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May 03 2021 Drag queens The Drive 'N Drag Saves 2021 outdoor concert tour stops at Clackamas Town Center on May 11-12. It will include "RuPaul's Drag Race" season 13 finalists Gottmik and Rose. Gottmik made history by becoming the first trans man to appear on "RuPaul's Drag Race." The tour had allowed people to watch the show from the comfort and safety of their vehicles, and now fans can use a socially distanced party patio. Prices start at $75 per car for two people. For more: www.VossEvents.com. Goldblum's voice A famous actor is joining a Portland-based Dungeons & Dragons podcast c...

‘What are we marching for?’ Protesters and observers wonder alike in Portland By Maxine Bernstein, oregonlive.com Share: 2 Photos Protesters tag and smash windows at the Democratic Party of Oregon headquarters during the J20 march in Southeast Portland. (The Oregonian) Photo Gallery PORTLAND — As about 50 people dressed head-to-toe in black stood in a standoff with Portland police blocking a parking lot behind Benson High School, several parents and coaches from a youth soccer program on the nearby field walked up to see what was going on. “What are they march...

Portland Public Schools reaches 84% on-time graduation rate, sees slight decline for some student groups Updated Jan 21, 2021; Posted Jan 21, 2021 The state's largest district saw an uptick of 3 percentage points in its overall graduation rates from 2019 to 2020.Photo courtesy Portland Public Schools Facebook Share Portland Public Schools improved its graduation rate by 3 percentage points in 2020, according to figures made public Thursday by the Oregon Department of Education. Nearly 84% of the district’s seniors graduated within four years. Statewide, that figure was about 83%, despite ...

The departed: Heroes, celebrities and rogues, from Oregon and beyond, who died in 2020 Updated Dec 28, 2020; Posted Dec 28, 2020 Among those we lost in 2020 (clockwise): Retired Lakers basketball star Kobe Bryant, Sisters of the Road co-founder Genny Nelson, former Trail Blazers executive Harry Glickman and sexuality expert Shere Hite. Facebook Share 2020 has been a rough year, and we’ve lost far too many people along the way. Below The Oregonian/OregonLive offers up a list, far from exhaustive, of notable Oregonians and other Americans who died in the past 12 months, from the beloved to ...

Portraits of 20 Oregonians who died in the 2020 coronavirus pandemic Updated on Dec 28, 2020; Published on Dec 24, 2020 Samantha Hickey and her husband, Robb, with their daughter, 5, Blakelee, and son, 7, Reed. By staff and wire reports Facebook Share Kim Forn Luey was born in Guangyang Village, Toisan, Guangdong, China. The family immigrated to Portland in 1947, where Kim graduated from Franklin High School. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Oregon in 1963, married her husband Jimmie in 1964 and raised four boys. She worked nine years as a tour guide at ...