Mercury staff WHEN KURT MORRIS and his wife, Carol, put their four-bedroom Sellwood-Moreland home on the market last spring, they were immediately struck by one early offer—from a family that Morris says reminded him of his own. “They had crafted a very nice offer letter, explaining how much they loved our home and how they […]
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Join the #BlackLivesMatter Protest this Friday at Holladay Park
Don’t Shoot Portland Don’t Shoot Portland activists have organized a protest for this Friday as a way to show solidarity against “increased violence and threats” toward the #BlackLivesMatter movement. “The protest on Friday will be in solidarity with protestors across the country fighting against police violence,” Teressa Raiford, an organizer with Don’t Shoot Portland, wrote […]
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Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Vancouver Oil Terminal Released
Oil trains in Vancouver? The Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (EFSEC) of Washington today released its draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for a oil storage and shipping facility that’s been proposed at the Port of Vancouver, just across the Columbia River from West Hayden Island, and the council identified a lot of hazards. The proposed […]
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Good Morning, News!: A Staffing Change, a Mali Update, and More Problems at Lewis & Clark
It’s going to be a sunny weekend, Blogtown. Let’s have some news! Gov. Kate Brown is switching things up on her staff. She fired her top aid, Brian Shipley, and replaced him with Kristen Leonard. An African American student on Friday was assaulted at the Lewis & Clark Campus. Officials don’t know if it’s related […]
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#OptOutside: Oregon State Parks Offering Free Admission on Black Friday
Silver Falls State Park What’s arguably the worst day of the year—Black Friday, where people stampede one another, sometimes to death, to purchase shiny junk on the cheap—just got a little better: Oregon State Parks on Thursday announced it will offer free admission (read: no day-use fee) on Friday, Nov. 27. Black Friday = Green […]
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Good Morning, News!: Protesting Racism, Housing Homeless, and Free Parks Admission
It’s really wet out there, Blogtown! Let’s have some news. Hundreds of Lewis and Clark students on Wednesday staged a sit in demonstration to protest racism on campus, specifically threatening statements made on social media app Yik Yak. Each year the after a campus event called “The Race Monologues” there is apparently similar racist backlash. […]
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Anti-Displacement PDX Refuses the Spirit of Portland Award From City Council, Calling it “Premature”
Anti-Displacement PDX A group of 30-plus community organizations gave an “unacceptance speech” at City Council on Tuesday and refused the city’s annual Spirit of Portland award. Anti-Displacement PDX spokesperson Llondyn Elliot told the commissioners that the award is “premature,” and the group wont accept it until their demands are met by the City Council. The […]
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Another Oil Giant Cancels Its Arctic Drilling Plans
#ShellNo protest in Seattle In another win for polar bears, a second major oil company announced Tuesday it’s shutting down its plans for drilling in the Alaskan Arctic. Norwegian oil giant, Statoil, is closing its Anchorage, Alaska office, yanking 16 of its own leases, and abandoning 50 more leases being operated by Conoco Phillips. The […]
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The World’s Most Sustainable High-Rise Construction Material Is… Wood?
A Portland Team Is Pioneering Its Addition to US Skylines
Wooden high-rises could help with Portland’s affordable housing crisis.
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An Apartment Owner is Suing Portland Over the New Renter Protection Ordinance
Four days after Portland’s so-called renter protections took effect, an apartment owner has filed a lawsuit claiming the city’s new ordinance is invalid under state law. Melcliff Associates, which owns several multifamily buildings in the area, is challenging Portland’s new ordinance that requires landlords give tenants a minimum of 90 days notice before serving them […]
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Portland’s Population is Growing, but Its Borders Aren’t
Metro Portland needs 123,000 new housing units over the next 20 years if it’s going to accommodate the 400,000 new residents that are going to move here, and those new units are all going to need to go within existing boundaries, says Metro. Metro Council on Thurs., Nov. 12 voted unanimously to keep the Urban […]
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Portland Says No to Oil, Just as Union Pacific Announces it’s Shipping More Through the Pacific Northwest
Wikimedia Commons Portland City Council on Thursday voted unanimously to oppose all future fossil fuel projects in the area. The vote instructs Bureau of Planning and Sustainability staff to examine existing code and policies and make changes that will support the city’s intention to keep fossil fuel storage and export projects from coming through the […]