2019 in Oregon
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The year 2019 in Oregon involved several major events.
Incumbents
- Governor: Kate Brown (D)[1]
- Secretary of State:
- Dennis Richardson (R) (until February 27)[2]
- Bev Clarno (R) (after April 3)[3]
Events
Ongoing
January
- January 2019 North American winter storm[4]
- January 4 – Michael Cox, chief of staff of Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, resigns.[5]
- January 19 – Tasty n Sons closes, moving to another location and rebranding as Tasty n Daughters.[6][7]
February
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- February 19 – Portland's No Vacancy Lounge club closes.[8]
- February 24 – The annual Fisher Poets Gathering is held in Astoria.[9]
- February 25 – Several cities in eastern Oregon receive an unusually high amount of snow during an ongoing cold wave. A record for the month of February is set in Bend and the Redmond Airport closes for two days.[10]
- February 28 – Portland-based metal band Pillorian officially dissolves.[11]
- Unknown day
- The Burnside Brewing Company's pub closes.[12]
- British Overseas Restaurant Corporation closes.[6]
March
- March 2 – Portland's Hawthorne Asylum food cart pod has its grand opening, with the initial food carts having moved in throughout the month of February.[13]
- March 3
- About 2,000 people attend the 2019 Womxn's March and Rally for Action in Portland. The event had been rescheduled from January to March to avoid scheduling conflicts with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, when Women's Marches took place in other cities across the country.[14]
- Shut Up and Eat closes.[15]
- March 6 – The Oregon Shakespeare Festival officially opens for the season, which will run through October.[16]
- March 12 – Portland-based jazz musician Jim Beatty dies from complications of a stroke.[17]
- March 18 – About 200 sturgeon are stranded in a shallow area in Sturgeon Lake due to low water levels.[18]
- March 21 – Attackers gain access to personal information of hundreds of people involved in Oregon's foster care and welfare programs in a successful phishing attack.[19]
- March 23 – Assembly Brewing opens.[20]
April
- April 3 – Bev Clarno is sworn in as Secretary of State.[3]
- April 25 – Edwin Lara, already serving a life sentence for his 2016 murder of Kaylee Sawyer, receives a second life sentence for carjacking and kidnapping.[10]
May
- The federal government approves a disaster declaration for the February storm that damaged infrastructure in Coos, Jefferson, Lane, Curry, and Douglas Counties.[21]
June
- June 15–16 – Portland Pride Festival[22]
- June 20 – Republican state senators stage a walkout to block Oregon House Bill 2020. Governor Brown sends the Oregon State Police to search for the senators, but this fails because they have fled the state.[10]
- June 29 – Republican state senators return after spending nine days outside of the state, having effectively blocked Oregon House Bill 2020 until at least the next legislative session.[10]
- June 30 – The Alder Street food cart pod closes.[23]
July
- July 1 – A tornado strikes Northeast Portland.[25][26]
- July 5 – Audrey McCall Beach opens, becoming Portland's second public access beach.[27]
- July 12–14 – The 50th annual Oregon Country Fair is held in Veneta, Oregon, with over 58,000 people attending.[28][29]
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- July 24 – The Milepost 17 fire begins.[30]
August
- August 2–4 – Pickathon[31]
- August 5 –The Milepost 17 fire is 95% contained.[32]
- August 17 – End Domestic Terrorism rally[33]
- August 27 – The Hillsboro Tribune publishes its final issue, to be replaced by the News-Times.[34]
- August 31 – Tonic Lounge closes.[6]
September
- September 8 – A tornado touches down near Rockcreek, marking the second tornado to strike the Portland area this year.[35]
- September 20 – Thousands attend student-led protests against climate change in Portland and other Oregon cities as part of the September 2019 climate strikes.[36]
October
- October 6 – Portland Marathon[37]
- October 10 – Nike announces the end of the Nike Oregon Project following the investigation of coach Alberto Salazar.[38]
- After 99 days, the state's 2019 fire season ends; it is the shortest season since 2000.[30][39]
- October 26 – Portland's Southeast Grind coffee shop closes.[40]
- October 27
- The Barbara Walker Crossing footbridge opens, connecting paths in Forest Park so that pedestrians no longer have to cross Burnside Street.[41]
- Portland's Little Bird Bistro closes.[42]
- The Oregon Shakespeare Festival closes for the year.[43]
November
- November 9 – Ben & Esther's Vegan Jewish Deli opens in Portland.[44]
- November 10 – Cider Riot closes.[45]
- November 26 – December 3, 2019 North American blizzard[46]
