Portland in the News: Mushroom Foraging, Majestic Elk, Tom Hanks & More | September 18,2025

Did you know you can see Oregon’s largest land animal on the Oregon Coast? Learn how to spot the regal Roosevelt Elk safely on your next vacation.

Elk aren’t the only cool things to spy in the woods. Check out Portland Monthly’s guide to mushroom foraging for beginners.

And a typewriter shop received a gift of a different variety: Tom Hanks donated a signed 1955 Rheinmetall typewriter from his personal collection to Type Space in SE Portland.

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

• Visit the Oregon Coast: Meet the majestic elk of the Oregon Coast
• OregonLive: Vaux’s Swifts create new roosting pattern across Portland
• OR Arts Watch: Portland muralist branches out in upcoming book
• KGW8: Enjoy it while it lasts: we’re about to lose a ton of daylight
• KOIN: Portland’s downtown foot traffic surges boosted by local events
• KGW: Portland typewriter shop gets a piece of analog history
• Portland Monthly: Fall 2025 anticipated restaurant openings
• Portland Monthly: Beginners guide to mushroom foraging in Oregon
• OPB: Baseball field turned Indigenous-led community garden takes root in Portland