Gov. Kate Brown will speak about relaxing the state ban on nonessential medical procedures. Governor’s Office Due to Governor Kate Brown’s shelter-in-place orders, elective surgeries and other necessary, but non-urgent, medical procedures have been temporarily banned to make space for people suffering from COVID-19, as well as protect the hospital workers caring for them. (Our […]
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Which Portland Liquor Stores are Offering Curbside Pickup? These Ones!
It’s been declared an essential service for a reason: be it a finely mixed cocktail, a stiff slug of the good stuff, or just a li’l somethin’ as a nightcap, a lot of you wouldn’t have made it through self-quarantine so far if you couldn’t make it to a liquor store. But which stores in […]
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Good Morning, News: Portland Whole Foods Employee Dies From COVID-19, and Gov. Brown to Allow Some Non-Essential Surgeries
We need your help. The economic fallout of the coronavirus has threatened our ability to keep producing the Mercury. If you’re able, please consider donating to the Mercury. MONKEYBUSINESSIMAGES / GETTY IMAGES Good Morning, Portland! Gosh, you really look like you could use a laugh—here, this might help! Here are the headlines. • An employee […]
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Oregon Renter Sues Landlord for Tracking COVID-19 Stimulus Check
An April 15 text message conversation between Austin Goodrich and his landlord. Austin Goodrich A Forest Grove renter has filed a federal lawsuit against his landlord for using an Internal Revenue System (IRS) website to check whether he and fellow tenants received their coronavirus stimulus checks from the federal government. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday by […]
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Portlanders Feel “Domino Effect” of Non-COVID Medical Delays
Thomas Barwick / Getty images April 16 was the day Spencer was supposed to be getting a hysterectomy. It was a long-anticipated day for Spencer, a transgender Portlander, since he had been on a waiting list for the procedure—a necessary part of his medical gender transition process—for two years. As it became clear in March […]
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Survey Shows 82 Percent of Oregonians Support Stay-At-Home Orders
DHM Research Oregon’s response to COVID-19 has broad bipartisan support among Oregonians, according to the results of a statewide survey released Wednesday. The survey, conducted by local polling firm DHM Research, polled around 900 Oregon adults between April 17 and April 21 on questions related to job insecurity, public health concerns, Gov. Kate Brown’s response […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News Roundup: Possible Second COVID Wave, Protecting Your Mental Health, and Good Recovery News for Oregon!
Nancy Pelosi and Congress successfully push for more money for small businesses, testing, and health workers. Chip Somodevilla / Staff / Getty 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 yesterday there were 2,002 […]
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Stuck Inside? Need Money? Enter CoFF—the Confinement Film Fest!
From the creators of Savage Love, HUMP!, and SPLIFF, we’re thrilled to announce… CoFF! The Confinement (online) Film Festival! Have you sanitized and rearranged your apartment? Twice? Finished Tiger King? Learned a Third Eye Blind song on your dusty guitar? Baked 11 loaves of bread? Are you homeschooling your children and grasping at straws for […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: EARTH DAY Edition
Earth Day LiveSo of course, in this bizarre dystopian timeline we got shunted into somewhere around 2016, the 50th anniversary of Earth Day would be happening in the middle of a global pandemic, but: This might be the most important Earth Day of the last five decades, and that’s why the 2020 version isn’t just […]
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Good Morning, News: Happy Earth Day, a Deadlier Second Wave of COVID, and Trump Wants to “Shoot Down” Boats
We need your help. The economic fallout of the coronavirus has threatened our ability to keep producing the Mercury. If you’re able, please consider donating to the Mercury. Dr. Robert Redfield of the CDC warns of a second, deadlier wave of coronavirus that could show up this winter. EEEEEEEEEK!!! Drew Angerer / Getty Images GOOD […]
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The Mercury Cheer Up Club: A Roundup of Stuff to Laugh and Smile About!
More lovesick disembodied heads on the internet, please. Twitter Screen Shot Happy Tuesday everyone, and… OMIGODIT’SONLYTUESDAY?!? Okay, fine… I’m dealing with it, and… hey! I know what will help! A visit from the Mercury Cheer Up Club which features the funniest stuff from the internet, every ding-dong day! AND HERE IT IS NOW! Yayyyyyyyyyyyy! Today […]
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Facebook Is Deleting Lockdown Protest Events. No, That Doesn’t Violate the Constitution.
Patriot Prayer founder Joey Gibson at Sunday’s “Defend the Constitution” rally in Olympia. Karen Ducey / Getty Images [The following was originally published in our sister publication, The Stranger.—eds] Yesterday, Facebook made clear it will no longer allow its platform to be used for promoting “events that defy government’s guidance on social distancing.” So The […]