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Portland Protests Will Resume Friday Night After Brief Hiatus During Wildfires

“Now that the air has cleared, protests will resume.”

Astoria Has Come Up With a Unique Plan to Hold Its Annual Pacific Northwest Beer Cup

The Astoria Downtown Historic District Association has come up with a clever way to hold the annual Pacific Northwest Brew Cup without jamming hundreds of bodies together in a single space. Instead of hosting the event on the waterfront next to the Columbia River Maritime Museum, participants will sample beer by taking a walking tour of the town.

In Purge of Extremists, Facebook Removes Page of Portland Protest Organizers

Activists called the ban an attempt to suppress left-leaning voices and said it drew a false equivalence between anarchists and violent right-wingers.

Murmurs: Gov. Brown Recall Deadline Looms

In other news: Facebook removes page of Portland protest organizers.

15 Oregon Firefighters Travel to Australia to Help Fight Massive Blazes

Four Oregon firefighters traveled to Australia today to assist with the country’s devastating bush fires.

Scientists Are Studying a Massive Underwater Volcano off the Coast of Oregon

300 miles off the coast of Oregon lies an active volcano, with a magma reservoir two thirds the length of Manhattan, that the world has never seen before.

European Bus Service Launches in Pacific Northwest This Month, Promising a $10 Trip From Portland to Seattle

Watch out BoltBus, there’s a new kid in town.

How PNW Are You? Take the Quiz to Find Out.

Listen, just because you are living in the Pacific Northwest, it does not mean you are truly a Pacific Northwesterner; it’s a damn lifestyle that takes years to perfect.

Portland’s College Students Want Their Schools to Cancel Class So They Can Strike on Climate

These petitions demand that schools cancel class, close campus or not punish those who join the Sept. 20 Global Climate Strike.

Climate Change Is Likely to Turn Unprepared Pacific Northwest Towns into Tinder Boxes

In the past few years, massive wildfires have devastated large swaths of the west coast. But aside from dangerously high levels of air toxins due to smoke, residents of the Pacific Northwest’s lush, rainy forests have had to worry little about the threat of wildfires.

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