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Portland Dining Month delivers big restaurant deals

Score three- or five-course meals at top spots for a fraction of the usual cost.

Food and Drink

That <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="new restaurant" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/portland/food-and-drink" data-vars-content-id="29962f4d-b39a-4b22-985d-b9149be0d3c3" data-vars-headline="Portland Dining Month delivers big restaurant deals" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/portland/food-and-drink" target="_self">new restaurant</a> you&#x27;ve been meaning to try? March may be the time to finally book a reservation.The big picture: More than 100 of the city&#x27;s top dining establishments are participating in <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Portland Dining Month" data-vars-click-url="https://www.pdxdiningmonth.com/" data-vars-content-id="29962f4d-b39a-4b22-985d-b9149be0d3c3" data-vars-headline="Portland Dining Month delivers big restaurant deals" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.pdxdiningmonth.com/" target="_blank">Portland Dining Month</a>, where exclusive, limited-time prix-fixe meals — with either three or five courses — will be a fraction of the cost.

Oregon paid an estimated $670M in Trump's rejected tariffs

If or when that money is ever returned remains an open question.

News

Roughly $670 million is now potentially up for grabs in Oregon after the Supreme Court <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="struck down" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/02/20/trump-tariffs-supreme-court-illegal" data-vars-content-id="d4e96304-57e9-4bc4-820c-1d871c38c9a6" data-vars-headline="Oregon paid an estimated $670M in Trump&#x27;s rejected tariffs" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/02/20/trump-tariffs-supreme-court-illegal" target="_self">struck down</a> a swath of President Trump&#x27;s tariffs on Friday, according to the Trade Partnership Worldwide economic research firm.Why it matters: Those tariffs, reversed in <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="a case led by" data-vars-click-url="https://www.doj.state.or.us/oregon-department-of-justice/federal-oversight/federal-litigation-tracker/tariffs-oregon-v-trump-u-s-court-of-international-trade-125-cv-00077/&#x27;" data-vars-content-id="d4e96304-57e9-4bc4-820c-1d871c38c9a6" data-vars-headline="Oregon paid an estimated $670M in Trump&#x27;s rejected tariffs" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.doj.state.or.us/oregon-department-of-justice/federal-oversight/federal-litigation-tracker/tariffs-oregon-v-trump-u-s-court-of-international-trade-125-cv-00077/&#x27;" target="_blank">a case led by</a> Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, likely made <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="all kinds of stuff more expensive" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/02/03/trump-tariffs-mexico-canada-china-cost" data-vars-content-id="d4e96304-57e9-4bc4-820c-1d871c38c9a6" data-vars-headline="Oregon paid an estimated $670M in Trump&#x27;s rejected tariffs" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/02/03/trump-tariffs-mexico-canada-china-cost" target="_self">all kinds of stuff more expensive</a> as businesses passed higher costs onto everyday Americans.

Portland homebuyers are scoring deals — but prices remain high

59% of homebuyers last year paid less than the original asking price, per Redfin.

Real Estate

The average discount for Portland <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="homes" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/portland/2025/12/08/portland-home-values-drop" data-vars-content-id="1c354fad-c3b0-4b7e-9579-5c8cf7eb838a" data-vars-headline="Portland homebuyers are scoring deals — but prices remain high" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/portland/2025/12/08/portland-home-values-drop" target="_self">homes</a> that sold below their original asking price last year was 6.6% — the largest such gap since 2012, according to a Redfin <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="report" data-vars-click-url="https://www.redfin.com/news/homebuyer-discounts-below-list-price-2025/" data-vars-content-id="1c354fad-c3b0-4b7e-9579-5c8cf7eb838a" data-vars-headline="Portland homebuyers are scoring deals — but prices remain high" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.redfin.com/news/homebuyer-discounts-below-list-price-2025/" target="_blank">report</a>.Why it matters: Still-high mortgage rates and home prices have <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="sidelined" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/01/01/mortgage-rates-home-prices-predictions-2026" data-vars-content-id="1c354fad-c3b0-4b7e-9579-5c8cf7eb838a" data-vars-headline="Portland homebuyers are scoring deals — but prices remain high" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/01/01/mortgage-rates-home-prices-predictions-2026" target="_self">sidelined</a> many shoppers. But those who remain in the market are scoring the biggest deals in years.

PDX revamp nears finish after $2B overhaul

The $2B airport makeover is almost done, with new concourses and bigger shops coming soon.

