Portland in the News: Remembering The Rosebuds; Allergies vs COVID-19; Pandemic Pet Adoptions & More! | April 15, 2021

The Portland Rosebuds was the city’s first and only Negro Baseball team.

Despite pandemic challenges, Oregon Humane Society helped adopt 7,000 pets in 2020!

And as Oregon opens up vaccinations to everyone, mass vaccination clinics are hoping for more volunteers to keep them going.

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

• Oregon Arts Watch: Streamers: Portland theaters’ reopening plans, Oscar-nominated shorts, French ski drama

• Portland Monthly: 15 Ways to Support Portland’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities

• KGW8: A look at where Portland’s drinking water comes from

• WBUR: Remembering The Rosebuds: Portland, Oregon’s 1st And Only Negro League Team

• KOIN: Doctor talks allergy symptoms versus COVID-19 symptoms

• Portland Monthly: The Vaccine Floodgates Are Opening in Oregon. What Does That Mean for Mass Clinics?

• Willamette Week: The Ape Caves in Mount St. Helens Will Reopen to the Public in May

• KOIN: Oregon Humane Society helps 7K ‘pandemic pets’ find homes

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