A new 3-story mural in downtown Portland celebrates LGBTQ icons.

This week, Oregon will begin sending payments to Oregon families that are intended to make up for the free or reduced-cost meals students missed out on last year.

And the woman who introduced Portland to escape rooms is publishing a book about them.

MealPass is a new app that lets restaurants and grocery stores donate food they would otherwise toss out.

This weekend the Morrison Bridge will light up with the colors of the Portland flag.

And organizers of the Come Thru Market aim to lower the barriers to entering farmers markets for Black and Indigenous farmers, makers and healers.

Multnomah County Library plans to have all branches reopened by August 24.

Starting July 20, visitors to Multnomah Falls will have to have tickets.

And US News & World Report has named Portland in its 2021 list of Top 10 Places to live.

The authors of the upcoming Modernist Pizza has named Portland the Best Pizza City in America.

Oregon is celebrating 50 years of the Oregon Bottle Bill w/ a statewide scavenger hunt.

And the Crooked River Ranch in Central Oregon took second place at the Great American Water Taste Test.

A redesign for Gabriel Park includes a ground-level-entry trampoline and spinners to make the park more accessible and inclusive.

Fireworks and fireworks sales have been banned across Portland due to crispy conditions after this week’s record-breaking heat, which saw Portland hotter than Dallas, Miami and L.A. have ever been, leaving bucked roads in north Portland.

And most of Oregon’s mask requirements have been lifted.

Four members of the Portland Thorns will be representing the US Nationals Team at the Tokyo Olympics.

Keep an eye out for TriMet’s new Pride bus, which celebrates Oregon’s LGBTQ+ community.

And just in time for the hottest weekend ever recorded in the Rose City, Portland’s pools are officially open.