What's up, Trash Pandas! Welcome back to the Trash Report. I'm your girl Elinor Jones, currently not bunkered in our not-hellish city. I recently got my quarterly botox injections and it's unfortunate ...

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Following threats made by President Trump on Saturday to send additional troops to "war ravaged Portland," in order to ...

So two just happened. Both by white men. Veterans too. I don’t hear anyone crying “terrorist” or banning white men from owning guns. Or veterans. Maybe we should ponder on this idea: let’s honor our ...

In an early Saturday morning post on Truth Social, President Trump wrote that he will be sending troops to “protect war ravaged Portland” as well as the city’s ICE facility from those he called ...

Just as a metaphor, I'm remembering iconic photos like the ones of hippies offering flowers to men in uniforms with guns. Let's follow through with the "hate can never drive out hate, only love can do ...

Updated: 8:34 am September 27 City and state elected officials say the Trump administration has deployed additional federal ...

It might not have a name yet, but the realization of the much-ballyhooed mid-sized music venue by Portland’s Monqui Presents ...

Portland first adopted the Vision Zero approach to ending traffic fatalities and serious injuries on city streets in 2015. In ...

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Seattle is ahead of us! Indivisible there has weekly protests re Sinclair's refusal to air Jimmy Kimmel in that market ( Portland, with KATU as another ABC Sinclair station, hasn't reacted similarly.

It's always nice to see old friends, even for the first time. It's completely understandable why some of us are confused, after all these are confusing times. My two cents is that I try to look as ...