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The front page obituary of Portland’s iconic drag queen Darcelle should be required reading for the likes of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, (“Walter Cole, Portland’s legendary drag queen Darcelle and civic icon, dies at 92,” March 23). But oh, no. That issue of The Oregonian/OregonLive would be banned from their school libraries!

Readers respond: Darcelle modeled authentic life

O’Bryant Square reopens this fall for the first time in five years, and when it does visitors will stroll right into the middle of the extremes roiling downtown Portland. The half-acre brick plaza closed in 2018 because of structural problems with the underground parking garage that was a condition of the donor who gave the land to the city decades earlier. Named for Portland’s first mayor, Hugh O’Bryant, it’s been fenced off since 2018 as the city put together plans to carefully fill the garage, work finally due to begin as soon as next month.

Fences come down at Portland’s troubled O’Bryant Square this fall. What comes next?

The James Beard Foundation on Wednesday announced the finalists for the 2023 Restaurant and Chef Awards, and three Portland restaurants and one Ashland restaurant were among the honorees. Chef Gregory Gourdet’s Haitian-inspired Kann was among the 10 finalists for the Best New Restaurant Award, which recognizes places demonstrating excellence in...

3 Portland restaurants among finalists for 2023 James Beard restaurant and chef awards

Cota, Johnson and Ebert are members of the board of BikeLoud PDX. Portland used to be America’s darling when it came to biking. Year over year, more people were biking to work throughout the 2000s and early 2010s. Compared to the national average of 0.6% of people biking to work, Portland in 2014 led the pack at 7.2%, with reason to expect growth into the future. The city set a goal of 1 in 4 people biking to work by 2030, and national and international study tours came to find out how we did it.

Opinion: Portland leaders need to take getting people on bikes more seriously

Some Portland parks won’t be going dark after all. Commissioner Dan Ryan, who oversees the parks bureau, plans to introduce an emergency ordinance next Wednesday that would allow park officials to more quickly acquire replacement light poles as part of a new phased approach to remove 243 unsound lampposts from city parks.

Portland will move more quickly to replace unsound lampposts in popular parks

The court ruling that allows for camping in the streets, Martin v. Boise, does not say we cannot impose limits on when and where the homeless camp. Why not ban unsanctioned street camping in Portland between the hours of 9 a.m. and 10 p.m.?. Allowing people to set up semi-permanent...

Readers respond: Homeless should pack and move daily

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Wednesday morning’s clearing skies and light winds are bringing fog to the metro area. Nighttime low temperatures may even bring some freezing fog to outlying locations. The National Weather Service says frost or fog are likely in many areas early Wednesday. Fog was seen on traffic cameras across the region including in Washington and Clark counties. Once the fog clears, Portland should see a mostly dry day with some light showers lingering from Tuesday’s system. Skies will be partly sunny by the afternoon, and the high temperature will reach near 56 degrees.

Portland sees early Wednesday fog, frost, then a partly sunny afternoon; high 56

A Portland man accused of stealing an $80,000 forklift from a Portland State University parking garage and driving it erratically at least 15 blocks through downtown laughed “maniacally” as he chased a pedestrian and shouted to passers-by, “I literally stole this,” court records show. Joffre Zelinski,...

Portland man laughed ‘maniacally’ while chasing pedestrian in stolen $80k forklift, police say

Two of the three victims in Saturday’s deadly daylight shooting were high school students, according to statements from Portland Public Schools. They were identified as Eskender Tamra, 17, a junior at Franklin High School, and Isaac Daudi, 19, a senior at Roosevelt High School. In emails to school families,...

2 Portland high school students among victims in weekend triple homicide

The Portland Trail Blazers play the first of two games against the Sacramento Kings this week Wednesday night at the Moda Center. The Blazers will be without four starters making winning next to impossible against a Kings team that has the third best record in the NBA. The Blazers (32-43)...

Portland Trail Blazers vs. Sacramento Kings: Game preview, time, TV channel, how to watch free live stream online

Gresham, OR

Police arrested a 61-year-old Portland man in the fatal shooting of a 35-year-old Portland man found dead in Gresham on Friday. Police say they found Michael Lashone Hatcher of Portland on a sidewalk in the 500 block of Southeast 197th Avenue around 7:20 a.m. Court records show 61-year-old Ervin Standifer...

