4th Annual Portland Winter Light Festival
byThe 4th annual Portland Winter Light Festival came to brighten the cityscape through the early February winter, once again taking over the darkness with…
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A Bee Or Not A Bee?
Bee populations are in decline; what do we really know?
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BEE BRIEF Invertebrates may be spineless, but they run this planet. “All animals in the world are invertebrates,” joked Dr. Susan Masta, associate biology professor…
Dr. King Had a Dream, Reclaim the Dream
Annual march honors Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday and legacy
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During the weekend of January 20th, many women’s marches took place around the country—an annual tradition since Donald Trump became president after being caught…
A Place Called Home: From Vanport to Albina
Vanport Mosaic's event lets Black Portlanders tell their experience in their own words
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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…
Audubon Nature Night with JoAnn Hardesty
Listening and Speaking with Portland City Council’s New Commissioner
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By a show of hands, it was the first time many in the audience had attended a Nature Night Speaker Series event, hosted by…
Measles Weasels its Way into Portland
30 confirmed cases in the Portland Metro area
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2018 closed with a few cases of measles springing up in Clark County, just north of Portland across the Columbia River in Washington. As…
Believe in Something, Don’t Just Buy It
Who is Colin Kaepernick and what's all the fuss about?
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The quarterback was twice awarded the Western Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year while playing for the University of Nevada at Reno. Signed…
First Confirmed Evidence of Dinosaurs in Oregon
byImagine wandering through central Oregon 100 million years ago. You look to the West, expecting to see more land, but suddenly realize you are…