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Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 15 March 2024

Portland Rose Festival 2024 Court Member from Sherwood, Amelia Godard (Photo: Rose Festival)

On March 11, Amelia Godard was named a princess of this year's court. Amelia is a senior at Sherwood High School and expects to graduate this June.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 15 March 2024

Portland Rose Festival 2024 Court Member from La Salle Catholic College Preparatory, Cadence Wooden (Photo: Rose Festival)

The Rose Festival Princess from La Salle Catholic College Preparatory, Cadence Wooden, was selected on March 11.

Details: Written by Sean Nealon, OSU; Published: 12 March 2024

Hemp plant. Credit: Jeffrey Steiner, Oregon State University.

The project, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, seeks to develop sustainable supply chains based on the needs identified by an intertribal business consortium that link regional hemp production, processing and manufacturing to create hemp products.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 12 March 2024

Washington State Capitol

For the first time in more than a century of voter-submitted ballot proposals, the filing fee for Initiatives to the legislature has moved from $5 to an inflation-indexed amount, currently set at $156. Similar adjustments to the filing fees for referenda and initiatives to the people will take effect in January, the beginning of the next filing period for each.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 11 March 2024

(Photo by Engin Akyurt)

Infrastructure projects awarded federal funding

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Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 08 March 2024

Rose Festival Princess from Ida B. Wells High School, Mackenzie Devereux (Photo/Rose Festival)

The Rose Festival Princess from Ida B. Wells High School, Mackenzie Devereux, was selected March 7.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 07 March 2024

(Photo/Ken Boddie via Facebook)

Boddie will transition to his new role and step down from KOIN-6 News This Morning, to allow him more time to dig into political coverage.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 07 March 2024

Julia Dixon (Photo Credit: Portland Rose Festival)

The Rose Festival Princess from Franklin High School Named

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Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 06 March 2024

The award recipients were celebrated on February 24 at Sharon Seventh-day Adventist Church in northeast Portland.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 06 March 2024

Legislation requires insurers to accept coupons or other third-party payment methods towards an enrollee's annual deductible to pay for life-saving medicines.

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