Portland in the News: Ned Flanders Crossing; PDX No. 1 Again; Quirky Vending Machines & More | September 16, 2021

Travel + Leisure has ranked PDX the No. 1 Airport in the United States.

If you attend PSU’s Saturday home game, the coach will buy you a beer.

And Portland’s newest pedestrian bridge is now the Ned Flanders Crossing, named after a character from The Simpsons.

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

• Fox: Former Seahawk Marshawn Lynch bringing restaurant to downtown Portland

• KOIN: Okily Dokily! Portland’s newest bridge named ‘Ned Flanders Crossing’

• Oregonian: PDX is ranked the best airport in the country again

• Camas-Washougal Post-Record: ‘Wild, Wild Christian’: Camas native brings coming-of-age comedy to Portland’s Siren Theater

• KGW8: Quirky vending machines rebound in Portland after COVID closures, expand to Astoria, Las Vegas

• Oregonian: ‘America’s Got Talent’: Portland’s Jimmie Herrod says making it to the finale ‘feels really good’

• Oregonian: Portland State coach Bruce Barnum will buy your beer if you attend Saturday’s home football game

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