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Walmart Gresham Market celebrates major renovation with ribbon cutting
A full-service hot deli, better delivery/pickup, improvements to in-store shopping and layout — these are just a few changes to the Walmart Gresham Market on Powell, celebrated on Friday, July 26. The store at 2444 E. Powell Boulevard, celebrated a ribbon cutting to commemorate a sweeping five-month remodel that modernized and updated nearly every department, while bringing new amenities for employees and customers. “Remodeling was one of the most challenging...
Move over Chick-fil-A, America has a new favorite fast-food restaurant
There’s a new restaurant at the top of the fast-food chain, according to USA Today’s Readers’ Choice Awards. Chick-fil-A, which is known for its fried-chicken sandwiches and has eight locations in the greater Portland area, topped the list for the last several years, but fell to No. 3 this year.
A small business hair affair
Opportunity magazine readers first met entrepreneur Tralice Lewis in a story about Rockwood Market Hall that ran in the fall 2022 issue of the publication. Lewis’ small business, Callie’s Custom Hat Wigs, was one of several retail and food vendors filling the market hall’s micro-spaces. Lewis started...
Oregon State University captures first-ever images of ship striking shark
Hours after an endangered shark off the coast of Ireland was tagged with a FitBit-like device and a camera, researchers captured, what they believe, is the first-ever images of a shark being struck by a boat.
Gresham fire engines get 'Fido Bag' donation
Gresham Fire got a tail-wagging donation that will help ensure firefighters are equipped to save any beloved pets in crisis. Gresham City Attorney Ellen Van Riper secured the donation of “Fido Bags” via nonprofit organization The Fetch Foundation. Those bags are filled with life-saving emergency supplies for pets. “I’m very happy I was able to facilitate this donation to the fire department,” Van Riper said. “(The Fetch Foundation) is a...
It's time for ice cream in Boring Station Trailhead Park!
As is tradition, the community of Boring will once again gather in Boring Station Trailhead Park, 28008 Keller Road, to celebrate the Boring & Dull Day on Friday, Aug. 9. At 4:45 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9, the festivities commemorating Boring, Oregon, and Dull, Scotland, becoming “A Pair for the Ages” will kick off with the second shortest parade in Oregon. Longtime community volunteers Marlin and Sharon Marsh will serve as...
Hong Phat Supercenter Opens July 26
Hong Phat Supercenter will open to the public on July 26th after a 30-minute ceremony that begins at 9 a.m. The store owners invite shoppers and community members to tour the new grocery store and indoor mall shops starting at 9:30 a.m. This Eastport Plaza situated location is the company’s fourth store, which opened a Tigard location last year. The store’s owner, with a partner, purchased this 154,000-square-foot building at 4200 SE 82nd Avenue from Walmart at the end of 2023. It now stands as one of the largest stores of its kind in the region, offering food familiar to Montavilla residents who have shopped at the brand’s 101 SE 82nd Avenue location since 2013.
Amid ‘childless cat ladies’ controversy, an Oregon city ranks high in cat ownership, report says
Cats have been Internet stars for years, with endless videos, photos, memes and so on turning up on Facebook, Instagram, and elsewhere, inspiring users to make “Awww!” comments, and shower the cute kitty images with likes and shares. This week, however, cats have also been all over the...
Many People Do Not Know Oregon Is the Birthplace of the Original Pancake House
Sure, you can visit your local IHOP or Waffle House for pancakes — but for the most authentic flapjacks, you need to head to Oregon. Tucked away at 8601 SW 24th Avenue in Portland is a breakfast haven that has been delighting locals and visitors alike since 1953. Stepping into the Original Pancake House feels like taking a nostalgic journey back in time. Founded by culinary aficionados Les Highet and Erma Hueneke, this iconic eatery is not just a restaurant—it's a piece of Oregon's culinary history.
Oregon Bound for Chinook and Coho
Catch the bite from the beaches to Buoy 10 and the Columbia River. Capt. Hugh Harris, of True North Outdoors in Portland, tells me that a chinook salmon can smell one drop of its ancestral stream in 50 gallons of water. In Harris’ home waters of the Columbia River, chinook might get that scent as they ride tides between the ocean and the river early in the season. By summer, many fish stage in the ocean near the Columbia River’s mouth before surging upriver past Buoy 10. In summer’s warming river waters, they find respite in cold-water sanctuaries. Late summer rains bring the scent of their home waters into the river’s flow, drawing the salmon to their spawning grounds upstream. Through the seasons, Capt. Harris targets chinook and coho as they move from nearshore waters off the beach to the fast currents near Buoy 10 and those cold-water refuges upstream.
All she does is Wynne: Portland's rising rap star
When 12-year-old Sina Holwerda told her parents she wanted to be a rapper, they didn’t expect it to stick. After 15 years, the now 27-year-old Holwerda, known by her middle name “Wynne,” clearly had the right idea. The Lake Oswego-raised University of Oregon grad is a rapidly rising hip-hop star based in Portland.
PHOTOS: Hong Phat opens 4th Portland store at former Walmart on SE 82nd
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The former Walmart in Portland’s Eastport Plaza is now the location of a new Hong Phat Supercenter grocery store. Co-owners Brandon Wang and Hoang Nguyen held a grand opening on Friday morning that included a ribbon-cutting ceremony, a Lion Dance and live music and entertainment for the location near Southeast 82nd Avenue and Southeast Holgate Boulevard.
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