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Commissioners are looking into the steps the city can take to rename NW Davis after Darcelle XV.

For the first time in 30 years, a wolverine was recently spotted on the Columbia River near Portland.

And, Oregonians are losing their taste for roadkill.

Volunteers will be on hand for this Oregon’s Spring Whale Week, March 28-April 2 to offer assistance to visitors.

For a fun Spring Break detour, check out Tualatin’s NSFW shrub.

And Portland’s cherry blossoms should peak this week! Here’s the best viewing locations.

The Portland Trail Blazers have introduced a new mascot named Douglas Fur who will join Blaze the Trail Cat.

The cordyceps fungus made famous by HBO’s The Last of Us is actually pretty tasty and won’t turn us all into monsters.

And we’re on cherry blossom watch! Local horticulturists believe we’ll see peak starting the week of March 27.

The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry has a plan to transform the central eastside waterfront.

Portland now has daily train service to Vanvouer, BC, after Amtrak restored the service.

From coastal rain forest to waterfalls, to arid high desert, Oregon State Parks have a little bit of everything.

Don’t give up on those New Year’s fitness resolutions! Here’s some great spots around town to give you motivation.

It might be March, but more snow is on the way for the Portland area.

And Portland Trail Blazers’ Damian Lillard made history this week after scoring more than 70 points in one game.

This week’s snow was Portland’s second snowiest since records started in 1939.

Portlanders are creating Little Free Libraries that house more than just books, including toys, VHS tapes & more.

And Raquel Welch, who died this month at 82, played a roller derby star in “Kansas City Bombers,” which was filmed in Portland in 1972.

TriMet is adding battery-powered buses to their fleet.

Portlander Cheryl Pawelski won her third Grammy this month for work on Wilco’s “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition).”

And Oregon grown farmed truffles are getting a edge on the imported truffle market.

The new 9-acre wooden roof at Portland International Airport has been lifted into place.

Two local restaurants have been named James Beard Award Semifinalists for best new restaurant: Portland’s Kann and McMinnville’s Okta.

And area leaders are in discussions on a WNBA team in Portland.

A giant 20-foot-wide sinkhole recently appeared at Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area.

The new owner of The Goonies house in Astoria wants to share it with the world, as long as Goonies are respectful.

And long-time voice of the Trail Blazers, Bill Schoneyly passed away recently at the age of 93.

Filmed in Portland, the stop-motion film Pinocchio won a Golden Globe for best animated film.

Twice a year, a group of volunteers head to Forest Park and help mating frogs cross busy roads.

And a new report confirms what you’ve suspected for a while, Portland really does have some of the worst traffic in the nation.