Portland in the News: Flower Bombs; Blazers Establish COVID-19 Relief Fund; Ways to Use Your Library Card From Home & More! | March 26, 2020

Instead of unsold inventory going to waste, local florists are “flower bombing” the Rose City. Check “FlowerTourPDX” on Instagram to find one.

The Trail Blazers have set up a relief fund to support local nonprofits & people impacted by the Coronavirus shutdown.

And actress Aidy Bryant opens up on Jimmy Kimmel about the time she sat next to a horny couple at Nedd Ludd.

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

• Redmond Spokesman: Offbeat Oregon: How Abe Tichner hustled the rubes at 1870s county fairs

• KGW: Portland Trail Blazers establish COVID-19 relief fund

• Portland Monthly: All the Things You Can Do with Your Library Card That Aren’t Going to the Library

• Willamette Week: TriMet Asks Portlanders: Please Don’t Ride Buses or Trains Unless Necessary

• Oregonian: Portland to extend state of emergency 2 more weeks

• KOIN: Florists create ‘flower bomb’ tour across Portland

• Portland Business Journal: Special session likely next week for Oregon coronavirus relief bill

• Oregonian: ‘Shrill’ star Aidy Bryant on Portland restaurants, and fellow diners being ‘horny in public’

• Willamette Week: From Beer-by-Bike to Stripper Food Delivery, Portland Businesses Are Adapting on the Fly to the Coronavirus Shutdown

• Willamette Week: A Century Ago, Portland Faced a Health Crisis That Now Sounds Eerily Familiar

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