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February 3, 2019 February 3, 2019

A Place Called Home: From Vanport to Albina
Vanport Mosaic's event lets Black Portlanders tell their experience in their own words

by Cory Elia

Additional reporting by Margo Craig Vanport Mosaic is a community-driven non-profit working to “amplify, collect, honor, preserve and present the many silenced histories of…

February 2, 2019 February 2, 2019

Audubon Nature Night with JoAnn Hardesty
Listening and Speaking with Portland City Council’s New Commissioner

by Margo Craig

By a show of hands, it was the first time many in the audience had attended a Nature Night Speaker Series event, hosted by…

February 1, 2019 February 1, 2019

Measles Weasels its Way into Portland
30 confirmed cases in the Portland Metro area

by Jake Johnson

2018 closed with a few cases of measles springing up in Clark County, just north of Portland across the Columbia River in Washington. As…

February 1, 2019 February 4, 2019

Government Shutdown?
The longest government shutdown in history has ended, or has it?

by Margo Craig

On Jan. 25 2019, the federal government emerged from the longest shutdown in United States history after 35 days of political gridlock on the…

January 16, 2019 January 16, 2019

First Confirmed Evidence of Dinosaurs in Oregon

by Amy Seufert

Imagine wandering through central Oregon 100 million years ago. You look to the West, expecting to see more land, but suddenly realize you are…

January 10, 2019 January 14, 2019

Happy New Years From Times Square!
Environmental impacts of the celebration

by Jesse Trott

On December 31st, people around the world celebrate the end of one year to ring in the next. The Times Square ball drop in…

January 10, 2019 January 14, 2019

Village Model Design Exhibit

by Cory Elia

Students from Portland State’s School of Architecture and Center for Public Interest Design, in conjunction with Portland’s Village Coalition, hosted an exhibit reception in…