The city of Portland delivered the first draft of a term sheet to the Trail Blazers management on Thursday, July 16, setting the city one step closer to a long-term lease agreement with the team for the Moda Center.

The best free and cheap things to do this weekend in Portland: Pride Parade, Waterfront Festival, World Cup watch parties, and the big multi-day Cathedral Park Jazz Fest!

This edition of Spin Cycle digs into a trio of albums that ride the line between city and nature. Let Portland electronic duo Freak Out, Los Angeles's ethereal folk band Cinder Well, and Vancouver Island’s raga-inspired musician/producer Piu provide the soundtrack for these outdoorsy summer days.

If you're considering heading out to Pendarvis Farm for the world's greatest music festival, Pickathon, then keep this comprehensive guide handy.

A veritable butt-load of news about the Moda Center controversy, a suspect has been identified in the Taco Bell "poo-poo bug" case, and (surprise!) Trump delivers a lie-filled rant about election security that pissed off absolutely everyone.

And it all comes down to this: In Abe Asher's week five recap of the World Cup, he analyzes England's crushing defeat, makes his pick for who will win the entire thing, and offers his choices of who would be on the Mercury's Ultimate Fantasy World Cup Team!

Digging bay clams is not glamorous. It will leave you damp, sandy, and smelling pungently of low tide for the next 24 hours, despite your best efforts with the loofah. The best possible outcome is that you have a busy afternoon of processing clams ahead of you.

Tons of famous movies have been filmed (or partially shot) in Oregon—but which of these is the most dog crap movie of them all? Let's find out in this week's super fun trivia game, POP QUIZ PDX! Also included: Mayoral narcs, new home horrors, and even more Moda Center billionaire shenanigans.

FILM REVIEW: Christopher Nolan's latest movie is a a three-hour adaptation of a nearly 3,000-year-old epic by the ancient Greek poet Homer. Does The Odyssey live up to the hype?

Portlanders woke up to thunder and lightning early this morning. Fox 12 reports that lightning hit a PGE substation in Cornelius and the hundreds of people lost power as a result. This and more of today's top stories ⬇️ 🗞️

For morning readers: My review of THE ODYSSEY, Chris (as friends call him) Nolan’s latest big box office bid to get you dumbasses to read a friggin book for once. For the @portlandmercury.com

The 20 must-see acts performing this summer at Pickathon! Featured artists include Automatic, Built to Spill, El Khat, Widowspeak, Steve Earle, and Shakey Graves.

The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Public Lands Rule, or Conservation and Landscape Health Rule, was officially rescinded just over a year into Donald Trump's second term as president.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says Moda Center discussions have gone off track, a discrimination case against Nike will be decided in federal court in Portland by a jury of seven men and just one woman, and a third person has died due to ICE activity, this time in Florida.

This is your sign to visit this French-inspired restaurant in the heart of St. Johns in Portland.

Portland Mercury's Get Out & Eat Bike Ride on Saturday, July 18 at noon! 🚴⁠ ⁠ Celebrate the launch of the Mercury’s food issue Pedalpalooza-style, along with managing editor/food editor Katherine Chew Hamilton and news reporter Taylor Griggs, who are both big bike nerds.⁠ everout.com/portland/eve...

A curated guide to the best events and things to do in Portland this week (July 14-19) ⬇️ This week's Do This, Do That features: - Pride Northwest Parade and Waterfront Festival - Cathedral Park Jazz Festival - Shady Pines Festival

A 26-year-old man was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Maine yesterday morning. The man was identified as Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a father and husband who moved to the United States from Colombia. This and more in today's Good Morning, News.

Portland was recently the location of the USA Fencing Summer Nationals, the biggest fencing competition in the country—and the first time it's been here in 70 years.

Keeping track of Portland’s thousands of food carts is a daunting task, but the trusty Mercury is here to help with our hand-curated selection of the very best carts in town, organized by quadrant.

Mayor Wilson gets fined by the city (thanks to former rival Rene Gonzalez), and actor Sam Neill, Sen. Lindsey Graham, and Sellwood's Nutmeg the Cat are dead.

The Portland Fire fell to the Las Vegas Aces—one of the best teams in the WNBA—in a battle that ended in an 88-80 loss for the young team. While a disappointing result, the game exposed a critical Fire weakness, and one that can be fixed with half the season left to play.

Portland’s Lloyd Center defenders couldn’t get the City Council to intervene in the mall’s imminent closure. The Council voted Wednesday not to uphold appeal of a master plan for the site that will see the property demolished and redeveloped into a mix of housing, retail and entertainment.

It's do-or-die time in the World Cup, and Abe Asher returns to break down this week's winners, losers, and American presidents who can't help but ruin everything they touch in this week's edition of World Cup Diaries! Find out who's up, who's down, as well as which country might win the whole thing!

One of Portland’s most accomplished producers, Tortoise's de facto frontman/multi-instrumentalist John McEntire, has decided to bring out his longtime collaborator and Sea and Cake bandmate, Sam Prekop, for an evening of close-up magic.

Topaz Farm's live music series, which runs July 10 through September 4, is back for its fifth year. The lineup includes a total of 13 concerts from artists of various genres—several of them already sold out.

