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After 3 years, the 82nd Avenue of Roses Parade again kicks off Portland Rose Festival season this weekend.

Portland is considering a 16-block area of downtown that will be closed off to traditional, gas-powered delivery vehicles.

And Portland was recently voted in the top ten Best Food Cities in America by Food&Wine readers.

The murder of crows that used to cause a headache in downtown Portland appear to have moved on.

A recent study has named Portland the “Best Weed City” in the US.

And see the list of new restaurants and shops coming to the renovated terminal at PDX over the next few years.

The city is on track to have more rain this April than last year, which was the wettest April since the 30s.

Featuring 9 vendors, Flock food hall is scheduled to open in November in Downtown Portland.

And Oregon has some of the richest soil diversity in the world.

The country’s best place to skinny dip is right outside Portland.

Portland Japanese Garden is among the country’s best spring travel destinations.

And celebrate your birthday bigly with these freebies!

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.