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Good morning Rose City. It’s Friday, Feb. 28, National Science Day. Friday’s weather should be foggy in the morning, then mostly sunny with a high near 60. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Portland: Two Portland-area men are finalists for the Congressional Medal of Honor Society's Citizens Honor Award for courage and bravery.

Good morning Rose City. It’s Thursday, Feb. 27, National Chili Day. Thursday’s weather could have patchy fog in the morning, then mostly sunny with a high around 60. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Portland: A 15-year-old boy faces criminal charges in connection with a downtown Portland protest on Feb. 8.

Good morning Rose City. It’s Wednesday, Feb. 26, Ash Wednesday. Wednesday’s weather should be mostly cloudy, with a high in the upper 50s. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Portland: The Oregon Health Authority says more than 250 people have been monitored for symptoms of the Wuhan coronavirus. No one in the state has yet tested positive for the disease.

Good morning Rose City. It’s Tuesday, Feb. 25, Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday). Tuesday’s weather should be mostly cloudy with a high in the low 50s. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Salem: Republicans in the State Senate boycotted a floor session Monday morning, putting a stop to the Senate before it could consider a controversial greenhouse gas emissions legislation that has been a political lightning rod. The Senate requires 20 senators be present to take votes.

Good morning Rose City. Welcome to Monday, Feb. 24, National Tortilla Chip Day. Monday’s weather should be rainy with a high near 50. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Portland: Nancy Stueber, chief executive officer for the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, plans to retire at the end of May. Stueber has been with the museum for more than 35 years. She leaves May 31. OMSI officials said Chief Operating Officer Erin Graham would take over as the new president.

Good morning Rose City. It’s Friday, Feb. 21, Sticky Bun Day. Friday’s weather should be frosty in the morning, then partly sunny, increasing clouds and a high in the mid 50s. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Portland: The school district is likely to ask voters to approve a $1 billion eight-year bond this November. But exactly what it will pay for has yet to be decided.

Good morning Rose City. It’s Thursday, Feb. 20, Love Your Pet Day. Thursday’s weather should be partly sunny, with a light northwest breeze and a high around 50. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Portland: Metro Council President Lynn Peterson said late Tuesday that the regional government had for days relied on the wrong revenue numbers for its proposed income tax to address homelessness. It was a $40 million error.

Good morning Rose City. It’s Wednesday, Feb. 19, National Chocolate Mint Day. Wednesday’s weather should be mostly sunny with a high in the upper 50s. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Portland: An elections advocate is suing Portland's auditor, claiming she failed to enforce campaign finance limits approved by city voters in 2018.

Good morning Rose City. It’s Tuesday, Feb. 18, National Drink Wine Day. Tuesday’s weather should be foggy in the morning, then mostly sunny skies with a gusty northeast wind and a high around 50. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Portland: More than 600 people filled the ballroom at Portland State University's downtown campus for a celebration of the life of City Commissioner Nick Fish, who died Jan. 2 after a two-and-a-half year battle with stomach cancer. He was 61.

Good morning Rose City. Welcome to Monday, Feb. 17, Presidents Day. Monday’s weather should include patchy morning fog and then partly sunny skies, with a high in the upper 40s. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Portland: Officials with the Portland Business Alliance have come out against a progressive personal income tax to fund regional homeless services. Instead, they are proposing a progressive regional payroll tax to raise $250 million a year for 10 years.

Good morning Rose City. It’s Friday, Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day. Friday’s weather should be rainy, with a high in the upper 40s. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Portland: A Concordia University student is suing the private college, saying he was misled about the university's financial status. William Spaulding's lawsuit was filed Monday in Multnomah County Circuit Court.

Good morning Rose City. It’s Thursday, Feb. 13, World Radio Day. Thursday’s weather should be rainy, with a high in the upper 40s. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Portland: A city contractor spent most of Sunday morning cleaning graffiti from the downtown Soldiers Monument in Lownsdale Square. The monument was defaced during a Saturday anti-Ku Klu Klan rally.

Good morning Rose City. It’s Wednesday, Feb. 12, National Freedom to Marry Day. Wednesday’s weather should be cloudy, with a southwest breeze and a high near 50. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Portland: Concordia University, Northeast Portland's private Christian college, said Monday that it would close this spring. In a statement, Concordia interim President Thomas Ries cited mounting financial challenges and a challenging and changing educational landscape.

Good morning Rose City. It’s Tuesday, Feb. 11, Grandmother Achievement Day. Tuesday’s weather should be partly sunny, with a high near 50. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Portland: The City Council takes up a controversial plan to build more homes in Portland Thursday. The city’s Residential Infill Project allows up to four units on most residential lots in single-family neighborhoods.

Good morning Rose City. Welcome to Monday, Feb. 10, National Flannel Day. Monday’s weather includes a chance of freezing fog in the morning and then mostly sunny skies, with a high near 50. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Portland: Three people were arrested and three others were injured during a tumultuous day of downtown Portland protests. Black-clad anti-fascists occupied Lownsdale Square near City Hall for hours during an anti-Ku Klux Klan demonstration.

Good morning Rose City. It’s Friday, Feb. 7, Rose Day. Friday’s weather should include more rain, with a high in the low 50s. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Portland: Metro has scheduled three public forums to discuss a homeless services funding measure that could be on the May 19 primary election ballot. The forums will be held in each county. They begin Monday and Wednesday. The regional government council will vote on the proposal Feb. 20.

