The Skanner Breaking News May 12, 2014

New! For Your Convenience Online Ordering for Classified Ads At The Skanner News

We realize your time is valuable. We now have online classified ad ordering for your convenience. Place your classified ad in print, online or both using our new quick and easy form… Click here to order your ad!

Colorado Approves Plan for Pot Banking

Washington State will follow suit, with retail sales expect to start in July …For all the information click here

Local Artists Shine in Portland Opera’s ‘Pirates of Penzance’

Two African American artists from Northeast Portland – mezzo soprano Shalanda Sims and baritone Emmanuel Joseph Henreid -- join a multi-racial production of the 1879 comedy by Arthur Sullivan and W.S. Gilbert. …To read the whole story click here

Community Health Workers Step Up for Afrocentric Training

Part of what is called the “We Are Health Movement,” the effort leverages knowledge and experiences from all corners of the African and African American communities … To read all about it click here

The Skanner News is lighting our communities with solar energy

The Skanner News first installed dozens of solar panels on our building in 2012. By daytime since then we have sent thousands of dollars in energy back into the grid for community use. And now we are lighting our communities by nighttime into the bargain by lighting with LED lamps that use 90% less power than before click here

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National Newspaper Publishers Convention

The National Newspaper Publishers Convention will be Jun 25-28 in Portland. 

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