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A vigil for one of the 63 Portlanders killed by traffic violence in 2021. Isabella Garcia Portlander Samuel Hambrick never learned to drive because he believed cars were too dangerous. “He was afraid he could hurt someone,” his mother, Susan Hambrick told the Mercury. In September 2021, Samuel was walking along Highway 30 in Northwest […]

Protesters from Extinction Rebellion stand outside of the Zenith Energy terminal in Northwest Portland. Isabella Garcia Oregon’s Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) will uphold the city of Portland’s decision to deny Zenith Energy an operational permit as long as the city can provide additional evidence on why the operations of the oil transportation facility […]

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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! Tom Brady is officially retiring from the NFL after 22 years. Michael […]

MLK Jr. Elementary students at a rally. Courtesy of Save Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School Harriet Tubman Middle School students will not be relocated to the Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School building as many had feared, Portland Public Schools (PPS) announced Friday. PPS officials are still deciding where Harriet Tubman students will move […]

Assaults against bus drivers have risen throughout the pandemic. TriMet Spitting at a TriMet employee is now punishable with a lifetime ban on riding the TriMet system. TriMet’s board of directors unanimously approved the code change at a meeting Wednesday. TriMet officials say that no specific incident caused the code change, but rather the board […]

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Portland Clean Energy Fund After public scrutiny of a grant recipient, Portland’s green energy grant program is bolstering its proposal review process ahead of its second year of funding. Project staff hope the updated review processes will strengthen the grant recipients’ projects without jeopardizing the program’s goal of funding historically underserved organizations. The Portland Clean […]

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SEASTOCK / Getty Images The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) must update its environmental assessment for the proposed changes to the Interstate-5 corridor through the Rose Quarter, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) decided this week. ODOT anticipated the federal ruling and is still confident it can still start project construction by late 2023, while environmental […]

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