A carnival in Portland. A shutdown in Washington. A deal with universities. A rival to Wikipedia. A way to sell local news. And a new Taylor Swift album. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
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Your Weekend Reader for Sept. 27-28
Portland under siege, but by whom? Hate, forgiveness, politics and religion. Convicting Comey may not be the point. Reporters at the Pentagon. Sending homeless people back home. Newsroom layoffs. And why younger folks love closed captions. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for Sept. 13-14
Where do we go after Charlie Kirk’s murder? Spencer Cox’s warning. Graphic images on the internet. Corvallis schools. Doors flying off jetliners. Election season begins. Hard times for dictionaries. And your dog might need more privacy. It’s a fairly somber edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for Sept. 6-7
Portland’s on Trump’s list. A pilot is sentenced. A legislator crosses the aisle. Evaluating the city manager. The latest saint. Kennedy’s war on vaccines. The song of the summer and newborn stars. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for Aug. 30-31
The unofficial end of summer. Storms in Salem. Deflection update. Gas prices dip, but Oregonians won’t notice. A pumpkin spice crisis. Food banks and the CDC in trouble. Rabbit robots battle big snakes. “The Paper” debuts. Wedding bells. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for Aug. 23-24
Responsibly hydrate this weekend, but don’t breathe. Is Trump targeting “craphole” Portland? How about Intel? Lawmakers ponder transportation. Newsom bugs MAGA. Why Oregon hates you and other survey nuggets. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for Aug. 9-10
Get your hydration ready. Homelessness numbers on the rise. Misinformation and that wildfire map. Open meeting confusion. Wyden’s plans. Health care disarray. Trump’s fight against the Sullivan ruling. The big meteor show. Purpose anxiety. Inside a “Naked Gun” joke. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for Aug. 2-3
Doctors on the move. Trump’s economy. Federal dollars in rural Oregon. A split over Gaza. A public broadcasting watershed. Alden Global stumbles. A new “Media Capitulation Index.” And a fish is linked to a brush fire. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for July 26-27
Everything we know about Sacagawea could be wrong. Also, heat depression. Summer reading. Birth and death. Newspaper woes. Cliff Bentz and Medicaid. Homeless shelters. Astronomer’s new spokesperson. And the “In a Landscape” pianist. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.