Will this help or hurt Portland⁉️
A new proposal would give tax breaks to roughly 18,000 small businesses, while asking big corporations to pay much more.
#Portland#tax#corporations#smallbusiness#ceo
🐈 BOBCAT SIGHTING: The Washington County Sheriff's Office is warning folks in the Bethany area to be on the lookout for a bobcat. Residents have reported seeing one in the neighborhood around NW Kaiser Road and Springville Road.
BUSINESS DOWN BIG TIME.
Swan Island restaurants say they are losing thousands of dollars and hundreds of customers every week during the I-5 closure.
#SwanIsland#Portland#business#sales#customers
NEW TODAY: The head chef of a popular restaurant is still hospitalized after being struck by a hit-and-run driver. A GoFundMe has been set up to help.
#Salem#Oregon#accident#hitandrun#recovery
How’s the commute going for you⁉️
While traffic isn’t quite as bad as expected, new data from ODOT shows commute times are doubling during the I-5 closure.
TriMet says ridership on the Yellow Line is up 35%.
#Portland#commute#highway#traffic#TriMet
🐓CHICKEN RUN 1-5 EDITION🐓
Hundreds of chickens spilled onto an I-5 on-ramp after a semi-truck overturned in Clark County, Washington, on Wednesday morning.
#Washington#chickens#traffic#fyp#truck
Does Portland need to cut red tape⁉️
A restaurant owner says regulations and design rules could force him to spend $150K on his patio. He’s now turning to crowdfunding to keep the business alive.
#Portland#regulation#redtape#government#bureaucracy
The Sports Bra controversy continues, with protests and counterprotests following a dispute over “XX-XY” shirts. Sunday’s protest turned physical and violent.
#Portland#Oregon#protest#transgender#sports
NEW TODAY: After allegedly raping a woman at knife point, exclusive video shows the intense 20-minute standoff and eventually arrest of Anthony Hardy.
#Portland#arrest#video#police#standoff
🚨CONTENT WARNING ‼️
Anthony Hardy faces charges of kidnapping and sexual abuse after allegedly attacking a woman at ABS Auto Sales, which he has no association with.
#Portland#rape#assault#violence#police
You still support the project⁉️
Through documents and interviews, I’ve learned the $2 billion Rose Quarter revamp is now expected to cost at least $3.5 billion — if it ever finds the funding.
#Portland#Oregon#highway#interstate#price
How our truckers doing⁉️
Kim Michelle, a dispatcher for 20 years, said her truckers aren’t experiencing long delays. However she worries this could change.
#truckers#cargo#freight#Portland#Oregon
Why was traffic normal?
Despite a historic I-5 closure, commute times were on time or even faster than usual. ODOT warns this may not be the case every day.
#Portland#Washington#traffic#highway#commute
Will people follow this?
At least 13 streets around the Rose Quarter are being restricted to local traffic only as Portland tries to keep I-5 closure traffic from flooding neighborhood streets.
#Portland#Oregon#highway#closure#traffic
What’s your plan⁉️
With no MAX service and alternate routes expected to jam up, Washington drivers could feel the biggest impact from Friday’s I-5 closure.
Think it’ll ever happen?
The upcoming I-5 closure is only a small part of a $2 billion plan to add lanes, improve ramps and build a 2-mile cover over I-5.
#Portland#Oregon#highway#closure#I-5
🚨 What’s your plan??
Portland’s I-5 closure could send a wave of traffic into neighborhood streets, and residents are bracing for the impact.
#Portland#I5#Traffic#RoseQuarter#Oregon
🦨 SKUNK SURGE: One Portland neighborhood is seeing more skunk calls than ever before and it’s creating issues in and outside of homes 🏠
Do you have a skunk issue on your street?
#Portland#Oregon#skunks#animals#fyp
SUMMER SURGE: ICE arrests are rising in Oregon and nationwide, including those who don’t have a criminal record.
One of those people is Juan Miguel whose family is demanding answers from ICE.
#Oregon#ICE#immigration#arrests#detention