Introducing the Mercury's New (and Delicious) WIENER WEEK!

Published   Jan 16, 2025 12:00PM


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 (Monday, January 27 through Sunday, February 2), more than 40 (!) of the city†... 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

Federal Transportation Program Eyes Another Albina Reconnect



The US Department of Transportation will give Portland $1 million to study alternatives for the “overbuilt” I-405 ramps in North Portland, which have contributed to neighborhood disconnection for more than 50 ... Read more

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: 2024's Top Stories, Portland's Mos



by Wm. Steven Humphrey



GOOD MORNING, SUNDAY! It's the perfect time to catch up on some of the great reporting and stories the Mercury churned out this ... Read more

THE TRASH REPORT: Celebrity Flames (Not the Fun Kind), a Nepo Baby King, and Guess Who's Bringing Se

Published   Jan 13, 2025 09:51AM


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

by Elinor Jones



Hi everyone! Welcome back to the Trash Report. I'm your girl, Elinor Jones. Now usually I like to start my column with a little check-in about how I'm feeling, so I'm sure you can understand me this week when I say: "not well, bitch." Things are bleak, y'all. In my household, Dry January has morphed into Damp January, and if the rest of this month ... 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 “Bik



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


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Björk Friday Is an Annual Anti-Thanksgiving Drag Show That'



Björk Friday

by Corbin Smith



In 2018, a confluence of Icelandic singer Björk's birthday and a night of drag ga ... Read more