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• 5 things to know for Monday: Two. Stars. Beyond!

  16-10-2017 16:53
  It's a good day to be in Portland, whether you like soccer or not.
  That's because you'll be seeing a lot of beaming faces in some corners of the city. More on that, and other doings, in today's Five Things.PT! (clap clap) FC!If you're a Portland Thorns fan, you'll get today's Five Things headline, for sure. And you're almost certainly going to be smiling most of the day.The Thorns beat North Carolina 1-0 on Saturday to land the team's second NWSL championship. It was a day that, in Orlando,&hell
  
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• A renaissance is underway in the Central Eastside

  16-10-2017 16:13
  Guest columnist Mark Carnese of Cushman & Wakefield on what's happening in Portland's hottest creative office 'hood.
  
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• Thorns triumphantly return to Portland as league champs

  16-10-2017 16:02
  It's extremely fitting that the most popular NWSL team is also the league's best.The Portland Thorns brought home the league's championship trophy on Sunday after beating the North Carolina Courage 1-0 Saturday in Orlando. It's the team's second championship.Midfielder Lindsay Horan scored the game's lone goal in the 50th minute. Thorns goalkeeper Adrianna Franch put a clamp on the Courage, making five saves. And defender Emily Menges made a key block in the 83rd minute.Horan was named the&helli
  
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• Amid China ban turmoil, Oregonians told to keep on recycling — carefully

  16-10-2017 15:37
  State and local officials are advising Oregonians to continue to recycle — but do it more carefully than ever — amid fears that some materials collected might have to be sent to landfills.Recycling in Oregon has been thrown into turmoil after China, the destination for most of the mixed paper and post-consumer plastics collected in the state, said it would stop accepting a long list of materials beginning in 2018.The Department of Environmental Quality, in a Friday news release, said
  
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• In Oregon, some premiums will rise but plans should remain the same after Trump health order

  16-10-2017 15:30
  Oregon health officials say the Trump administration's decision to halt health insurance subsidies will yield "no change for 2017 health plans."What's more, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services said it's crafting a plan "to ensure stability beyond this year." However, plans on the "silver" tier for 2018 are set to jump by 7.1 percent next year. Rates for the bronze and gold tiers will remain the same.The changes, issued via an executive order last Thursday, affects middle
  
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