It’s New Year’s Eve, Blogtown! Let’s have some news.
Detour: All lanes of Highway 26 near the zoo are closed due to a downed tree blocking the road.
Oregonians: You may be able to pump your own gas soon. Finally.
Portlanders: You might be seeing more cops on the streets soon.
Football fans: You won’t be seeing senior TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin playing the Alamo Bowl. He’s suspended after an overnight arrest.
More sun for Portland through the weekend:
If the clouds stay away, there’s a chance the Northern Lights could be visible tonight.
The weather everywhere is out of control: record highs in the Arctic, flooding in Missouri, and hurricane-force winds in the UK.
“Affluenza” teen Ethan Couch is still in Mexico, but his mom has been extradited back to the US.
This isn’t real surprising, but it’s funny: According to data, Donald Trump is most popular “among Republicans who are less affluent, less educated and less likely to turn out to vote.”
Remember Pizza Rat? Here’s Donut Raccoon:
Pumping our own gas would put people out of work, And you seem Happy about that?
Not that tired old argument Stephanie.
How about using the classic ‘but women will get gasoline on their hands?’ reasoning, or how about trying to inform us how Dangerous it is for folks to pump their own gas?