The action that got Jonah Majure arrested One of the few protesters during the huge July #ShellNO protest who was actually arrested and charged with a crime, Jonah Majure, will be in court tomorrow, and he wants supporters to show up. Majure on July 30 locked himself by his neck to the railroad bridge upstream […]
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Don’t Shoot PDX Concert: Janelle Monae + Wondaland Performing Today in Portland’s Dawson Park
Janelle Monae and Wondaland Multi-Grammy nominee Janelle Monae is performing today at a FREE concert in Dawson Park (on Williams Ave.) in Portland. Monae and Wondaland will join Don’t Shoot PDX from 1 to 4 pm at a community rally, called “Say Her Name, Say His Name,” to commemorate the death of Mike Brown in […]
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Good Morning, News!: Fire, Fireworks, and Climate Change
It’s so smoky out there! Holy cow it’s smoky out there! Here’s a map of where the fires are burning in the PNW. Speaking of fire: Fahrenheit 451 author Ray Bradbury’s birthday is today. There’s a party at Zidell Yards today to celebrate Tilikum Crossing’s upcoming opening. Hey stoners, there’s an app for determining if […]
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A Tribal Member in Cascade Locks is Trying to Block Nestlé with a Hunger Strike
Anna Mae Leonard Anna Mae Leonard has gone without food or water for four days, sitting from sunup to sundown across from City Hall in Cascade Locks, a tiny town east of Portland on the banks of the Columbia River. Leonard, who is a member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and lives in […]
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Good Morning, News!: Bugs, Deez Nuts, and a Hunger Strike
Ready, set, THURSDAY! Let’s get this started right: Because Burning Man isn’t gross enough, it now comes with it’s very own infestation of swarming, biting bugs. And I don’t mean the people. Have fun, Burners! Speaking of bugs: Here’s not one, but two websites to see if your sensitive parts were bitten by the Ashley […]
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Taking the Dam Blame
Conservationists Say Birds Are a Red Herring in Salmon Deaths
Are government agencies hiding information to allow bird kills?
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Burnside 26: The Apartments You Can’t Afford Just Sold for a Price You Couldn’t Afford
Burnside 26 web page And the gentrification just keeps on coming. The oh-so-very-Portland apartments that everybody loves to hate—Burnside 26—sold earlier this month. Now, everybody take a seat before you read this next part. Really. Sit down. You’re sitting? The closing price: a whopping $41.5 million, as first reported by the Portland Business Journal. The […]
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232-Mile ‘Hike the Pipe’ to Protest LNG Pipeline Starts Saturday
A group of kids—many from Oregon—who’re suing the Obama administration for continuing to burn fossil fuels and generally screw up the planet cited a proposed liquid natural gas pipeline planned for development in Coos Bay as one of their main concerns. If completed, the Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline and Jordan Cove Energy Project, which would […]
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ShellYES Say the Feds
Sorry, fragile Arctic ecosystem. Royal Dutch Shell got the final go-ahead from the federal government to start drilling for oil in the Arctic, according to a news release from the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE). “After extensive review and under a robust array of safety requirements … Shell has received approval of one […]
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Economists Will Talk Tomorrow About Their Support for $15 Minimum Wage
On Tuesday, Aug. 18 at 10 a.m., Oregon economists will gather at the Portland State University Park Blocks in front of the Smith Memorial Student Union building to discuss their support for in increase in the minimum wage to $15 an hour, according to a news release from Justin Norton-Kertson with 15NowPDX. Last month, when […]
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Good Morning, News! Soapbox Derby, Explosions, and Cute Baby Animals
Adulting! It’s Adult Soapbox Derby day, you guys! Does it seem smoky out there? There are a lot of wildfires happening. It’s Saturday, so cute baby animals are news! This woman doesn’t want Precision Castparts to sell. She’s suing. “The Roller Rink Origins of N.W.A.” That is all. We’re done calling Bernie a “long shot,” […]
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Good Morning, News!: Meteors, Bread, and Fires
Meteors! Are you going to watch the meteor showers tonight? You should! Here’s how. Awwwww, man! No slip ‘n’ slide for Portland! Dave’s Killer Bread just got sold to a big ol’ company. There were all these explosions in China. There were “massive fireballs.” It’s pretty awful. If you’re planning on recreating outdoors this weekend, […]