January 24 2021
Work on the Flanders Crossing in Northwest Portland is expected to be completed in the spring.
Crews finished work early on the bike and pedestrian bridge over Interstate 405, leading to the reopening of both directions of the freeway Sunday morning, Jan. 24.
The Flanders Crossing connects Northwest Portland with the Pearl District and the central city over I-405.
A stretch of freeway through the area had been closed since Friday morning and was not slated to reopen until Monday, Jan. 25.
Designed for two-way pedestrian and bike traffic, the bridge adds a seismic lifeline in the case of a major earthquake. As part of the Portland Bureau of Transportation s design for the project, there will be new traffic signals at Northwest 14th and 16th avenues, along with a four-way stop sign at 15th Avenue.
Road to research
Local author and Tribune editor, Dana Haynes, visits exotic locations for work on Sirocco
I m thrilled to announce that my new thriller, Sirocco (Blackstone Publishing, $16.99), hit the stands Tuesday, Jan. 19. It s my ninth published novel, and the second starring Michael Finnigan and Katalin Fiero Dahar, following their 2019 debut in St. Nicholas Salvage & Wrecking.
The editor of the Metro Life section has graciously offered me this space to tout my book.
Before I do, just a quick aside. When I was 20, I wanted to be either a newspaper journalist or a novelist. Today, I m both, making me, by far, the luckiest guy I ve ever met. My work at the Portland Tribune and the Pamplin Media Group has been doubly rewarding this past year, as everyone from the publishers to the ad reps, from circulation to the production crew, came together to provide excellent journalism in the face of a pandemic, a recession, weeks and months of emotional protests about s
January 15 2021
UPDATE: Two of the biggest celebrations of the civil rights icon will be online this year
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Monday, Jan.18, and two of Oregon s biggest tributes to the civil rights leader will be streamed online this year.
The first will be the Skanner Foundation s 35th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast, which will begin at 9 a.m. on the Skanner s YouTube channel here.
The keynote speaker with be Gen. Arthur T. Dean of the Rx Abuse Leadership Initiative, who will address health and the African American community. Other speakers include U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler.