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Good Morning, News: A Loving Memorial for Darcelle, a New Plan to Beat Car Thieves, and Proud Boys Blame Trump for January 6
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Good Morning, News: Biden’s Back In, Several News Guys Are Out, and Ready Your Short Shorts: the Sun is Coming
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Good Morning, News: Conservatives vs. Portland Street Response, Naked Bike Ride to Return, and Cops Who Kill Black Folk Get Cushy Treatment
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Good Morning, News: Portland Police Union Agrees to Body Cams, Holman’s Bar to Reopen, and Is Ari Aster’s New Film a Career-Killer?
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Good Morning, News: City Council Stops Plan to Pull Funds From Black Portlanders, Crime is Actually Decreasing, and Why Too Much Weed is a Bad Thing
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Good Morning, News: Normandale Park Shooter Sentenced, Portland Cop Violence on the Rise, Lying Liars of Fox News Slapped with Biggest Libel Payout Ever
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Good Morning, News: City to Yank Money from Black Portlanders, Cozy Living on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and Katy Perry Is Running for King
Good morning, Portland! Here’s an idea I thought of when I couldn’t sleep during the night: open a bar that only serves port, and call it Port Land. Get it? Like Portland? Port… Land. Is this anything? Think about it. And now, here’s the news! IN LOCAL NEWS: • Governor Tina Kotek has signed off […]
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Good Morning, News: Student Walkout to Protest Treatment of Black Teachers, Cop Hunzeker Off the Force—Again, and More Trouble for Utterly Corrupt Clarence Thomas
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Good Morning, News: Murky Crack Downs Promised for Portland Street Racing, OPB Flips Twitter the Bird, and City Commissioners Still Think Ranked Choice Voting Is Too Confusing
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Good Morning, News: Fentanyl Den Gets Raided, Memphis Ends Minor Police Stops, and Missouri Lawmakers Have Lost Their Minds
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Good Morning, News: Local NAACP’s Lack of Social Justice, Two Million Flee Cities Nationally, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOLENE (the Orangutan)!
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