Saving some gratitude for yourself. Brushing off the holiday tunes. Remembering Tom Stoppard. Saving our universities from AI. Appreciating those resilient salmon. Dealing with college athletics. And looking sharp at the airport. It’s all part of the Thanksgiving edition of Your Weekend Reader.
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Your Weekend Reader for Nov. 22-23
Trump’s week. Bad news for CNN anchors. School attendance. The gold standard of science. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Elon edges out Jesus. The price for city services. Cats, eagles and windshields don’t mix. That beached whale. It’s time to light the lights on a new Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for Nov. 15-16
School closures. Portland troops. ICE in Newport. A burglary ring hits Eugene – and Corvallis. The fate of the penny. Bad news for hemp. Another Hollywood crisis. Keeping seagulls at bay. And baby otters! It’s all in a tardy edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for Nov. 8-9
Independent newspapers. Recalls and Coffin Butte. Financial woes for schools. Trump’s coming election mayhem. Clean your water bottle. “Six-seven” and “996.” And sharks on the beach. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for Nov. 1-2
The weekend’s time tyranny. SNAP is just the start. Wildland firefighters fight smoke. Trump’s offer to universities. Baseball vs. itself. “Still Crazy After All These Years.” Salmon swim back and rabbits grow horns. It’s all in the birthday edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for Oct. 25-26
Atmospheric rivers. Portland rallies. Samaritan deals. School closures. Open primaries? NBA scandal. Merkley talks and talks. Johnson closes the House. A crumbling democracy — and a White House wing. Bad news about the news. “Sleepmaxxing” breakdown. But a baby elephant gets a pumpkin. It’s all in the new edition of the Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for Oct. 18-19
The golden age of stupidity. Good news, for a change, about journalism. Bad news about school closures and earthquakes. Wikipedia. OSU football. Astoria loves “The Goonies.” Everyone’s a critic. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for Oct. 11-12
News from the war front. War and peace with Trump. Dems hold firm, so far. Chick-fil-A. New bosses at CBS News and MSNBC. The pope’s a fan. News about public lands. And wedding news. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for Oct. 4-5
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.