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This Portland thrift store, hidden in a church basement, is celebrating 50 years
After a month-long closure, the store hosted a grand reopening and 50th anniversary celebration, unveiling a fresh paint job, ...
4 overnight-only homeless shelters are set to open soon in these Portland neighborhoods
The city has already opened 200 new beds at facilities in Northwest and North Portland in 2025. More are coming soon in other ...
75-bed women's shelter planned for Northwest Portland with private funding
Bethanie's Room, a 75-bed shelter proposed by Blanchet House, aims to aid women in Northwest Portland with support services.
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Laundry Love brings people together, one load at a time
Laundry Love is a nationwide network that provides free laundry to low-income people, no questions asked. There are at least ...
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Blanchet House Seeks to Open Overnight Women’s Shelter in Slabtown
The social-services nonprofit Blanchet House is set to open a 75-bed overnight women’s shelter at a vacant bike shop in the ...
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Portland’s Archbishop Emeritus Vlazny dies
Archbishop Emeritus John Vlazny died Friday night at his residence in Beaverton, the Archdiocese of Portland announced.
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Retired Portland Archbishop John Vlazny, defender of immigrants, dies at 88
The late Archbishop Vlazy’s "love for the priesthood and his own episcopal ministry was evident at all times," Archbishop ...
North Park Music Fest returns June 7 with new walkable, multi-venue experience
From Queen Bee’s to U31, Seven Grand, and even St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, more than a dozen North Park venues will host ...
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Portland’s Archbishop Emeritus Vlazny dies
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Archbishop Emeritus John Vlazny died Friday night at his residence in Beaverton, the Archdiocese of Portland announced. The 88-year-old cleric was archbishop of the ...