<figure><img alt="Animate gif shows escalators in a construction zone at PDX." height="450" id="363b61ea-dbe2-49ea-911b-9b081af11edb" src="https://images.axios.com/bqrSat6jYG57A2UOGDieK_ruHj8=/2026/02/20/1771551789327.gif" width="800"/><figcaption>Getting around PDX is about to get a lot easier. Image: Kale Williams/Axios</figcaption></figure>When the temporary walls come down in a few months and the last of the construction dust is vacuumed out of its signature carpet, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Portland International Airport" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/portland/2025/09/09/portland-airport-hacks" data-vars-content-id="842145aa-3970-4ae5-9b36-6d49d7bd6a54" data-vars-headline="PDX revamp nears finish after $2B overhaul" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/portland/2025/09/09/portland-airport-hacks" target="_self">Portland International Airport</a> will look and feel a lot different.Why it matters: The last phase of the yearslong construction might not have the &quot;wow&quot; factor of the main terminal&#x27;s soaring roof that debuted in 2024, but it might do more to improve the experience of travelers passing through the airport.

Why Oregon's wildfire season may just be getting started

Dozens of fires are currently burning across the state.

<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Wildfire season" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/portland/wildfires" data-vars-content-id="cf0d1b70-31f2-4786-bd8e-3b8af20affb8" data-vars-headline="Why Oregon&#x27;s wildfire season may just be getting started" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/portland/wildfires" target="_self">Wildfire season</a> is raging across much of Oregon, with blazes closing some state parks and roads and prompting evacuations.State of play: <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="66 wildfires" data-vars-click-url="https://geo.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/portfolio/index.html?appid=22d04c007866419c91ccf00d097526c8" data-vars-content-id="cf0d1b70-31f2-4786-bd8e-3b8af20affb8" data-vars-headline="Why Oregon&#x27;s wildfire season may just be getting started" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://geo.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/portfolio/index.html?appid=22d04c007866419c91ccf00d097526c8" target="_blank">66 wildfires</a> are currently active across the state, with about 260,600 acres burned so far this year, according to the Oregon Department of Forestry — a fraction of the nearly <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="1.9 million acres" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/portland/2024/08/21/oregon-wildfire-season-record-breaking" data-vars-content-id="cf0d1b70-31f2-4786-bd8e-3b8af20affb8" data-vars-headline="Why Oregon&#x27;s wildfire season may just be getting started" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/portland/2024/08/21/oregon-wildfire-season-record-breaking" target="_self">1.9 million acres</a> scorched in 2024.

Oregon's Cram Fire nears 100K acres, now largest in the nation

The Pacific Northwest has already seen an active start to wildfire season.

The Cram Fire burning in central Oregon is the largest <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="wildfire" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/portland/2025/05/01/oregon-wildfire-season-federal-cuts-2025" data-vars-content-id="7aabf10c-64e0-4969-96ac-48f2ea6d4288" data-vars-headline="Oregon&#x27;s Cram Fire nears 100K acres, now largest in the nation" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/portland/2025/05/01/oregon-wildfire-season-federal-cuts-2025" target="_self">wildfire</a> in the nation as the Pacific Northwest sees an active start to the fire season.Why it matters: Thousands of acres have already been scorched and dozens of homes destroyed.

Oregon hasn't spend majority of 2020 wildfire recovery funds

Some Oregonians impacted by the blazes are waiting on the money to rebuild their homes.

The majority of the $422 million in federal funds Congress approved four years ago to address the devastation from the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="2020 Labor Day wildfires" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2024/01/24/pacificorp-oregon-2020-wildfires-trial-warren-buffett" data-vars-content-id="4602c13c-cd9f-4b1c-970d-72c4cbae21e7" data-vars-headline="Oregon hasn&#x27;t spend majority of 2020 wildfire recovery funds" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2024/01/24/pacificorp-oregon-2020-wildfires-trial-warren-buffett" target="_self">2020 Labor Day wildfires</a> remains untouched, according to the Oregon Journalism Project.The big picture: The agency tasked with distributing the money, Oregon Housing and Community Services, has spent less than 10% since 2021, per the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="news organization" data-vars-click-url="https://www.oregonjournalismproject.org/wildfire-money" data-vars-content-id="4602c13c-cd9f-4b1c-970d-72c4cbae21e7" data-vars-headline="Oregon hasn&#x27;t spend majority of 2020 wildfire recovery funds" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.oregonjournalismproject.org/wildfire-money" target="_blank">news organization</a>.

Fire weather days surge in Oregon

Climate change has added over 20 fire-risk days in parts of Oregon.

