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‘She’s a tough little elephant’: Herpes-infected Tula-Tu ‘holding steady’ at Oregon Zoo

A week and a half after the Oregon Zoo's celebrity baby elephant received emergency care for a herpes infection, Tulta-Tu "is holding steady," the Zoo announced on Wednesday.

Portland, OR · 2d

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Crows looking for grub leave Portland-area lawns in tatters

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Portland-area lawns have nothing to crow about these days. Crows are feasting on grubs, leaving turfs torn up. A grub is essentially a beetle. It’s an invasive species. It’s a tasty snack for crows and racoons and other scavengers, but it’s the crows that are doing the most damage to yards.

Portland, OR · 12h

Herald Pioneer

Canby’s holiday market gearing up for its annual festive run

The holiday season is just around the corner, and the Clackamas County Event Center is preparing to welcome families, friends, and visitors for its annual Winter Fair & Holiday Market. […]

Canby, OR · 1d

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K103 flips to all-Christmas music again, marking 26th straight year as holiday station

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — It’s that time of year again!. For the 26th consecutive year, Portland radio station K103 became “Portland’s Christmas station” flipping formats to non-stop Christmas music. The station shifted into “Christmas mode” at 9:30 a.m. playing “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of...

Portland, OR · 18h

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Portland's Stone Soup Showdown Sells Out, Pits 14 Chefs for a Cause

Fourteen Portland chefs and culinary teams are squaring off for a good cause this week, as the sold-out Stone Soup Showdown brings more than 200 people together to raise money for a nonprofit that trains people facing employment barriers to work in professional kitchens. The lineup includes Han Oak, Kachka, Norah and Magna Kusina, among others, all cooking in support of Stone Soup PDX.

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Small Bites: Old Pal Will Close, Oysters, Bar Carlo, and More

Old Pal will close. They’ve decided to close the restaurant and put more energy into their catering side, Field Day Feasts & Gatherings. Their final time of service will be New Year’s Eve. “Old Pal has been so much more than a restaurant to us. It’s been a...

KOIN 6 News

Second Chance: Go on a ‘Pawsport Adventure’ with a local shelter dog

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Are you in need of some puppy love into your life, but you’re not ready to adopt or foster? Multnomah County Animal Services has the perfect program for you! Starting today, they’re rolling out the Pawsport Adventure, an opportunity to walk shelter dogs, and improve their quality of life. Program manager […]

Multnomah County, OR · 1d

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1st & Nourish Market Planning Old Town Grocery Store

1st & Nourish Market, a new 4,000-square-foot neighborhood grocery store, is tentatively scheduled to open in Old Town Portland in December. The market will fill most of the ground floor of the Nourish Building at 34 NW 1st Ave., and it will be led by Jacobsen Valentine, executive director of the nonprofit Feed the Mass.

KOIN 6 News

Kohr Explores: Early gift shopping at Portland Holiday Market

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Get ready to discover plenty of sweets, jewelry, gifts and family-friendly seasonal fun at Portland Expo Center. That’s because the Portland Holiday Market is sleigh-riding back into the Rose City. Kohr Harlan is doing some early holiday gift shopping and walks us through some of the vendors you’ll find from Friday, […]

Portland, OR · 16h

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REVIEW: Brandi Carlile burns, writes the setlist in Portland on first night of intimate club tour

PORTLAND, Ore. — Ever been fortunate enough to purchase or be gifted a VIP package to a concert where the artist plays some acoustic songs by request and chats with fans along the way? Brandi Carlile delivered two and a half hours of that up-close-and-personal experience Thursday during the opening night of her Burn the Setlist Tour at Revolution Hall.

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Berries, blood and mud: Oregon’s most delicious invasive weed

Picking berries is a quintessential summer tradition for many Pacific Northwesterners. The region has many farms, but fruit can easily be found in everyday corners. For about the past 140 years, the Himalayan Blackberry has taken over Oregon’s alleyways, waterfronts, forests and backyards. This thorny vine is actually a cousin of the rose, the plant behind Portland’s most famous nickname, but instead of beautiful flowers, the vines produce juicy fruit.

Oregon · 23h

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Superabundant recipe: Old-fashioned blackberry dumplings have a story to tell

Looking for the rest of the Superabundant newsletter?. Subscribe now to get original recipes, PNW food news, and ideas for the kitchen and garden!. By the time he died a century ago, the green wizard called Luther Burbank had invented more than 800 new plant varieties, self-published a 12-volume set of his methods and discoveries and even helped end the Irish potato famine, yet he will always be known in these parts as “that [expletive] who introduced the Himalayan blackberry.”

Portland, OR · 23h

That Oregon Life

Oregon Zoo’s ZooLights Returns With Light Tunnels and a Lantern Train

Plan Oregon Zoo ZooLights 2026–2027 with dates, ticket prices, special nights, the $6 lantern train, transit, parking, and accessibility advice.

Portland, OR · 23h

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Drive-By Truckers play first West Coast homecoming at Portland’s Revolution Hall

The Drive-By Truckers have been churning out Southern rock anthems for three decades. The band hails from Athens, Georgia, by way of Alabama, but for the last 10 years, co-founder Patterson Hood has called Portland home. The band is celebrating with a weekend of shows at Revolution Hall from Nov. 12-14. The showcase is modeled after the band’s annual “Heathens Homecoming” in Athens, which began in 2000.

Portland, OR · 23h

KOIN 6 News

Portland’s Ground Kontrol expanding footprint with Vancouver location

The 5,532-square-foot space will feature the arcade, as well as a dining area, kitchen, office and restrooms.

Portland, OR · 21h

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Newberry Award-winning author Renée Watson shares new novel "Everything New Again"

In a small town where the funeral home sits at the center of daily life, Portland native Renée Watson’s newest book asks big questions about love, loss and what it really means to start over. The Newbery Award-winning author joined us to talk about her new young adult novel, "Everything New Again," set in a small town in eastern Oregon and already earning four starred reviews!

Portland, OR · 18h

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