Portland in the news: Elk Statue is Fine; Proposed Toll on I-205; Serving Portland’s Black Community & More! | August 27, 2020

ODOT wants your feedback on a proposed toll for I-205. It’s likely that drivers will start paying the toll within 4 years.

Movie theaters are petitioning to reopen under Phase 1, like restaurants and bars have.

And Portland’s famous elk statue is fine and has been moved to safe place.

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

• Willamette Week: With Its Dining Series on Hold, Black Feast Has Found New Ways to Continue Serving Portland’s Black Community

• OPB: Portland’s food carts show resilience during the coronavirus pandemic

• Oregonian: ‘Trinkets’: In Season 2, the Portland-filmed Netflix series goes deeper, and feels surprisingly timely

• Willamette Week: Guillermo del Toro’s Portland-Filmed “Pinocchio” Adaptation Has Cast Some Huge Names to Provide Voices

• KGW8: Oregon will apply for $300 weekly federal benefit for unemployed workers

• KGW8: Ready or not, tolling on I-205 is just a few years away

• Oregonian: Beloved Portland ‘Elk’ statue is safely in storage while debate continues over why it had to be relocated

• OPB: Oregon movie theater owners say they should be able to reopen under Phase 1

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