The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution,

In this new trade idea from Eddie Bitar of Fadeaway World, the Kings take a gamble and land a former first-overall draft pick. The deal would be between the Kings and Portland Trail Blazers, sending Deandre Ayton to Sacramento. Here is what the deal could look like:

TV channel: KATU (Antenna: 2.2 in Portland. Xfinity: 302 and 1170. DirecTV: 688-1. KUNP (Antenna: 47.1. Xfinity: 16, 302, 1170. DirecTV: 47. Spectrum: 184).

An extremely rare blast of winter snow has found its way into places like Louisiana and Florida on Tuesday while Portland remains dry.

NEW ORLEANS ( WGNO) — Flights set to leave from the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport have been canceled. As freezing temperatures move into the area bringing with it inches of snow, the Fly MSY website is showing canceled flights from American, Delta, Southwest, United, and Spirit.

Coach Chauncey Billups tapped Fleming to help develop the Blazers' second-year point guard after seeing the success he had with White.

CS Bakersfield at Cal St.-Fullerton, 10 p.m. Idaho St. at Sacramento St., 10 p.m. Long Beach St. at CS Northridge, 10 p.m. Loyola Marymount at Pacific, 10 p.m. San Diego at Portland, 10 p.m. UC Irvine at UC Riverside, 10 p.m. UC Santa Barbara at UC San Diego, 10 p.m. Weber St. at Portland St., 10 p.m.

I haven’t been this excited to try a breakfast dish since I was fortunate enough to have bananas Foster in New Orleans, says food editor Gwenn Friss.

As Louisiana public schools remain in limbo over a new law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms — caught between the state

Notre Dame at Boston College, 7 p.m. Siena at Mount St. Mary's, 7 p.m. St. Francis (Pa.) at LIU Brooklyn, 7 p.m. St. Peter's at Merrimack, 7 p.m. UCLA at Rutgers, 7 p.m.

Prediction for the NBA match which will take place on January 22. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Fort Wayne has been nationally recognized and awarded a $250,000 grant for a program designed to combat childhood obesity and foster environmental stewardship.