📚 Those incarcerated at Deer Ridge Correctional Institution in Jefferson County are some of the first prisoners to be eligible to receive federal Pell Grants through Central Oregon Community College. (OPB)
💰 The top two strategists for mayoral hopefuls Carmen Rubio and Rene Gonzalez have left their posts to start new political action groups in order to raise — and spend — significant amounts of money to bolster their preferred candidate. (The Oregonian)
📵 At Grant High School, where cellphones are banned, students are getting creative in how they communicate with each other (like analog walkie talkies) and lunchtime chatter is an uproarious occasion once again. (Willamette Week)
🍔 Portland-based burger chain Killer Burger is opening its first Texas location in San Antonio. (Portland Business Journal)
🍰 Berlu Bakery (where you can find not-so-sweet Vietnamese treats) is closing later this month. However, James Beard award-winning chef Vince Nguyen said it will reopen in a larger space and offer more goodies. (Eater Portland)
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