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Kids using city pools need to follow new swimming rules or be turned away

SWIMMERS under a certain age are now required to have additional supervision ahead of the upcoming summer months. Those who do not follow the rules in one US city will be denied access to different public pools. In Portland, Oregon, officials passed a new rule on February 2, which requires...
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Booth Recap: KC Current vs Portland Thorns

Lori Lindsey and Kate Scott break down the game between the KC Current and the Portland Thorns on Sunday, May 24th.
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This Oregon Cafe Feels Like A Cartoon Medieval Tavern Straight Out Of A Fairy...

A crooked stone fireplace and mismatched wooden chairs and stained glass windows that glow in the afternoon light. I walked through the door and half expected to see a bard strumming a lute in the corner. Oregon has a cafe that looks like a cartoon medieval tavern where the food...
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Domestic violence incident in Beaverton leads to shelter in place order

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Multiple residents were sheltered in place in Beaverton on Sunday after a man was reported to have assaulted a woman and had access to multiple weapons, police said. At approximately 4:00 a.m. on Sunday, Beaverton Police said they responded to a domestic violence report at...
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Oregon Woman’s Mysterious Tree Draws Crowds Who Come to Share Their Biggest Wishes: ‘They...

Life can feel heavy these days. Between endless headlines, rising stress, and the feeling that the world moves far too fast, moments of simple joy often feel harder to find. But tucked away in a quiet neighborhood in Oregon, one small tradition has quietly become the kind of feel-good story many people did not realize
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Summer vibes in Portland before next weather pattern change

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Following a picture-perfect weather day on Saturday across the Pacific Northwest where Portland reached 73 for its daytime high, we’ll continue to see these warmer temperatures and mostly sunny or partly cloudy skies come Sunday. Much of the I-5 corridor will look to hit...
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From a childhood home to the Fortune 100: A visual tour of Nike’s history

Place has always been important to Nike. The company this week honored Phil Knight with “Founder’s Week” and marked the renaming of its headquarters, now the Philip H. Knight Campus. To learn about Nike’s homes, and how they shaped the company, The Oregonian/OregonLive visited them with Scott...
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Editorial: Portland City Council’s budgeting shell game

With Portland facing a $160 million shortfall for the coming year, pain was always going to be the theme of budget discussions. Portlanders will feel it in reduced public safety workers, parks maintenance cutbacks and fewer shelters for those who are homeless. But several of the changes that Portland city councilors ma
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Hike Until You’re Hurting on One Portland Trail

This story first appeared in the June 20, 2012, edition of WW. Forest Park is only eight miles long—it’s about the same size in area as Nauru, the world’s smallest island nation—but walking from one end to another will take you 12 hours. The Wildwood Trail, which winds along the slopes of the park’s many basalt ridges,
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Woman severely beaten; man arrested as Portland police respond to multiple calls Friday night

Police were called to Old Town where a woman had been severely beaten on Friday evening. Then, they were sent to a DV call involving shots fired inside a house.

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