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‘Feeling Our Age’: Oregon Artist Explores Aging Through Portraiture
64 women were painted and asked to reflect on lives well lived.
Off-Duty Guard Charged With Killing Seattle-Area Teen After Mistaking Toy for Gun, Authorities Say
Prosecutors charged 51-year-old Aaron Brown Myers on Monday in connection with the death of Hazrat Ali Rohani. Myers was also charged with assault after authorities say he held another teen at gunpoint. His attorney says Myers sincerely believed he was stopping a violent crime.
James Beard Finalists Include an East African Restaurant in Detroit and Seattle Pho Shops
The James Beards Awards are the culinary world's equivalent of the Oscars. For restaurants, even being named a finalist can bring wide recognition and boost business.
Ranked-Choice Voting Expert Grace Ramsey on What Portland Voters Can Expect in November
Ramsey has worked in several other states and cities to educate voters on new system of voting.
Southeast Portland Natural Area Improvements Coming, Funded by Development Fees
Kelly Butte Natural Area trails, park amenities planned ...
Montavilla Pool to Reopen in July After Mandatory Maintenance
The pool will open later this summer due to an upgrade to the pool’s plumbing that required a more complex solution to achieve...
Today, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and 42 other attorneys general announced they have reached a 0 million nationwide...
Juneteenth 2024 Events in Portland and Seattle
View events celebrating Juneteenth in the Portland and Seattle area ...
Kobi Flowers Crowned 2024 Rose Festival Queen
Flowers has been active in her school community as member of the leadership team at Self Enhancement, Inc., Varsity Cheer...
Former GOP Rep. George Nethercutt, who defeated House Speaker Tom Foley in 1994, dies at 79
SEATTLE (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. George Nethercutt, who was a Spokane lawyer with limited political experience when he ousted Democratic Speaker of the House Tom Foley as part of a stunning GOP wave that shifted national politics to the right in 1994, has died. He was 79. Nethercutt...
Judge orders railway to pay Washington tribe nearly 0 million for trespassing with oil trains
SEATTLE (AP) — BNSF Railway must pay nearly 0 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state, a federal judge ordered Monday after finding that the company intentionally trespassed when it repeatedly ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil across the tribe's reservation. ...
Kansas lawmakers to debate whether wooing the Chiefs with new stadium is worth the cost
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators trying to lure the Kansas City Chiefs to their state argue that helping the Super Bowl champions build a new stadium could bring Kansas millions of dollars in income taxes from players and coaches, which are currently going to Missouri. Some...
Kansas lawmakers poised to lure Kansas City Chiefs from Missouri, despite economists' concerns
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 170-year-old rivalry is flaring up as Kansas lawmakers try to snatch the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs away from Missouri even though economists long ago concluded subsidizing pro sports isn't worth the cost. The Kansas Legislature's top leaders...
NAREB: Down Payment Assistance Programs Boost Home Ownership for Black Consumers
Here is how to get assistance. ...
A recent 7-2 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court gave consumers a long-sought victory that ended more than a decade of challenges over the constitutionality of the agency created to be the nation’s financial cop on the beat. ...
The Skanner News May 2024 Primary Endorsements
Read The Skanner News endorsements and vote today. Candidates for mayor and city council will appear on the November general election ballot. ...
Nation’s Growing Racial and Gender Wealth Gaps Need Policy Reform
Never-married Black women have 8 cents in wealth for every dollar held by while males. ...
The beginners guide to celebrating Juneteenth
For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after the end of the Civil War, and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s...
Jazz, justice and Juneteenth: Wynton Marsalis and Bryan Stevenson join forces to honor Black protest
NEW YORK (AP) — Black music traditions such as jazz are central to celebrations of Juneteenth, says civil rights lawyer and jazz pianist Bryan Stevenson. That’s why he and Pulitzer Prize-winning jazz artist Wynton Marsalis have debuted “Freedom, Justice and Hope,” a live...
Retired AP reporter Hoyt Harwell dies at 93. He covered key events in the American South
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Hoyt Garland Harwell, a longtime reporter for The Associated Press who covered key events in the American South and was a mentor to young reporters, has died. He was 93. Harwell died at home June 12 following a brief illness, according to his obituary. ...
Book Review: 'Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ tells a tale of modern love and success
The cover art and title of “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” don’t quite convey the wild ride readers who crack open this new fiction from Rufi Thorpe will take. There’s a reason Apple TV optioned it as a series starring Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning before it was even published. This is a...
Music Review: Paul McCartney and Wings' oft bootlegged 1974 'One Hand Clapping' deserves applause
The sound of Paul McCartney and Wings' “One Hand Clapping” used to only be heard on bootlegs, or in snippets available on archival releases over the years. But it's new (mostly) complete official release deserves two-handed applause. As aging rockers empty their...
Book Review: 'Swole' explores what masculinity could be in a hyperconnected, TikTok-imaged world
Author Michael Brodeur takes the gym too seriously, and not seriously at all at the same time, in his book “Swole: The Making of Men and the Meaning of Muscles” in an effort to show the readers that the overly online world of hypermasculinity is an illusion and what a man can be is what you...
This law is a lifeline for pregnant workers even as an abortion dispute complicates its enforcement
NEW YORK (AP) — Victoria Cornejo Barrera thought the legal helpline for workers sounded too good to be true. ...
Undersea explorers mark a tragic day. Things to know about the Titan disaster anniversary
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A year after an experimental submersible imploded en route to the Titanic, unanswered...
Firefighters gain ground against Southern California wildfire but face dry, windy weather
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters have increased their containment of a large wildfire that is burning in steep,...
As Thailand gasps through another haze season, researchers hope a fire-charting app can help
SAMOENG, Thailand (AP) — When the haze season comes, village chief Nanthawat Tiengtrongsakun and his tribesmen...
China's premier gets a red-carpet welcome as he begins visit in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — China's premier received a red-carpet welcome as he arrived Tuesday in Malaysia,...
Mexico’s incoming president says surveys show support for controversial judicial reforms
MEXICO CITY (AP) — In a move reminiscent of her political mentor, incoming Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum...
Tennessee, Arkansas, Illinois and Texas. These are just a few of the states that Harold Harrison visited in his search to discover the perfect barbecue recipe. Traveling to cook-offs across the country Harrison learned from the experts: the folks who love to eat authentic, succulent, fall off the bone barbecue.
"I used to work at a barbecue place on Vancouver, the Pig on the Pit," he told The Skanner. "I knew there was something different – a better way to cook this barbecue, so I went east and down south to find out."
Now, after his years of study, he calls himself a consultant ribologist. And he's putting his knowledge into practice at Harold's Barbecue, 902 N. Killingsworth at Mississippi. ...
For the second consecutive year, Wells Fargo and the National Black MBA Association have honored African American entrepreneurs with the NBMBAA/Wells Fargo Entrepreneur Excellence Award. This year's winners are Michael and Ramona Woods, owners of Greensboro, N.C.-based Ashtae Products, Inc.; and Laurna Godwin and Jessica Perkins, owners of Vector Communications Corporation in St. Louis....
