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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...
Good News in History, April 19
Happy 37th birthday to the Tennis ace Maria Sharapova, the only Russian, and one of only 10 women to have won the Career Grand...
Good News in History, April 12
467 years ago, Cuenca was founded in Ecuador, a city of such beauty that it has become known as the "Athens" of South America....
100,000 Salmon Spill Off a Truck in Oregon–and Most Land in a Creek and Survive
Disaster struck a truck transporting 102,000 young salmon to a hatchery in Oregon when it overturned on the road and the giant fish tank...
Premiere of Innovative Low-Carbon Cement: Will ‘Be in That Building for Decades to Come’
Two firms in Boston have just laid the foundations of a large building using a USA-made zero-carbon cement mixture, representing one of the first...
Good News in History, March 25
65 years ago today, Elvis Presley performed live at Pearl Harbor’s Bloch Arena in a benefit for the USS Arizona Memorial. The concert was...
These Are the 20 Best Cities in America By the Numbers… 7 Are in California and 7 in the Midwest
As the International Day of Happiness approaches on March 20, an interesting comparison of cities in the US was published, which provides helpful benchmarks...