The Innovation Law Lab is suing the federal government over its failure to provide public records regarding plans for detention facilities in Oregon, and oral arguments begin for two cases trying to determine when agents can use crowd control weapons at the Portland ICE facility.

Found out last night I got first place in arts criticism (the Jim Ridley award) from AAN for my work at the @portlandmercury.com aan.org/aan/announci... (couldn't have done it w/out my editor @suzettesmith.bsky.social and congrats to fellow PDXers, 2nd and 3rd @chancesp.bsky.social and Nolan Parker)

The campaign for a ballot initiative seeking to redirect clean energy funds to the Portland Police Bureau announced Monday it had submitted enough signatures to the city to qualify for the November ballot. 🧵

How much do YOU know about Portland's slow 'n' greedy cops, Moda Center shenanigans, and local Riot Grrrl reunions? Let's find out in the latest, sassy-ass edition of POP QUIZ PDX, featuring fun and brainy trivia questions about all sorts of local goings-on. See how well YOU score!

Portland City Council holds no plans to save Lloyd Center Mall. Well, they didn’t really have the power to do so at all. This and more of today's top stories in GOOD MORNING, NEWS 🗞️

The Portland-based Kissing Booth Social Club wants locals to makeout... for science! The goal is simple: create a space where pairs of consenting adults can focus on making out (in a photobooth) without a bunch of other variables getting in the way. 😘

Our new food issue hits stands TODAY and we’re celebrating with an all-ages, free-to-attend shindig at one of Portland’s very best food cart pods, The Heist (4727 SE Woodstock), from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm! Come by and say hey!

Environmental activists are denouncing a deal between the city of Portland and PGE that will allow the utility company to remove more than 370 trees from Forest Park. PLUS 78,740+ signatures were submitted for an initiative petition to put a participatory budgeting measure on the November ballot.

She warned one of her partners in her ongoing MMF threesome not to videotape her during sex… and guess what the dumbass did? But it gets worse from there. Can this threesome be saved? Dan Savage issues a ruling in this week's edition of SAVAGE LOVE!

Yesterday, this campaign to send 25% of climate money to cops submitted over 60k signatures to the city. This story by @taylorgriggs.bsky.social, exclusively covered by the @portlandmercury.com and never once even mentioned by any other outlet, seems like critical context for the public. 1/2

The US is out of the World Cup, the Safer Portland initiative, AKA the proposal to divert 25 percent of the Portland Clean Energy Fund to hiring cops, submitted more than 62,000 signatures to the city, and Oregon regulators want to make legal mushroom trips even more expensive.

Your guide to the best things to do in Portland this week (July 6-12)! 🙌 Enjoy Portland Arts Week festivities, the outdoor Flock Summer Market downtown, and multiuple community bike rides ⬇️

Our new food issue hits stands July 8, and on that day, we’re celebrating with an all-ages, free-to-attend shindig at one of Portland’s very best food cart pods, The Heist (4727 SE Woodstock), from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm! 😋

What do the stars have in store for you this month? And which famous political figure is your star sign twin? (You look like a "Jeb Bush" to us.) Find out all this and more in the most hilarious (and patriotic) horoscopes column in the universe, The Faults  in Our Stars.

The Moda Center controversy explained, insecure man-babies cause untold damage with their stupid, infantile fireworks, and Trump gives the U.S. soccer team an unfair advantage in the World Cup by convincing corrupt FIFA to reverse a red card. All this in today's GOOD MORNING, NEWS!

The best free and cheap events happening in Portland this weekend!

"An opening set by Sea Moss at the Buñuel show at Mississippi Studios in February has managed to spelunk inside my brain the past few months," writes the Mercury's Ryan J. Prado.

As America turns 250 years old, it's become apparent that this country values entertainment over decorum. In his latest edition of THE BLACK BYLINE, Donovan Scribes imagines Thomas Jefferson—who fathered children with his Black slave—as the perfect modern-day guest on the Maury Povich show.

NEW: TriMet plans to contract with Allied Universal to manage the Safety Response Team, ending Portland Patrol, Inc’s five-year run in charge of the program. Hundreds of local Allied employees are members of SEIU 49, which SRT staff believe is a good sign for their union efforts.

The city of Portland now owns the Moda Center, making us the Blazers’ landlord. With renovations needed and a team owner who's a notorious cheapskate, city officials must now flex their negotiating muscle while calculating the cost of civic pride.

World Cup Diary: Week 3. Including: Paraguay's historic upset over Germany, Mexico's electrifying triumph, and does the U.S. actually need 11 players to win? Apparently not! Plus, the most embarrassing gaffes and blunders in another action-packed week at the World Cup.

Two Portland city councilors are facing a potential state ethics investigation after missing most of a public meeting to instead attend a local chamber of commerce event last week.

Thom Hilton’s latest short film paints a portrait of Portland we actually recognize. Catch one of three special screenings in the miniplex at Movie Madness on Friday.

Friendly weekend reminder: Portland banned the sale and use of fireworks within city limits in 2022, so don’t get any ideas, pyros. PLUS a big update on the Interstate Bridge project and more of today's top stories in the Good Morning, News 🗞️