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Most of Oregon’s Bars and Restaurants Must Close Before Midnight This Year, but There Are Still Ways to Celebrate New Year’s Eve

No one will be celebrating the midnight countdown to 2021 at most Oregon bars and restaurants due to the state’s COVID-19 safety protocols setting closing time at 11 pm. But a number of food and drink establishments are getting inventive with their New Year’s Eve offerings in the hope of luring some customers to al fresco dining.

Little Earthquakes Shake Mount Hood

The mountains on our horizon are shaking. Should we freak out?

Mount St. Helens Is "Recharging" With Magma

That half-mountain you see off in the distance is slowly refilling with liquid hot magma.

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The 51 Best Bar Patios in Portland

Someday: IMAGE: Brian Burk.

“I Think the Gun’s in His Back Pocket”: Portland Police Bureau Releases Audio From Fatal Shooting of Robert Delgado in Lents Park

A memorial to Robert Delgado in Lents Park. (Wesley Lapointe)

Our Favorite Patios for Day-Drinking in Portland

Gigantic Brewing. IMAGE: Mick Hangland-Skill.

What Does Portland Public Schools Do When a Student Contracts COVID? Less Than You Might Expect.

Drive-thru COVID-19 testing clinic at Portland Community College Cascade campus on Dec. 2. (Motoya Nakamura / Multnomah County)

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Portlanders Are Furious at the Prospect of City Parks Being Used as Temporary Homes 105

U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer Says It’s Light Rail Or Bust For Next Columbia River Bridge 97

The Oregon Brothers Accused of Storming the U.S. Capitol Spent Much of Their Lives as the Children of Baptist Missionaries 85

Sorrow, Then Clashes in Portland After Minnesota Police Killing of Daunte Wright 85

Secretary of State Opens Investigation Into Portland Police Commander who Suggested Residents Should Vote Out the District Attorney 75

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