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Alaska Airlines announces the returns of nonstop flights from TPA to Portland, and
Alaska Airlines is set to bring back nonstop service to two of the West Coast’s top travel hotspots. Starting November 22, travelers can fly directly from Tampa International Airport (TPA) to San Francisco, and beginning November 23, nonstop service to Portland (PDX) will resume. This news follows the recent unveiling of TPA’s ambitious plans for the $1.5 billion Airside D project.
Live Nation Team Wins Approval for Music Venue
Developers working with Live Nation Entertainment to build a concert venue at the east end of the Hawthorne Bridge won approval from a city hearings officer for its plan today. Beam Development and Colas Development Group, two Portland firms, are working with Beverly Hills-based Live Nation to build the 3,500-capacity...
Home Forward and Urban League Awarded City Contract to Build Apartments at Broadway Corridor
Racial justice nonprofit Urban League and Home Forward, the city’s housing authority, won $42 million in local tax dollars to build a 14-story apartment building on the site of the old U.S. Postal Service mail-processing facility on Northwest Broadway. The 34-acre Broadway Corridor site, owned by the city, has...
Readers Respond to Two Families’ Fight Over Skyline Grave Plot
Last week, WW told the strange story of two families’ fight over one grave at Skyline Memorial Gardens (“Grave Concerns,” Aug. 7). Sons in both families died exactly three years apart. But trouble came when the first man’s mother, Paula Tin Nyo, had her son’s cremated remains placed in a grave already sold to the other family years before. When Tin Nyo refused to give up the grave, the company that owns Skyline sued her in state court. As the court case drags on, Skyline’s attorneys have sought to keep the identity of the second family private. And Tin Nyo’s attorneys believe it’s the Reser family, which runs one of the largest privately owned companies in the state, Reser’s Fine Foods. Here’s what our readers had to say:
Is It True That San Francisco Is Busing Homeless People to Portland?
Is it true that San Francisco is busing homeless people to Portland? —Laura L. In the long-ago words of a politician who seems almost honest by today’s standards, Laura, it depends on what your definition of “is” is. Has San Francisco ever bought an indigent person...
Volunteers Pick Blue Lake Park Blackberries for Hungry People, Cut Canes for Hungry Elephants
Blackberries may just be everybody’s least favorite, yet most tasty, bramble. The thorny nuisances seem to spring up whenever you’re not looking and, before you know it, backyards are turned into ruthless battlefields. Man versus nature in its purest form. Blue Lake Park is yet another casualty in...
Trail Blazers Acknowledged as Front-Runners for Cooper Flagg
It may seem obvious, but one of the bright spots in a likely-rough 2024-25 season for the Portland Trail Blazers will be the hope of finishing high in the 2025 NBA Draft order. NBA lottery ping pong balls bounce as they will, but the Blazers will be in the business of collecting as many as possible before the drawing next may.
Leaders Become Legends to host inaugural fundraiser to uplift Black, Latino, Indigenous youths
A nonprofit organization that supports and mentors young adults affected by substance abuse, gangs and gun violence, lack of education, and harmful living situations is inviting the community to a fundraising event to bolster the “future.” Leaders Become Legends will hold its inaugural Rebuilding Lives for the Future 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, in the parking lot of the nonprofit’s training center, 17214 S.E. Division St. There will be tours of the near-completed facility, music, food, and stories from people who were...
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler addresses camping ban enforcement challenges
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler has met with Multnomah County Sheriff Morrisey O’Donnell to discuss the city's controversial camping ban, which has been met with enforcement setbacks due to extreme heat and the sheriff's refusal to jail violators.
Portland Timbers part ways with forward Nathan Fogaça
The Portland Timbers and forward Nathan Fogaça have mutually agreed to part ways, the club announced Tuesday. “We want to thank Nathan for his contributions during his time with the Portland Timbers. He has expressed his desire to look at other opportunities that might afford him the playing time he is seeking, and this decision allows him the ability to do so,” Timbers General Manager Ned Grabavoy said in a statement. “The Portland Timbers would like to wish Nathan all the best in his career going forward.”
The City Plants Trees to Shade a Cooking East Portland But Can’t Seem to Keep Them Alive
It’s a common refrain from city officials these days: We need more trees to shade the broiling streets of East Portland and protect vulnerable communities from extreme heat. That’s been the message since the summer of 2021, when 116-degree temperatures killed 72 Portlanders, 22 of whom lived east of Interstate 205. Backing up its rhetoric with cash, the city committed to spending at least $40 million over the next five years to plant as many as 25,000 additional trees in the hottest neighborhoods, where the canopy offers just 5% tree coverage in some areas.
Blazers Leaving ROOT Sports, Likely Moving to Over-the-Air Network and Streaming
In a brief statement, the Portland Trail Blazers announced they have parted ways with broadcast partner ROOT Sports Northwest, one year before the original end of their contract. “Trail Blazers basketball will no longer air on ROOT Sports, but we thank ROOT Sports for years of great partnership. An exciting...
Salvaged stone from Baker City’s Central Building to be given away for free
BAKER CITY – (Release from Baker School District) Baker Technical Institute (BTI) will offer stone salvaged from the old Central Building to the public on Tuesday, August 20, from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM (PT), and on Wednesday, August 21, from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. The stone will...
Family Roots, Blues & Brews -September
The following information is shared from Main Street Union’s Facebook Event Post. Join us for an evening of music, local flavor, and community fun at the second annual Family Roots, Blues & Brews event on September 27th! Hosted by Main Street Union in partnership with the Catherine Creek Community Center, this year’s event is set to be even more spectacular than the last.
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