Portland in the News: Northern Lights; Orphaned Cheetah Finds New Family in Oregon; Zoo Renovations Wrap Up | October 14, 2021

Northern Oregonians were treated to the Northern Lights early this week.

The Oregon Zoo is celebrating the completion of multiple renovation projects funded by a 2008 bond measure.

And an orphaned cheetah has been adopted into a new family in Oregon.

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

• Portland Monthly: A Portlander Wrote Atlas Obscura’s New Food-Obsessed Book, Gastro Obscura

• KATU: Oregon Zoo wraps up more than a decade of renovations funded by bond measure

• Portland Monthly: New Book Explores Portland’s Historic and Underappreciated Cemeteries

• The New Yorker: Seventy-Two Hours Under the Heat Dome

• Washington Post: Abandoned baby cheetah finds new family in Oregon

• KATU: Dazzling Northern Lights display in the Pacific NW as sun unleashes geomagnetic storm

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