Aren’t Running for Governor, King Tides Hitting Oregon Coast, and the Country’s First Safe Injection Site
The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! King Tides hit Depoe Bay in 2019. Donna DiGiacinto / Oregon King […]
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Good Afternoon, News: No More Outdoor Masks, Japanese Breakfast’s Grammy Noms, and Charlottesville Organizers Held Accountable
The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! “They said we don’t have to wear masks outside anymore!” “Okay Grandma, […]
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Five Festive Local Beverages For Your Thanksgiving Dinner
Blair Stenvick If you’re a guest at an upcoming festive fall dinner—be that in recognition of Thanksgiving, Friendsgiving, Native Americans’ National Day of Mourning, or a general harvest feast—then you might be wondering what you can bring to the celebration. Oven and table space can be preciously limited at these gatherings, so your host might […]
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Good Morning, News: City Council Approves Wheeler’s Budget Adjustment, Fall Rains Can’t Fix the Drought, and Two Tense Trial Updates
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Good Afternoon, News: PPS Student Vaccine Delay, Brown Commutes 74 Sentences, and Crypto.Com Arena (LOL)
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Watch: Portland Band The Doubleclicks Pen Geeky, Emotional Musical About Being Nonbinary
The Doubleclicks Over the last few years, Laser Malena-Webber—one half of the Portland-based folk-pop-comedy band The Doubleclicks—has been grappling with coming out as nonbinary, getting gender-confirming surgery, and the inherent challenges of being a human being with a body. “As I came out as a nonbinary person, I read a lot a of stories about […]
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Good Morning, News: Local Union Updates, Oregon’s Snow Plow Driver Shortage, and Rittenhouse Jury Deliberations Begin
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Good Afternoon, News: Burgerville Union Victory, Polar Bear Family Reunion, and Britney’s Free, Bitch
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Good Morning, News: Portland City Council Funds More Cops, Flint Lead Settlement, and Rittenhouse’s Crocodile Tears
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Good Morning, News: Nick Kristof’s Fancy Friends Give Him $$$, Gresham Students Call Out School Cop, and the Satanic Panic Is Back
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