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04-27-2024 7:11 am • PDX and SEA Weather
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It wasn’t the first riot in Portland, but the 1998 protests outside Chief of Police Charles Moose’s home triggered what many hoped would be a more meaningful police accountability system; those hopes so far have proven to be elusive even today…For all the information click here
Citizens in Ferguson, Mo., a community that is at least 2/3 African American, only vote at a rate of about 12 percent – about a third of their representation in the population. That is a terrible reality that must now change…To read the whole story click here
Public opinion polls confirm a fact that has been documented in instances ranging from the O.J. Simpson verdict to recent events in Ferguson: When it comes to race, Blacks and Whites largely view events through a different set of lenses… To read all about it click here
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We now have online classified ad and announcement ordering for your convenience. Place your ad or announcement in print, online or both using our new quick and easy form… Click here to purchase an ad for a job, bid/legal notice or sub-bid.
On our website, under Entertainment, click on Crossword Puzzle, or Soduko Puzzle. Ten fresh puzzles each week. If you just can’t guess that word, just tell it to fill it in for you!
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The high school senior spent seven weeks on the Princeton campus learning about colleges, financial aid, and academic research and writing… For all the information click here
One woman tells her story of survival through another person's sacrifice… To read the whole story click here
King County Metro Transit commuters who earn up to 200 percent of the poverty level qualify for reduced fares starting next spring… To read all about it click here
US Marine Corps Upholds Life Sentence for Murder of Ivy Harris Master Sgt. Nathaniel Cosby was convicted in April of murder in the 2013 killing of "Ivy" Harris in a Waikiki hotel room… To read more click here
US Marine Corps Upholds Life Sentence for Murder of Ivy Harris Last weekend of shows for Lynn Nottage’s play produced in Vancouver, Wash… To read about the show click here
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We now have online classified ad and announcement ordering for your convenience. Place your ad or announcement in print, online or both using our new quick and easy form… Click here to purchase an ad for a job, bid/legal notice or sub-bid.
On our website, under Entertainment, click on Crossword Puzzle, or Soduko Puzzle. Ten fresh puzzles each week. If you just can’t guess that word, just tell it to fill it in for you!
View our full newspapers on-line just like they are printed. to turn the pages click here
The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a separate civil rights investigation, which could mean there are two decisions about whether to charge Wilson, who is white.…For all the information click here
Chief Jackson is a local police authority pushed aside by federal and state officials and he is fighting back – against the public safety of his own city and ultimately all of us…To read the whole story click here
Police say they are unsure if two of the shootings were related but they suspect those involved have gang connections… To read all about it click here
Committees of volunteers have spent months studying the impact of nine proposed initiatives and produced reports on each of them… To check the details click here
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On our website, under Entertainment, click on Crossword Puzzle, or Soduko Puzzle. Ten fresh puzzles each week. If you just can’t guess that word, just tell it to fill it in for you!
He was a member of the last official class of the Tuskegee Program that trained African American pilots for combat duty in the U. S. Army Air Corps during World War II… To read more click here
Those responsible for hiding the truth and allowing waiting lists to grow to the point veterans died without medical treatment should be prosecuted… To read from the publisher click here
Northwest Mayors, including Portland's Charlie Hales, Tacoma's Marilyn Strickland and Seattle's Ed Murray, are at forefront of the Cities of Opportunity equity efforts… To read all about it click here
“What we hope is to have folks feel safe enough to say: ‘Somebody has information that could help,’” says Youth Violence Prevention Director Antoinette Edwards… To see more click here
Our current approach to dealing with marijuana in Oregon is failing us. Nowhere is it more apparent than in our communities of color… To read the details click here
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We now have online classified ad and announcement ordering for your convenience. Place your ad or announcement in print, online or both using our new quick and easy form… Click here to purchase an auto ad.
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Marlene Pinnock spoke out Sunday about the beating that became a viral video. Pinnock was punched repeatedly by a California Highway Patrolman in an incident that has left her with slurred speech. …For all the information click here
Violence erupted after a candlelight vigil for Michael Brown, 18, who was shot by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. The Department of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation into the shooting. Watch video where witness tells what she saw.…To read the whole story click here
Join the "Enough is Enough" campaign to end violence which holds its first meeting August 18. And check out the next event from Portland African American Leadership Forum's "We are Black. We are..." campaign.… To read all about it click here
Black and Hispanic children are at greater risk of injury and death because they are 10 times less likely to be strapped into a child safety seat when in a car. The "Buckle Up for Life" campaign wants to help parents fix the problem. … To check the details click here
Johnson was a teacher who taught diversity to all her students and was known for her classroom displays.… To check the details click here
Click on Crossword Puzzle, under Entertainment. Ten fresh puzzles each week. If you just can’t get that word, tell it to help you out! …. Crossword Puzzle, or Soduko Puzzle.
