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A Portland County Transcends its Rehousing Goals With 65% Drop in Homelessness
Clackamas County in Oregon, one of two counties into which Portland extends, has reduced the rate of homelessness by 65% from 2019 to 2023,...
Portland’s New Airport Built with Local Tribal Timber is Inherently Fire Resistant and Less Carbon-Intensive
Oregon is famous for forests, and so it makes sense that the new "Port of Portland" airport terminal is going to be built almost...
As More Cities Install ‘Rain Gardens’ to Filter Pollution, Portland Offers to Foot the Bill for City Residents
Portland and Los Angeles are installing bioswales—AKA “rain gardens”—to help filter rainwater runoff before it enters and pollutes the sewage system.
Muslim Groups Raise $500K for Victims of the Portland Attacks
Thanks to the online efforts of Islamic groups, over 10,000 people have stepped up to assist in the aftermath of the Portland, Oregon attacks...
These Anarchists Are Fixing Portland’s Pothole Problem
The potholes in Portland were getting worse and worse and the city residents kept waiting and waiting for someone to fix them.
That's why these...
Portland’s New Pipes Harvest Electricity From Running Water
"If you live in Portland, your lights may now be partly powered by your drinking water. An ingenious new system captures energy as water...
Portland Couple Uses Their Super Car Collection For Good
Cobra. Lamborgini. Maclaren. Ferrari. Porsche.
Kids in Oregon who are battling life-threatening illnesses get to choose which supercar they get to spend the day in,...
Nonprofit Pub in Portland: “Have A Pint, Change The World”
The Oregon Public House began as a dream to bring the individual charitable experience into the social space of a community. They wanted to...
New Portland Billboard’s Holiday Message: You Are Enough.
The holidays can be stressful. For many, it's a time that challenges their sense of self-worth. One Portland billboard offers an important reminder: "You...
Portland Gym is Free if you ‘Pay it Forward’
Beast Fit Nation in Portland offers free workouts, the only catch is you have to “pay it forward.” “It’s the world’s first free gym....
Portlanders Gather to Remember Iconic Street Performer Who Died
Portlanders are remembering a man who for five years played music, did magic tricks and smiled at cars from a sidewalk corner bordering the...
Bus Driver Makes Unscheduled Stop, Saves Woman’s Life on Portland Bridge
Rick Sound, a TriMet bus driver for 24 years, was steering a No. 77 bus west over the Steel Bridge Tuesday morning when he...
Panera to Open Another Pay-What-You-Want Cafe, This Time in Portland
Panera Bread will open its third nonprofit restaurant Monday in Portland where customers pay what they want for food -- using donation boxes, instead...
Portland Hopes to Win the Battle of the Butts
Globally, over 2 billion cigarette butts are tossed to the ground every day, the most littered item in the US and the world. But...
New Low-Carbon Concrete Outperforms Today’s Highway Material While Cutting Costs in Minnesota
A private-public partnership has paved a section of Minnesota road with an experimental low-carbon concrete mixture that resulted in greater strength and lesser cement...
5,000 Are Now Sleeping with Roof Over Their Head Thanks to Oregon Task Force Slashing Homelessness
Nearly 5,500 Oregonians have been moved out of homelessness and into housing thanks to persistence from a recently-appointed task force.
This amounts to a 28%...
‘Sponge’ Cities Combat Urban Flooding by Letting Nature Do the Work
In China, a landscape architect is reimagining cities across the vast country by working with nature to combat flooding through the 'sponge city' concept.
But...
Out-of-Place ‘Devil Bird’ Wows Spectators in Maine, the First Anhinga Ever Seen in the State
In winter of 2022, Maine was accorded the honor of a visit from a Stellar's sea eagle, a truly incredible raptor with an 8-foot-wingspan...
Good News in History, July 2
101 years ago today, Wisława Szymborska was born in Poland. This poet, essayist, translator, and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature penned...
Good News in History, May 5
121 years ago today, one of the most influential chefs in American history, James Beard, was born in Portland. His towering success led to...