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An Oregon Health Official Explains Why Trick-or-Treating Is a Bad Idea This Year

Don’t shoot the messenger—or stab her with rusty meat hooks, or throw her into the sewer with a pack of cannibalistic mutants—but in Dr. Shimi Sharief’s professional opinion, Halloween maybe shouldn’t happen this year.

Oregon Breweries Won 22 Medals at the Great American Beer Festival

Despite the challenges associated with holding a massive competition during a global health crisis on both ends, Oregon breweries had a stellar showing, matching their 2018 high of 22 medals.

Hotel Revenue in Portland’s City Center Is Down 81% From Last Year

On Thursday, Oct. 15, Travel Portland held its first online seminar in a new quarterly series of updates on the state of the city’s tourism industry. The organization that works to attract overnight visitors shared numbers that were both jarring and hopeful regarding the region’s recovery following the mandated spring shutdown to help quell the spread of COVID-19 that rendered thousands of people unemployed sent into a freefall the businesses that tourists come here for in the first place.

Health Officials Offer Bleak Prognosis: “COVID-19 Is Again on the March in Oregon”

Record highs in case numbers and hospitalizations has authorities concerned.

Christmas Is Canceled: Peacock Lane Will Not Light Up This Year

For the first time in eight decades, Peacock Lane is going dark.

COVID-19 Cases Are Again Rising in Oregon

There were a record number of cases in the past week.

Chef Naomi Pomeroy Is Closing Her Iconic Restaurant Beast and Starting a New Concept In Its Place

Beast, the Portland fine dining destination that made owner and chef Naomi Pomeroy a nationally recognized culinary star, is no more.

Kachka Has Closed Its Alfresca Parking Lot Pop-Up but Is Preparing to Reopen Its Russian Market

Kachka Alfresca’s cabanas saw their last dinner service earlier this month, but you can now purchase the restaurant’s famous dumplings at 18 Portland-area New Seasons Markets. Morales is also preparing to reopen Lavka to in-person shopping rather than curbside pickup and online ordering only. Additional safety precautions are still being put in place, but in the coming weeks you can expect new offerings, like mushroom stroganoff meal kits and Ruskie Zakuski Experience trays that recreates the prix fixe procession of small plates that should be paired with vodka, generously, that was available in the restaurant.

The Portland Film Festival Moves Online and Into Homes During the Pandemic

Like most screenings in 2020, those that are part of the Portland Film Festival are primarily taking place virtually rather than in person because of COVID-19, which may actually make this year’s event more accessible than ever. Thanks to a Comcast sponsorship, subscribers to the cable provider will be able to watch some entries from their own home for free. Viewers can get to the content by saying “Portland Film Festival” into their X1 or Flex voice remote. In addition to films, there is scheduled to be twice-daily director’s chats, workshops and educational panels.

Portland-Area Ski Resorts Are Making Plans to Operate Safely and Efficiently This Winter

Timberline and Mount Bachelor were actually two of the only ski resorts in North America to have experience operating during the COVID-19 outbreak, and the industry as a whole relied on those results to implement Ski Well, Be Well protocols. That includes employee training in disinfection protocols that are consistent with recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, staff wellness checks at the start of every shift, and the now-widespread practices of mandatory mask wearing and physical distancing.

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