Oregon’s law enforcement agencies seized and forfeited more than $1.8 million in cash and goods during 2011. The costs of seizing assets jumped by 600 percent. Read the complete article
The Skanner News building is getting a new, energy efficient makeover that already has reduced our energy use, and sends power back into the electricity grid. Read the complete article
As a response, JTF is hosting its Malcolm X Birthday Weekend Celebration at the Umoja Center on Northeast Alberta Street. The weekend’s events will include the 2nd Annual Black Men Breakfast, service projects, a viewing of Spike Lee’s biopic “Malcolm X,” a vegan and raw food potluck and Revolutionary Poetry Night. Read the complete article
One of the most competitive primary ballots in years has ended in an election night of historic low turnout in Multnomah County and across the state of Oregon. Read the complete article
The Skanner News went to as many parties as possible (not many) with the Raiford campaign Read the complete article
Portland Opportunities Industrial Center is partnering with Gresham-Barlow and Centennial school districts, and with the PAL youth center to open a new alternative high school with wraparound services. Read the complete article
With crime at a 30-year low, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber has opened the door for new sentencing policies, and a stronger focus on parole and probation. That could mean less prison time for nonviolent and lower risk offenders. Read the complete article
When National Public Radio host Michele Norris came to Portland last Wednesday to address the YWCA Inspire Luncheon, she focused on the pressing issues of racism and domestic violence. Read the complete article
The alternative basketball league that honors teen who drowned tragically, finishes successful second season Read the complete article
An obscure grave in Portland’s Lone Fir Cemetery is the final resting place of a Black woman who helped change the world. Her name was Hattie Redmond, and she was a leader in the 1912 campaign that won equal voting rights for Oregon women. Read the complete article
