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Lights, Camera, Action: Movie filming to cause sporadic road closures
Due to movie filming in the Riverfront District, South 1st Street will be closed May 22 through the morning of May 25 from approximately 8 p.m. - 2 a.m. each day. This closure is from the Plaza Square intersection to Cowlitz Street. Outdoor work includes actors portraying police, a bank robbery scene, and firearms. There will be no audible firearm noise during this time, according to the city. Movie filming in the St. Helens Riverfront District is currently taking place and will continue through June 7, 2024. Filming will take place during the day and at night. The Columbia County Chronicle & Chief have contacted production members of the film for details of the movie. It has been relayed that filming is for a "feature film," but no other details are available at this time. Stay tuned for updates as they become available.
Puppy eases pain at Southwest Portland funeral home: 'She knows she's there to help you'
PORTLAND, Oregon — When someone dies, loved ones almost certainly experience grief and pain. At Finley Sunset Hills Mortuary & Sunset Hills Memorial Park in Southwest Portland, the staff members' goal is to ease that burden. Lately, they've been getting help from a special dog named 'Finney,' a 7-month-old English Cream.
Two-toed sloths may be slow, but Berry is settling in quickly at the Oregon Zoo in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Good news doesn’t always travel fast. Berry, a Linne’s two-toed sloth, slowly made her debut at the Oregon Zoo last week. Though sloths aren’t known for their speed, care staff say she’s settling in quickly to her new habitat. “Berry made...
Roll me to brunch!
PORTLAND, Ore (KOIN) — We’re capping off our highlights of The Moxy’s food experience with Let’s Roll. Let’s Roll is a sushi focused restaurant making sushi burritos, delicious rolls, poke bowls, and more! The owner Jamie Records, The Moxy’s Demetri Ramsey, and Moxy’s resident performer Nicole Onoscopi!
Downtown Portland’s TikTok-inspired Korean restaurant is closing
Toki, a downtown Portland restaurant that drew inspiration from Korean cuisine and TikTok trends alike, will close after brunch service on Sunday, May 26, owners Peter Cho and Sun Young Park announced on social media. “Although we’re a little bit sad, we are all so excited to move forward, focus,...
Newly opened food carts offer round-the-world cuisine in Scappoose
On-the-go international cuisine is now as close as Scappoose with the opening of The Lodge, a combination food pod and tap house adjacent to U.S. Highway 30. The ambitious project, partnered by Jeff Schultz, Nick Hurliman and Matt McHugh, is an 11-cart pod containing an inside tap house-eating area of approximately 2,200 square feet in size. In planning and developing the Scappoose complex, the three developers traveled outside Columbia County,...
Feature Movie Filmed on Campus Engages Video Students
About a year and a half ago I found myself at wit’s end. I was at a job that I didn’t enjoy at all, which was slowly and surely destroying my mental and physical health, and I couldn’t see a path forward. After a bit of consideration and with a whole lot of hope, I decided to quit that job and pursue a different path by going back to school full-time.
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