Good morning Rose City. It’s Thursday, Feb. 6, National Frozen Yogurt Day. Thursday’s weather includes rain, a southwest breeze and a high in the mid 50s. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Portland: Micah Fletcher, the man who survived a stabbing to his neck during the MAX attack in May 2017, testified Tuesday in the murder trial of Jeremy Christian.

Good morning Rose City. It’s Wednesday, Feb. 5, World Read Aloud Day. Wednesday’s weather should be rainy, with a gusty southwest wind and a high in the upper 40s. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Portland: More Oregon students will be able to attend Portland State University for free next year, thanks to changes to the school’s popular tuition program. PSU's Four Years Free program covers four years of tuition and fees for qualifying students.

Good morning Rose City. It’s Tuesday, Feb. 4, Rosa Parks Day. Tuesday’s weather should be foggy in the morning and rainy in the evening, with a high in the low 40s. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Portland: The police bureau is going old-school as it fights the high rate of gun violence. Officers are leaving door hangers in several neighborhoods after a recent shooting. They’re trying to reach potential witnesses and victims.

Good morning Rose City. Welcome to Monday, Feb. 3, National Carrot Cake Day. Monday’s weather should be partly sunny with a high in the mid 40s. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Portland: The city and the Portland Police Association meet this week to discuss bargaining protocols and procedures for negotiating the next police contract. The public can attend the meeting under some restrictions.

Good morning Rose City. It’s Friday, Jan. 31, Hug an Economist Day. Friday’s weather should include more rain, a gusty south wind and a high near 60. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Portland: A new city audit says the local program to regulate an emerging cannabis industry is not up to the task. City Auditor Mary Hull Caballero reported that the Office of Community & Civic Life did not have the capacity to successfully manage the city’s cannabis program.

Good morning Rose City. It’s Thursday, Jan. 30, National Croissant Day. Thursday’s weather includes more rain, a southeast wind and a high in the mid 50s. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Portland: A federation of Oregon workers wants voters to decide whether grocery store self-checkout kiosks should be limited across the state. A petition to limit each grocery store to two kiosks got the state Supreme Court’s OK last week.

Good morning Rose City. It’s Wednesday, Jan. 29, Seeing Eye Dog Day. Wednesday’s weather includes more rain with a high around 50. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Portland: A 19-year-old University of Portland student has produced a 37-minute documentary on electric vehicles. Ryan Hunter of Tigard made "Electrified: The Current State of Electric Vehicles," after being drawn to the advanced features of EVs when car shopping.

Good morning Rose City. It’s Tuesday, Jan. 28, Data Privacy Day. Tuesday’s weather should be rainy again, with a gusty southwest wind and a high near 50. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Portland: The Oregon Ducks Sabrina Ionescu played an emotional basketball game Sunday afternoon in Corvallis after hearing the news that her friend and mentor Kobe Bryant had been killed early that day in a helicopter accident.

Good morning Rose City. Welcome to Monday, Jan. 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Monday’s weather should be rainy, with a gusty south wind and a high around 50. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Portland: Police are still investigating a possible terrorist threat after receiving 10 FBI reports of possible threats in 2019.

Good morning Rose City. It’s Friday, Jan. 24, Beer Can Appreciation Day. Friday’s weather includes rain showers, a south wind and a high in the low 50s. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Portland: Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality could hit the city of Portland with a $40,000 fine for discharging nearly 270,000 gallons of untreated wastewater into the Columbia Slough.

Good morning Rose City. It’s Thursday, Jan. 23, National Pie Day. Thursday’s weather should be rainy again, with a gusty south wind and a high in the low 50s. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Portland: Philanthropist Arlene Schnitzer is giving the Portland Art Museum another $10 million. It's the museum’s largest personal donation in its history and one of the largest to any Oregon arts organization. She already has donated $5 million to the museum.

Good morning Rose City. It’s Wednesday, Jan. 22, National Hot Sauce Day. Wednesday’s weather includes more rain and a high near 50. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Portland: The Police Bureau says the city has seen a rash of stolen catalytic converters in the past year. Catalytic converter thefts are up almost 440 percent in parts of the city. About 130 catalytic converters have been reported stolen between June 1 and Dec. 31.

Good morning Rose City. It’s Tuesday, Jan. 21, Squirrel Appreciation Day. Tuesday’s weather should be rainy, with a gusty south wind and a high in the upper 40s. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Portland: Jury selection begins this week in Jeremy Christian’s murder trial. Christian is accused of killing two men and wounding another man in a May 2017 knife attack on a MAX train.

Good morning Rose City. Welcome to Monday, Jan. 20, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Monday’s weather should be rainy with a high in the upper 40s. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Portland: Portland design company owner Akasha Lawrence-Spence was selected last week to fill the unexpired term of state Rep. Jennifer Williamson. County commissioners chose Lawrence-Spence from five contenders. Williamson plans to run for secretary of state.

Good morning Rose City. It’s Friday, Jan. 17, Ben Franklin Day. Friday’s weather could be snowy in the morning, with rain later in the day and a high in the low 40s. Here are headlines from Pamplin Media newspapers: In Portland: 18-year-old Avi Gupta said this week that since winning the Jeopardy! Teen Tournament last year, he has raised more than $200,000 for pancreatic cancer research. He’s donating the funds to Oregon Health and Science University.