Portland in the News: New Blazers Players; Nature Piano; Funding for Firefighters | July 14, 2022

Two former Beavers teammates, Gary Payton II and Drew Eubanks, are again playing together after joining the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Portland City Council is backing a plan to build new I-5 Bridge over the Columbia River.

And a member of Pink Martini is putting a grand piano in grand places.

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

• OPB: $6 million will help Oregon fire districts hire more firefightersYahoo: Former Beavers Gary Payton, Drew Eubanks reunited with Trail BlazersEater: Where to Eat in Gresham and East Portland

• Portland Mercury: Dragging a Grand Piano Through Rural Oregon with Pink Martini’s Hunter Noack

• Yahoo: Is Jabari Walker the biggest steal of the draft? For The Win believes so

• KGW8: Portland throws support behind new I-5 Bridge, Rose Quarter freeway project

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