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Good Morning, News: Portland Baby Elephant Awarded Symbolic Parade Authority, Mercury Weekend BlackOut, and Cyanobacteria Algae Bloom Season Is Here

If you appreciate theย Mercury‘s interesting and useful news & culture reporting, considerย making a small monthly contributionย to support our editorial team. Your donation is tax-deductible.ย  A Bit of Housekeeping:ย Since Monday, theย Mercury has been publishing stories from BlackOut: A Five-Year Retrospective on Portlandโ€™s Racial Justice Movement which you’ll also find in print all over Portland, inserted into […]

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Good Morning, News: Shenanigans in Old Town, Council Reduces Bloated Police Budget, and Bad News for Christian Nationalists โœž ๐Ÿ˜„

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Good Morning, News: Election Results, a New (Bad) Vaccine Policy, and it’s Budget Amendment Day in Portland

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Good Morning News: Tearin’ Up Pavement, How Fringe Pro-Mortal Beliefs Led to Bombing a Fertility Clinic, and Election Day is Here!

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Good Morning, News: Log Ladies Unite, Biden’s Scary Cancer Diagnosis, and Remembering the Legacy of George Floyd

If youโ€™re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercuryโ€™s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps our city shine, but we canโ€™t do it without your support. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism […]

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Good Morning, News: Schmidt Show to Become Podcast, Vision Zero Double Down, and Kristi Noem Wants to Make a Hunger Games?

If you appreciate theย Mercury‘s interesting and useful news & culture reporting, considerย making a small monthly contributionย to support our editorial team. Your donation is tax-deductible.ย  Good Morning, Portland: We’re looking at some classic Portland weather for the weekend: Clouds and rain. Temperature highs in the low 60s and mid-40 degrees at night. Sounds like a great […]

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Good Morning, News: Supreme Court vs. Federal Judges, County Stops Homeless Tent Distribution, and RIP Moshu (AKA “Sir Snacks-a-Lot”) ๐Ÿ˜ญ

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Good Morning, News: Blazers For Sale, Updates on the Big, Hideous Bill in Congress, and RFK Jr Wants Kids’ Teeth to Rot

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Good Morning, News: Peacock Bully Behind Bars, Oregon Cold Case Solved, and Not Even God-Fearing Folks Want Trump’s White South African “Refugees”

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Good Morning, News: ODOT Budget Gets Blasted, Measles Vaccinations Declining, and Trump Caves to China

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Good Morning, News: City Council Kills PGE Plan, Oregon GOP Can’t Do Math, and No Pope for You Yet [Update: You Got Your Pope… Satisfied?]

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