Portland in the News: Trash Art, Lost & Found, Petroglyphs & More | August 6, 2026

If you drop your phone, keys, wallet or watch into a public trashcan in Portland, do not fret. There’s a hotline for that.

Or perhaps you’d prefer to turn trash into art for cash? The GLEAN program invites artists to sift through piles of garbage to make art pieces for an annual exhibition.

And in Eastern Oregon, a ranch is protecting a pristine collection of ancient petroglyphs.

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

• OregonLive: This ranch is protecting a collection of ancient rock art
• OPB: Ohio State and Oregon are 1-2 in preseason coaches poll
• Portland.gov: Did you lose a personal item in a public trashcan?
• PDX Monthly: Meet the Portlanders who can fix your broken stuff
• Portland.gov: How to care for trees during hot weather
• Oregon Metro: Local artists get paid to turn garbage into art
• OregonLive: Clearer skies on the horizon as wildfire smoke begins to shift