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Keeks, FKA Maarquii, recently dropped the second single to come out under her new moniker.
The largest health care worker strike in Oregon history is continuing this week, with thousands of Providence nurses and a number of doctors taking to picket lines across the state. Health care workers began their strike on Friday, January 10. They have two central points of contention with Providence: staffing levels and compensation. Providence, a […]
If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’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 can’t do it without your support. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and […]
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson will require supervisors and managers to return full-time to city offices this spring. In an announcement Tuesday, Wilson said starting in April, all supervisory and managerial employees will have to work in-person at their job sites, rather than the hybrid or remote schedules many of them currently maintain. “Managers and supervisors […]
For all our complaints about music streaming platforms, you could argue that they deserve a little credit for revealing the flimsiness of our once-rigid borders around music styles. The breakdown of those genre walls has been felt far beyond playlists and record collections and now ripples even deeper into the lineups of genre-specific events like […]
The question “Why is this basketball team bad?” can make for some very complicated answers. Mismatched or redundant personnel, poor coaching, crummy work environment, archaic tactical makeup, “Bad Vibes”… all these things require lengthy explanations, but are still real, terrible reasons why your team can be sinking into the ocean. What a blessing for an […]
My wife and I are a lesbian married couple in Chicago. We are also proud moms to our wonderful, dynamic 17-year-old trans son. “Michael” is a great kid, and we have always enjoyed a close relationship. It has recently come to light that he is engaging in penetrative sex with men he meets on a […]
North Portland’s Boise and Eliot neighborhoods are some of the most walkable and bikeable in the city, with easy access to cafes, bars, and parks. New residential and commercial developments are popping up regularly in the neighborhoods, especially along North Mississippi Vancouver, and Williams Avenues. But some neighborhood residents and advocates say the area is […]
Hi everyone! Welcome back to the Trash Report. I’m your girl, Elinor Jones. Now usually I like to start my column with a little check-in about how I’m feeling, so I’m sure you can understand me this week when I say: “not well, bitch.” Things are bleak, y’all. In my household, Dry January has morphed […]
If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’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 can’t do it without your support. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism […]
GOOD MORNING, SUNDAY! It’s the perfect time to catch up on some of the great reporting and stories the Mercury churned out this week! (PRO TIP: If you despise being “the last to know,” then be one of the first to know by signing up for Mercury newsletters! All the latest stories shipped directly to […]
Multnomah County says its new 24-hour sobering center will be located in Portland’s Central Eastside Industrial district. On Thursday, county officials announced a pending building purchase at 1901 SE Grand. Property records show the site houses a roughly 24,000-square-foot warehouse. An opening date for the new sobering and crisis stabilization center hasn’t been announced yet, […]
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