Portland in the News: Starlink Lights Up Night Skies; Downtown Recovery; Special Nets for Thorns & More! | August 25, 2022

Downtown Portland is seeing signs of recovery, but it’s not fueled by office workers.

If you saw a strange string of lights in the night skies over Portland this weekend, it wasn’t UAP or a UFO — it was a recently launched bank of Starlink satellites.

And the nets used at Portland Thorns games have been used to catch fish in the ocean.

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

• KGW: Those strange lights in the sky over Portland were Starlink satellites

• Willamette Week: Adult Soapbox Derby Draws 7,000 to Mount Tabor, Plus Pee-wee Herman and a Giant Killer Rabbit

• KOIN: Why fishing nets are being used at Portland Thorns games

• High Country News: Returning sea otters to Oregon could revive kelp forests

• Eater: Portland Pizza Maven Sarah Minnick Will Appear on the Netflix Series ‘Chef’s Table: Pizza’

• KOIN: ‘Tremendous rebound’: Pedestrians return to downtown Portland

• Portland Monthly: Is Oregon Ready for the Coming Psilocybin-Fueled Mushroom Tourism Boom?

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