It’s weird to say this week looks… slow compared to the last one, when everyone in the industry seemed to have simultaneously decided they were putting on their own giant gala festivals. But that’s part of the weird and wonderful experiment in rewiring the way entertainment works while we’re all in quarantine: A couple weeks […]
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Oregonians Split on Releasing Low-Level Prisoners During COVID-19
TXKING/GETTY IMAGES A new study shows that Oregonians are divided on whether or not Oregon inmates nearing the end of their sentence or those considered a “low risk” to the community should be released from prison due to the threat of COVID-19. Inmates in Oregon prisons are currently unable to practice the social distancing guidelines […]
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Planned Parenthood Q&A: “We’re Open For Business” During COVID-19
Planned Parenthood in Southeast Portland. google maps In the last two months, at least 10 states have banned or attempted to ban abortion access, citing the need to slow the spread of COVID-19 as a reason. That hasn’t happened in Oregon. While Gov. Kate Brown did restrict non-essential medical procedures (and plans to start lifting […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News Roundup: Oregon Contact Tracing Plan, a Postal Service Threat, and Dr. President Trump’s Lysol Sideshow!
“Friends and neighbors, let me be the first to sell you this MIRACLE COVID CURE: Trump’s Famous Lysol Disinfectant Elixir!” ALEX WONG / GETTY IMAGES Here’s your daily roundup of all the local and national news about COVID-19. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • As of today […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Fri April 24
The I, Anonymous Show The long-running Portland Mercury column “I, Anonymous” is famous for asking readers to send in their most whacked-out rants and scandalous confessions—anonymously! In this special LIVE-STREAMED edition of The I, Anonymous Show, your host Kate Murphy will read some of the wildest and uncensored I, Anonymous submissions we’ve ever received. And […]
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Good Morning, News: New Oregon Relief Package, Georgia Reopens, and Guess We Have to Say It: DON’T DRINK LYSOL
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 donating to the Mercury. Despite what our idiot president suggests, DON’T DRINK LYSOL. Courtesy Don’t Drink Lysol GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND! Your sweet, sweet voice would […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland This Weekend: April 24-26 2020
This is April 2020’s final weekend! When we make it to this same point in seven days, it will be May. That’s sort of wild to think about, as is the remarkable way that time seems to simultaneously fly by and also sludge to a standstill while sheltered-in-place. But we are moving forward (together) and […]
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The Mercury Cheer Up Club: Today’s Biggest Laughs from the Internet
“What do you mean, ‘It’s a little early for a drink’? … I’M A FISH!!” IT’S THURRRRRRSDAY. Which is the new post-apocalyptic way of saying “Thursday.” And that means it’s time to power through the end of the week with some help from the Mercury Cheer Up Club, bringing you the biggest laughs from today […]
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Local Movie Theater Employees Create Emergency Fund
Courtesy Roseway Theater Along with so many others who were temporarily laid-off or furloughed following the state ban on large gatherings, employees of local, independent movie theaters are finding themselves in desperate financial circumstances. Running a local art house—such as Cinema 21, Roseway Theater, or the Hollywood Theatre—is a passion project and, even in the […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News Roundup: Non-Urgent Med Procedures Return, Majority Supports Stay-at-Home, and Moscow Mitch Says “Let Them Eat Cake”
Senate Majority Turtle Mitch McConnell tells troubled states to file for bankruptcy. Alex Wong / Getty News Here’s your daily roundup of all the local and national news about COVID-19. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • As of today the total number of positive COVID-19 cases in […]
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Gov. Brown To Allow Some Non-Essential Medical Procedures Starting May 1
OREGON PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION Oregon hospitals, surgical centers, and medical and dental offices will be allowed to start providing some non-essential medical procedures on May 1, Gov. Kate Brown announced Thursday. Brown will lift her previous executive order, issued in March, that halted all elective and non-urgent procedures that require personal protective equipment (PPE) in […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Thurs April 23
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I AmThere are a lot of things available on the virtually un-scalable mountain range of content comprising Hulu/Netflix/Prime/YouTube/etc., but you should definitely make sure you carve time out of your day to witness the rise of the prolific Nobel-winning author Toni Morrison, who holds forth on her life busting up the […]