Coming Monday: It's the Mercury's New (and Delicious) WIENER WEEK!

Published   Jan 24, 2025 11:12AM


An entire week of creative dogs from Jan 27 through Feb 2—and only $8 each!

by Mercury Promotions



Portland, if you love the Mercury's annual Burger Week, then you're going to flip ass-over-teakettle for our newest (and perhaps funnest) food week ever... the Portland Mercury's WIENER WEEK!
That's correct: For one short week (this Monday, January 27 through Sunday, February 2), more than 40 (!) of the c ... Read more

2024 Wrapped: The Year's Biggest Election News



by Mercury Staff



It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. That’s how we’d describe the year in politics. 
Nationally, much of Am ... Read more

THE TRASH REPORT: Celebrity Flames (Not the Fun Kind), a Nep



Get your weekly dose of garbage-y, gossip-y trash!

by Elinor Jones



Hi everyone! Welcome back to the Trash Report. I' ... Read more

2024 Wrapped: This Year's Biggest Environmental News



Clean Energy Fund spending, Willamette River love, and Zenith faces some heat. This was the biggest Portland environment news in 2024.

by Taylor Griggs

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Earl Blumenauer Reflects on Long Political Career and “Bike-Partisanship”

Published   Jan 02, 2025 04:00PM


After 28 years in Congress, Blumenauer will return to Portland as a civilian with big plans for the city and state's future. 

by Taylor Griggs



Throughout Earl Blumenauer’s 28 years in the US House of Representatives, his constituents back home have taken a certain pride in knowing their congressman brought a distinctly Portland flair to Washington, D.C. 
The Democratic congressman, who will official ... Read more

UPDATED: Labor Complaint Against City Council Candidate Alle



Lisa Freeman is the subject of a BOLI civil rights investigation, but other former city employees say the office has a problem with structural racism much larger than just one staff member.

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Zenith Permit Decision Raises Questions, Conflicts About Cit



New city councilors realize they don’t have much power over the controversial company’s future—and they want to change that.

by Taylor Griggs

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The Trash Report: Inaugural Trash and a Reality Star Renaiss



by Elinor Jones



Hello, everyone! Welcome back to the Trash Report, coming in one day late this week because I was off work yesterday for MLK Jr. day an ... Read more