Hot, dry and windy weather that helps <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="wildfires spread" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/portland/wildfires" data-vars-content-id="e8d8141f-6812-4720-9292-0a92319089ff" data-vars-headline="Fire weather days surge in Oregon" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/portland/wildfires" target="_self">wildfires spread</a> is becoming more common in parts of Oregon and across much of the U.S. amid climate change, a new analysis finds.Why it matters: While the vast majority of fires in the state are <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="human-caused" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/portland/2023/07/21/people-cause-half-of-wildfires-in-oregon" data-vars-content-id="e8d8141f-6812-4720-9292-0a92319089ff" data-vars-headline="Fire weather days surge in Oregon" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/portland/2023/07/21/people-cause-half-of-wildfires-in-oregon" target="_self">human-caused</a>, &quot;fire weather&quot; can give them the push they need to grow.

Oregon wildfire season could be complicated by federal cuts

The severity will be determined by weather and people, but also by state funding and federal job cuts.

Oregon could be in for another intense <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="wildfire season" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/portland/wildfires" data-vars-content-id="e388f586-6002-43bc-b546-d81c8f33c98d" data-vars-headline="Oregon wildfire season could be complicated by federal cuts" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/portland/wildfires" target="_self">wildfire season</a>, just a year after the state broke a number of records.Why it matters: In 2024, Oregon saw the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="most acres burn" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/portland/2024/08/21/oregon-wildfire-season-record-breaking" data-vars-content-id="e388f586-6002-43bc-b546-d81c8f33c98d" data-vars-headline="Oregon wildfire season could be complicated by federal cuts" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/portland/2024/08/21/oregon-wildfire-season-record-breaking" target="_self">most acres burn</a> in recorded history, along with the most money spent on firefighting.

Oregon's wildfire season breaks historical records for acres burned

Half of the firefighters available in the U.S. — over 11,000 — are currently fighting fires in Oregon and Washington.

Wildfires across Oregon have burned more acres this year than ever before in recent history, according to data from state and federal fire officials — and the season is still far from over.Why it matters: The <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="record-breaking" data-vars-click-url="https://apnews.com/article/oregon-wildfires-record-9454144518d25686fa70940331ffdbab" data-vars-content-id="884590e0-19ce-4ad4-b7e0-36353f104f12" data-vars-headline="Oregon&#x27;s wildfire season breaks historical records for acres burned" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://apnews.com/article/oregon-wildfires-record-9454144518d25686fa70940331ffdbab" target="_blank">record-breaking</a> <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="1.5 million acres" data-vars-click-url="https://odffire.com/2024/08/19/august-19-2024-odf-wildland-fire-situation-report/" data-vars-content-id="884590e0-19ce-4ad4-b7e0-36353f104f12" data-vars-headline="Oregon&#x27;s wildfire season breaks historical records for acres burned" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://odffire.com/2024/08/19/august-19-2024-odf-wildland-fire-situation-report/" target="_blank">1.5 million acres</a> — or 2,400 square miles — burned so far in 2024 shows how <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="climate" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2024/08/01/heat-wave-intensifies-worsening-wildfires" data-vars-content-id="884590e0-19ce-4ad4-b7e0-36353f104f12" data-vars-headline="Oregon&#x27;s wildfire season breaks historical records for acres burned" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2024/08/01/heat-wave-intensifies-worsening-wildfires" target="_self">climate</a> plays a significant role in efforts to control blazes.

AI can help Oregon officials predict future wildfires

The database includes information from 2.3 million wildfires in the U.S.

Wildfires

A newly enhanced national database aims to help fire officials and scientists predict when — and where — <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="wildfires" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/portland/2024/07/22/oregon-wildfires-season-aggressive-start" data-vars-content-id="f1de53a6-898e-4b14-b12d-1befad72d2a2" data-vars-headline="AI can help Oregon officials predict future wildfires" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/portland/2024/07/22/oregon-wildfires-season-aggressive-start" target="_self">wildfires</a> are most likely to <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="pop up" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/portland/2024/02/28/wild-fires-oregon-climate-change" data-vars-content-id="f1de53a6-898e-4b14-b12d-1befad72d2a2" data-vars-headline="AI can help Oregon officials predict future wildfires" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/portland/2024/02/28/wild-fires-oregon-climate-change" target="_self">pop up</a> via artificial intelligence.Why it matters: It can be used to better aid on-the-ground firefighters with emergency response planning during active wildfires and determine what regions are most at risk due to current and previous climate events.

Wildfires

Why Oregon's wildfire season may just be getting started

Oregon's Cram Fire nears 100K acres, now largest in the nation

Wildfires force evacuations and closures in southern Oregon

Oregon hasn't spend majority of 2020 wildfire recovery funds

Fire weather days surge in Oregon