Samantha Swindler
@editorswindler.bsky.social
Reporter for The Oregonian and Here is Oregon, covering arts, interesting people, silly things & weird stuff.
Can a property be worth negative dollars? @editorswindler.bsky.social and I delved into the curious case of the Clackamas County courthouse: @oregonian.com www.oregonlive.com/business/202...
Here’s why the old Clackamas County courthouse sold for $100,000
Clackamas County sold its old courthouse for $100,000, even after a 2022 appraisal had valued it at $6.4 million.
oregonlive.com
We saw Disclosure Day at Regal Lloyd Center, and there was a commercial for war.gov before the film, and the whole theater booed. That was the most memorable moment for me.
There’s an interested buyer for the ol’ Bob’s Red Mill store:
Here’s what could replace the shuttered Bob’s Red Mill store in Milwaukie
The prospective buyer needs a zoning change to move forward, and city staff are concerned about preserving industrial land within Milwaukie.
oregonlive.com
Tim Heidecker is taking over Infowars? Let's gooooo
The Onion Says It Has a Deal to Take Over Alex Jones’ Infowars, Plans to Relaunch Right-Wing Site as Parody of Itself
Satire site the Onion says that it has landed a deal to let it take over Infowars, the right-wing conspiracy-fueled site run by Alex Jones.
variety.com
A fun thing I learned for this story is that Portlanders are responsible for fixing the sidewalks along their property, and they're supposed to pay for a permit for the privilege.
Anonymous artists are secretly filling Portland’s cracked sidewalks with mosaic art
Over the past few months, the Portland Tile Guerrillas have installed dozens of artworks featuring Grateful Dead lyrics and tributes to local history.
oregonlive.com
the venn diagram of people obsessed with immigrating "the right way" and people who put up sheds in their backyard without a building permit and then blow their tops off when their nosy neighbor reports them is a circle
Julia Azari@juliaazari.bsky.social · 4mo agothis also reveals the lie at the core of "we're ok with immigrants who do it the 'right way'" because it demonstrates how "the right way" is always subject to the whims of the ruler(s), and, importantly, their racism.
BlueSky fixed its links problem! So anyway, here's the latest missive out of Lloyd Center:
Where your favorite Lloyd Center stores are moving as Portland says goodbye to the mall
Floating World Comics and Brickdiculous are headed to another mall, while the Star-Wars themed stores are taking a mobile approach.
oregonlive.com
I quit using BlueSky when thumbnails stopped working for Oregonian news links, and I refuse to do the extra step of uploading a photo. Come on, guys. Fix this.
Debts might actually kill an Oregon ‘ghost town,’ so it’s trying to sell City Hall @editorswindler.bsky.social reports: www.oregonlive.com/pacific-nort...
How a Les Schwab pinball game made it way from Portland to Gresham to Olympia to Astoria:
The mystery of the Les Schwab pinball machine: how a tire company prop ended up in an Astoria arcade
The custom game, featuring plastic “free beef” steaks and company slogans, can be played at Galactix arcade on the Oregon coast.
oregonlive.com
My husband asked who Keke Palmer was (I want watch The Burbs) so I just stared at him and said "ROSE," but sadly, this did not help.
Grab yer tissues before watching the video 🥹 This Portland couple, ages 80 and 75, have been ice skating together at Lloyd Center since 1967.
A love story on ice: Jerry and Tally’s six decades at Lloyd Center ice rink
They’ve skated together at Lloyd Center since 1967. Now their rink is disappearing.
oregonlive.com
Solid piece of Sellwood cat journalism. I'm on Team Batman. But the real heads know about Bella and Nacho.
Willamette Week@wweek.com · 6mo agoNutmeg usually arrives at the Sellwood CVS early in the evening and hangs out until the store closes at 10.
If you, too, are obsessed with skater Ilia Malinin, he's coming to Portland in May:
Stars on Ice in Portland — OSC
OSC Members: Stars on Ice is available through your code RQORSKATECOUNCIL on https://www.rosequarter.com/events/group-tickets .
oregonskating.org
Hooboy, @billoram.bsky.social making me care about sports. 😬 (Yes, I had to Google "Clay Bennett.")
I hope I’m wrong, but this is why I fear the Trail Blazers could be as good as gone | Bill Oram
Tom Dundon may not necessarily want to move the Trail Blazers, but he strikes me as agnostic to where the team plays.
oregonlive.com
There are four Oregonians representing Team USA in this year's Olympics:
Meet the Oregon skiers and snowboarders headed to the 2026 Winter Olympics
These four athletes are going from the Oregon Cascades to the Italian Alps for the Olympics.
oregonlive.com
Like millions of Americans, I’m excited for Super Bowl LX because my husband will be gone for 4 hours watching the game with friends and I can finally finish Heated Rivalry. 🙏
Little is known about the orchardist in Oregon who forever changed the international fruit market in 1875 by cultivating the popular Bing cherry. But two artists used their keen imagination to grow the few seeds of Ah Bing’s biography into a poignant children’s book
Who was Ah Bing? New children’s book reveals Oregon story behind famous cherry
Author Livia Blackburne and illustrator Julia Kuo transform Ah Bing's sparse biography into a fable about family, prejudice and the fruit that changed the global market.
oregonlive.com
A U.S. citizen suffered a concussion, a torn rotator cuff and bruised ribs after immigration officers stopped her on a Salem street, broke her car window, pulled her out and then left abruptly after discovering her passport in her purse, advocates said.
U.S. citizen was running errands. After ICE stop, she ended up at the hospital instead
The Oregon woman was on her way to pay rent and to buy a cake for her grandson’s birthday when federal agents started following her.
oregonlive.com
Here's the concept for the new Lloyd Center. We also now know the main mall will shut down at some point this year, and yes, the whole thing is slated for demolition, including the ice rink:
‘Save Lloyd’ pushes back as owners move forward with teardown of mall and its ice rink
The master plan dedicates about 23% of the Lloyd Center redevelopment for courtyards, plazas and green space, including a 2.3‑acre urban park.
oregonlive.com
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
It is bonkers that they have 79% of the signatures needed to put this on the ballot, and they have until July to get there.
Oregon animal rights initiative aims to ban hunting, fishing, slaughtering of livestock
The measure would criminalize any activity that injures or kills animals.
oregonlive.com