We now have online classified ad and announcement ordering for your convenience. Place your ad or announcement in print, online or both using our new quick and easy form… Click here to purchase a wedding announcement.
Providence Health & Services grief specialist Anne Kister spoke with The Skanner News about their ongoing free-of-charge grief support programs – available in Oregon as well as Washington State -- and how the emotional pain from the death of someone close to you can be helped, if not cured… For all the information click here
Now the Court is threatening to punish the Legislature for missing its April 30 deadline for coming up with a “complete plan” outlining where the education money will come from – and even children’s rights advocates are pushing back against the possibility that essential state services will be cut to bolster education… To read the whole story click here
The use of an experimental drug to treat two Americans diagnosed with Ebola is raising ethical questions about who gets first access to unproven new therapies for the deadly disease… To read all about it click here
The deal with the bank, which must still be finalized, would be the largest Justice Department settlement by far arising from the economic meltdown in which millions of Americans lost their homes to foreclosure… To read the details click here
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We now have online classified ad and announcement ordering for your convenience. Place your ad or announcement in print, online or both using our new quick and easy form… Click here to purchase a wedding announcement.
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‘That Friday afternoon, we began our discussion with how schools might best engage their bashful newcomer moms and dads. But soon enough, conversation went to those Central American parents too terrified to keep their precious kids in their awful neighborhoods.’…For all the information click here
In an amicus brief in support of Skinner, the ACLU New Jersey argued that rap lyrics, because of their violent imagery, are treated differently than other written works.…To read the whole story click here
‘Overall, this is a good report, but it’s not a report that indicates that the economy is continuing to build steam’… To read all about it click here
The case received renewed attention last month when deputy U.S. Marshals extradited Yitzhak Shuchat -- a white member of a civilian patrol group -- from Israel after he lost a lengthy extradition fight.… To check the details click here
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We now have online classified ad and announcement ordering for your convenience. Place your ad or announcement in print, online or both using our new quick and easy form… Click here to purchase a real estate ad.
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To solve the problem of shrinking gas tax revenues, states are looking at other ways to raise funds for transportation projects… For all the information click here
An East Portland mom who was falsely accused of shoplifting at the Lents Ross Dress for Less store in June is filing a lawsuit and looking for other customers who had the same experience… To find out more click here
Vanport, the state’s second largest city and the largest WWII federal public housing project in the United States became home to 40,000 people until the Columbia River flooded the city in 1948, destroying it in a single day… To read all about it click here
Two Peace Corps workers are under isolation outside the U.S. after having contact with a person who later died of the Ebola virus… To read the whole story click here
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We now have online classified ad and announcement ordering for your convenience. Place your ad or announcement in print, online or both using our new quick and easy form… Click here to purchase a real estate ad.
View our full newspapers on-line just like they are printed. to turn the pages click here
We now have online classified ad and announcement ordering for your convenience. Place your ad or announcement in print, online or both using our new quick and easy form… Click here to purchase a real estate ad.
He led efforts for the first parks levy and played a key role in constructing the Olympic Sculpture Park and the City Hall …For all the information click here
Republicans have 'opened the door for impeachment' with their plans to sue the president over allegedly failing to carry out the health care law…To read the whole story click here
Prosecutors have charged the 55-year-old with second-degree murder, saying there was no reason to use deadly force against the teen instead of calling police… To read all about it click here
Marc Mauer of The Sentencing Project says that eliminating more than 79,000 bed years, or the amount of time a prisoner uses a bed in prison, could save at least $2.4 billion … To check the details click here
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We now have online classified ad and announcement ordering for your convenience. Place your ad or announcement in print, online or both using our new quick and easy form… Click here to purchase a real estate ad.
A new report from the Annie E. Casey foundation ranked Washington state at 18th in the nation on measures of child well being, while Oregon lags at 30th… For all the information click here
More cuts in 2015 are to be worked out in biennial budget process – all with the goal of ‘keeping service in line with actual revenues’… To read the whole story click here
The exhibit represents a milestone in marking the achievement of an artisan baker who was prevented from rising in his own field until he and his wife opened their own company… To read all about it click here
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray set an historic precedent last week by instructing city law enforcement to “stand down” from evicting a stroke-ridden Vietnam veteran from his underwater home… To check the details click here
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