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This Week In Portland Food News: Italian Cocktails, Croffles, and Chicken Fingers
This week, Dolly Olive's new sibling Bar Dolly brings Negronis with a side of Italian food, the cat-themed Bobacat Teahouse arrives in Irvington, and the famed chain Raising Cane's opens its first Washington location in Vancouver. Read about that and more of the latest food news, including the tragic death of chef Naomi Pomeroy, below.
NBA Rumors: Blazers 'bad by design,' sights set on Cooper Flagg and 2025 draft
The 2024-25 NBA season is still months away, but many Trail Blazers fans are looking forward to the next offseason. Portland should have an improved team next season, mainly because their roster is healthier. Still, they will likely finish towards the bottom of the competitive Western Conference. As a result,...
Portland Trail Blazers vs. Charlotte Hornets: Game preview, time, TV channel, how to watch free live stream online
The Portland Trail Blazers take their slim summer league playoff hopes into a Friday night matchup with the Charlotte Hornets in Las Vegas, Nevada. Each 2-1 team must win by a significant margin to have a chance at squeezing into the top four in the summer league standings. Friday begins...
Portland Pride Festival ramps up security as thousands expected this weekend
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The Portland Pride Festival at the waterfront is just around the corner. Tens of thousands of people from all over Oregon are expected to attend the festival this weekend. Planning is year-round. “Between law enforcement, private security [and] other measures that we have in place,...
Marcus Mariota approves Dillon Gabriel to wear No. 8 jersey, 'excited' for Oregon football in Big Ten
Transfer quarterback Dillon Gabriel has big shoes to fill during his senior season at Oregon. Not only does the former Oklahoma and UCF signal-caller replace first-round pick Bo Nix, who set records during his two-year stint atop the Ducks' offense, but Gabriel also took on the challenge of living up to the expectations that come with the No. 8 jersey. Fellow Hawaiian-born quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota rose to stardom in that same jersey, and Gabriel asked for his permission before he selected the number.
Elden’s Restaurant and Bar opens on Highway 43 in West Linn
When West Linn’s Round Table Pizza closed last year and the building’s owner offered the lease to Selina and Jeremy Klein, the couple did something they’d never done before. The Kleins, who have worked as servers, bartenders, managers and now owners in the restaurant industry for two decades, opened their new restaurant, Elden’s Restaurant and Bar, at the former Round Table location next to Walmart on Highway 43 Wednesday, July 17. ...
Wilsonville has capacity to meet future housing needs but residents are cost-burdened, analysis shows
While Wilsonville has the capacity to meet forecasted housing needs, according to a recent draft of the city government’s housing analysis, many households face a significant housing cost burden. The draft housing analysis, delivered in a joint work session between the Wilsonville City Council and Planning Commission on Monday, July 15, is part of the city’s Housing our Future project. As required by the state, the project will analyze Wilsonville’s housing need and capacity and then determine policies necessary to meet those needs. ...
Attend cruise through Willamette Falls, Lake Oswego and other areas
The Rivers of Life Center, in collaboration with the Oregon City Business Alliance, welcomes community members to embark on a cruise to Willamette Falls, and through West Linn, Lake Oswego and Gladstone. The cruise, where attendees will board a 65-foot vessel and then travel 40 miles along the Willamette River from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m Saturday, Sept. 4, costs $50. Oregon City resident Lowell Gillespie owns and captains the ship. For more information on the opportunity, call Rivers of Life Center at 503-260-3432. “This cruise is a phenomenal opportunity at $50 per head to see our river, its communities, and hear the story of Native Peoples and ‘settlement,’” said river historian and naturalist Jerry Herrmann in a press release.
Get ready for return of West Linn’s music in the park
Five weeks of live music on Thursday evenings in Tanner Creek Park kicks off July 25. Northwest country band Brewer’s Grade will perform West Linn’s first music in the park event of the summer July 25, followed by cover band Collective Nation Aug. 1. The following week Red Light Romeos, a group known for covers of 1970s rock, will take the Tanner Creek stage Aug. 8. Jennifer Batten and Full Steam will rock out in the park Aug. 15 before Ants in the Kitchen closes out the summer with the last show Aug. 22. Concerts take place 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday evenings. Attendees should bring a blanket or low-backed chair to sit on. Several food vendors will also be on site.
Kah-Nee-Ta reopens its doors
After almost six years of closure, Kah-Nee-Ta Resort in Warm Springs reopened to the public for the first time Thursday, July 18. The newly renovated resort combines aspects of the past, as well as a fully renovated pool deck and new soaking pools. For many in the community, it’s a return to a place they feel at home. “We always felt it would come back,” said Starla Green, the public...
Lake Oswego resident, former party leader, discusses experience at Republican National Convention
With the Republican Party presidential nomination a foregone conclusion, the central purpose of the 2024 Republican National Convention, according to Lake Oswego resident and recent gubernatorial candidate Bob Tiernan, was to energize the base while bringing some independents and Democrats on board for the November presidential election. Tiernan, the former chairman of the Oregon Republican Party who had been an Oregon delegate in previous elections and received a VIP invite to this week’s convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, said the party accomplished that mission. ...
At 8 years old, Wilsonville runner is on the fast track to national championship
WILSONVILLE, Oregon — An 8-year-old track star from Wilsonville is gearing up for the National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships in Texas. Grant Broussard qualified for the 100-meter dash and the 200-meter dash after posting some of the nation’s best times for his age group. “I like...
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