Portland in the News: Drag Queen Drive Thru; Christmas Tree Lighting Goes Virtual; Buy Local Pledge & More! | November 19, 2020

A local distillery has set up a drive-thru with drag queens.

Right now in Portland, your chances of running into someone with COVID in a group of 25 people is 50%.

And for your holiday shopping this year, it’s more important than ever before for you to buy local and support small businesses.

Here’s a roundup of the goings-on in Portland this week:

• Rip City Project: Portland Trail Blazers: NBA refs used to bet on Rasheed Wallace tech calls

• Willamette Week: Oregon Still Growing but at a Slower Rate, New Portland State University Numbers Show

• Willamette Week: Academics Calculate the Risk of Running Into Someone With COVID-19 in a Portland Crowd

• Fox 12: Portland restaurant and distillery opens Drag Queen drive-thru

• KOIN: Shoppers asked to ‘take the Portland pledge,’ buy local gifts

• OPB: Portland Clean Energy Fund offers its first climate action grants

• KGW8: Christmas tree lighting at Portland’s Pioneer Square to go virtual

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