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A Garden Center’s Worth of Trees and Bushes Has Transformed the Street Outside Old Town Brewing Into a Green Escape

This past summer saw every bar, brewery and restaurant in town expand into lanes of traffic if they had the means and ability. While many of these makeshift pandemic patios are nothing much to look at, Old Town’s is different: It immerses you in nature.

The Launch of Alberta Commons Brings Renewed Visibility to the Black-Owned Businesses of Northeast Portland

In Portland, Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard hasn’t always reflected the dream of its namesake. Though it was once the epicenter of African American life in this city, in recent years, swaths of black businesses have been swapped out for high-rise apartment buildings and trendy, white-owned businesses.

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A Portland Parent Found Her Daughter’s Textbook Racist. Her Teacher Has a Contract That Says He Could Use It Anyway.

A bronze bust of York, an enslaved member of the Corps of Discovery, has drawn visitors to Mount Tabor since it was anonymously installed last month. The debate over how history is portrayed is also occurring in Portland's classrooms. (Justin Yau)

For Nearly a Year, Teenagers Have Been Robbing Portland Dispensaries. Then Somebody Shot a Budtender.

IN MEMORIAM: Jina Yoo, the owner of Cured Green, holds up artwork of her employee and longtime friend, Michael Arthur, who died during an armed robbery in the store on Dec. 14. (Wesley Lapointe)

Time Lapsed Between Land Purchase and Groundbreaking for a Portland Housing Development? 1,483 Days

SHOVEL ALMOST READY: A housing project is running behind. (Rosie Struve)

Longtime Portland DJs Anjali and the Incredible Kid Have Quit XRAY.FM

DJ Anjali and the Incredible Kid (Edan Swartz)

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As Lawmakers Entertain Bill Banning Concealed Guns in Public Buildings, Gun Purchases Soar 112

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