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The historic Oaks Park in Southeast Portland will open daily during spring break.

State-certified facilitators will guide patients in hallucinogenic trips, which may help treat mental health conditions

The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! GOOD AFTERNOON, PORTLAND! The weather, she's being f'in tricksy out there with the gorgeous sunshine and foliage. RAIN IS ON THE WAY—could be raining by the time I post this blast—UNRELENTING RAIN!.....

The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! Good afternoon, Portland: What a week! If you're reading this you're almost done with Friday! Even if you work Saturday—you're STILL almost done with Friday. Let's get to the news! IN LOCAL...

The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! Good morning, Portland! We're back to more typical summer weather today with overcast skies, a high of 87 degrees, and a chance of rain later tonight. Now, onto the news! In local...

Meet Cosmo, the talking crow. You definitely shouldn't habituate wild animals. But you should also read this story. https://t.co/UWbl0BG0IF— Lizzy Acker (@lizzzyacker) December 9, 2021 This decision was not hard to make. We all knew right away the crow made of the right stuff. Cosmo, the talking crow. This bird is believed to know around 40 words, many of them curse words. But Cosmo has made friends with a number of young humans at Allen...

4 better names for my generation than ‘Geriatric Millennial’ Updated 2:24 PM; Facebook Share What do you call the special generation of people born between the years of 1980 and 1985? Well, according to a story making the Twitter rounds today: “Geriatric Millennial.” The article, “Why the Hybrid Workforce of the Future Depends on the ‘Geriatric Millennial,’” is ostensibly a business story, written by a self-professed “Geriatric Millennial,” about how powerful this group of ...

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“9-1-1” is a Fox TV show about ... 9-1-1. It’s an over-the-top, strangely star-studded cops and ambulances crime and drama show. It’s got Angela Bassett, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Peter Krause, as well as earthquakes destroying Los Angeles and tsunamis turning the Santa Monica Pier into rubble. It’s so popular it has a spin-off. Starring Rob Lowe and Liv Tyler. I don’t have time to watch much ...

A roundtable look back at 2020: Beat Check podcast Updated Dec 28, 2020; It’s finally time to turn the page on 2020, one of the most challenging years in recent memory, and look ahead to what 2021 could bring. On the latest episode of the Beat Check podcast, host Andrew Theen, reporters Lizzy Acker and Kale Williams and visual journalist Dave Killen take a look back at the many major news stories that defined the year. They of course talk about the pandemic, the the racial justice protests i...