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City of North Bend supports SORA Portland flight effort
North Bend City Council on Sept. 24 approved supporting Southwest Oregon Regional Airport’s efforts to bring a flight service to Portland to the North Bend/Coos Bay Area. SORA received a federal grant in 2019 for $750,000 that requires a local match. The grant is to help the airport expand its air service to the region. The council approved $7,500 a year for three years for the northbound flight, starting with...
Troutdale’s Ch’ak Ch’ak Trail celebrates ribbon cutting along Sandy River
Ch’ak Ch’ak means bald eagle in the Chinuk Wawa language, and that name will hopeful signify a new nature trail’s soaring success following a ribbon cutting celebration. The Ch’ak Ch’ak Trail is a three-mile segment of the 40-Mile-Loop Trail that runs in Troutdale and Fairview. On Thursday, Oct. 10, stakeholders and community members celebrated its official opening, providing a new place to recreate and soak in views of the Sandy River. ...
Register for Wood Village’s 5th annual Turkey Drive
Seeking a hookup for a tasty meal this Thanksgiving? In Wood Village all it takes is filling out a form online. The 5th annual Turkey Drive will open for registration at 8 a.m. Monday, Oct. 14. The form can be found online at woodvillageor.gov/turkey-drive-2024 (it won’t be there until Monday morning). Pickup of the meal, which in the past has included turkeys, pies and other sides, will happen Friday, Nov. 22. ...
Portland didn’t have America’s best pizza in 2021 (or 2018). It just might now
In 2018, the first time an out-of-town pundit called Portland “America’s best pizza city,” it seemed like a stunt, a take spicier than red pepper flakes thrown out by a so-called pizza expert in the name of self promotion. How could Portland, the home of pipe organ pizza and thick braided crusts, rank higher than New York, New Haven or a half dozen other cities?
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