Police arrest 61-year-old Portland man in Gresham homicide

Texas State

Three players from the Portland Thorns will spend just over a week with the U.S. women’s national team in early April. Crystal Dunn, Becky Sauerbrunn and Sophia Smith were all called up to USWNT for two friendly matches against Ireland on April 8 and 11. They will be with the U.S. squad from April 3-11 and will not miss any Thorns matches.

Trio of Portland Thorns players called up to USWNT for April FIFA window

The newest face on the practice field for the Portland Timbers is a welcome one. Amid injuries, inconsistency and struggles to score, Ivorian forward Franck Boli arrives at the club with an opportunity to make an immediate, positive impact as he works his way into the fold. Boli joined the...

Franck Boli brings experience, goal-scoring ability to shorthanded Portland Timbers: ‘He’s excited’

Mcminnville, OR

The boys baseball season is just getting underway, and the Pacific Conference figures to come down to a race between the defending champion McMinnville Grizzlies and the Sherwood Bowmen. Here’s a preview of the Pacific Conference with teams listed in alphabetical order:. CENTURY JAGUARS.

Oregon Class 6A baseball 2023 season preview: McMinnville Grizzlies, Sherwood Bowmen primary contenders in the Pacific Conference

Portland Trail Blazers’ forward Justise Winslow underwent successful left ankle surgery Wednesday at Atrium Health Mercy in Charlotte, N.C., the franchise announced. Winslow, the Blazers said, is expected to be ready for the 2023-24 season. He will become an unrestricted free agent this offseason. The Blazers, with eight players...

Trail Blazers’ Justise Winslow undergoes surgery, team signs guard Skylar Mays from G League

Washington, DC

A 31-year-old Portland man is accused of making at least 50 different violent threats online to kill President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and other public officials in Washington, D.C., and to carry out mass shootings and bombings of schools and businesses in Portland. Jesse David Bennett used other names...

Portland man accused of threatening to kill President Biden, bomb local schools and businesses

Portland’s behavioral health hospital knew a patient had repeatedly vocalized violent fantasies about smashing in a woman’s head but discharged him anyway onto the street outside — where the man immediately did just that, a lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges. Sonya Gonzales was waiting for her son to...

Portland hospital wrongfully released violent patient accused of attack moments later, $4M suit says

Oregon’s engineers care deeply about our communities, which is why we invest in our local economy, creating jobs and housing. I am vice president of Central Geotechnical LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned emerging small business with 18 employees. We appreciate public projects that require the involvement of small and minority-owned engineering firms. However, it is hard for our businesses to get involved when the contracts include language that could bankrupt us.

Readers respond: State should limit ‘duty to defend’

Salem, OR

Gov. Tina Kotek signed a $200 million bipartisan housing and homelessness package at a bill signing ceremony in Salem on Wednesday. Her signature will enable $30 million to be immediately pushed out to local communities to fund eviction prevention, rent assistance and some state staffing costs. The remainder of the funding will become available July 1, the start of the next fiscal year.

Gov. Tina Kotek signs $200 million housing, homelessness package

A judge this week handed down almost the maximum sentence available to a rookie driver who was speeding away from a minor crash when he struck and killed a Portland motorcyclist nearly three years ago. The punishment — two years and 10 months in state prison — came Tuesday after...

Driver who killed Portland motorcyclist while fleeing fender bender sent to prison

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Hillsboro, OR

Intel plans to build a new, modestly sized manufacturing support building on its main Oregon manufacturing campus. The chipmaker says will enable new production technologies and future growth at its Hillsboro research factory, called D1X. “This planned building will support the existing D1X operations and ensures we are ready for...

Planned Intel building could point to future Oregon factory expansion

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Celebrate the 2022 holiday season with these 20 live music events

Portlanders looking to rekindle some pre-COVID holiday magic are in luck this year. With many pandemic restrictions lifted, holiday concerts are back in a big way....

Celebrate the 2022 holiday season with these 20 live music events

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