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4,000 Protesters Form Hand-Holding Bridge In Portland For Gay Safety

Portland’s Hawthorne Bridge looks fabulous. Thousands of Portland, Oregon residents spent the weekend showing their LGBT neighbors, family members, and friends that the city has got their back in response to a gay couple being attacked while holding hands crossing the Hawthorne Bridge.

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4,000 Protesters Form Hand-Holding Bridge In Portland For Gay Safety

Housing Prices Dip In Portland

Home prices in the biggest metro areas across the country have reached the lowest level since 2002, according to a price index released Tuesday.

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Housing Prices Dip In Portland

Portland knocks off Charlotte in district opener

Earlier this season, the Charlotte baseball team swept Portland in a Capital Area Activities Conference crossover doubleheader.

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Portland knocks off Charlotte in district opener

South Portland residents get a look at school ‘investment’

Officials invite the public to see plans of the $47 million high-school renovation, slated to finish in 2015.

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South Portland residents get a look at school ‘investment’

Portland Promotes Downspout Disconnection

City officials say that disconnecting downspouts helps remove more than 1.3 billion gallons of storm water from the combined sewer system each year.

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Portland Promotes Downspout Disconnection

Carl Greve is liquidating, ending 88 years in the jewelry business

Carl “Nick” Greve III plans to retire and will close the family business that’s been around 88 years.

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Carl Greve is liquidating, ending 88 years in the jewelry business

Portland Home Prices Continue Downward Trend

Homes in the Portland area decreased in value about 7.5 percent over the last year.

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Portland Home Prices Continue Downward Trend

Portland Mayor Sam Adams calls sex-reassignment proposal a matter of ‘simple fairness’

Under a proposal from Portland Mayor Sam Adams, the city would become the first in Oregon to offer employees sex-reassignment benefits.Multnomah County already offers its employees similar coverage.

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Portland Mayor Sam Adams calls sex-reassignment proposal a matter of ‘simple fairness’

Five people arrested Sunday after possible hostage situation in Northeast Portland

Five arrested Sunday by Portland Police after possible hostage situation at Courtesy Inn Motel in Northeast Portland.

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Five people arrested Sunday after possible hostage situation in Northeast Portland

Watch: Volunteer Patrols Begin in Portland After Anti-Gay Attack

In response to the attack on a gay couple on Portland, Oregon’s Hawthorne Bridge last week , volunteer patrols have begun on weekends from 11 pm to 2 am in the area.

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Watch: Volunteer Patrols Begin in Portland After Anti-Gay Attack

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