If you needed one more reason to go get your COVID-19 vaccine, we’ve got it: Gov Kate Brown will lift most restrictions once 70% of the state has at least one vaccine dose.

At your next Portland Pickles game, fans will be able to bite into a pickle from Picked Wickles Pickles.

And Portland has a new museum. The Japanese American Museum Of Oregon is located in Portland’s former Japantown, or Nihonmachi.

“Come for the immunity, stay for the dogs!” OHSU employees have started an Instagram full of photos of canine companions accompanying their humans to their COVID 19 vaccine appointment. And other Portland happenings…

If you still haven’t gotten your COVID-19 vaccine, here’s a handy tool to find an appointment or walk-in clinic.

OSU has created another antioxidant-rich purple tomato! Seeds are now available for the Midnight Roma.

And because of population growth in the Beaver State, Oregon is getting a 6th seat in Congress.

Despite our tendency to “wish recycle,” Oregonians are still ranked near the top of greenest states in the US.

Like many large venues across Oregon, Oaks Park in SE Portland is now open with 15% capacity.

And despite not being able to ride together this year for World Naked Bike Ride, organizers are still encouraging cyclists to bike naked during the full moon.

The Portland Rosebuds was the city’s first and only Negro Baseball team.

Despite pandemic challenges, Oregon Humane Society helped adopt 7,000 pets in 2020!

And as Oregon opens up vaccinations to everyone, mass vaccination clinics are hoping for more volunteers to keep them going.