The Urban League of Portland has taken two painful blows in the last month. First came the sudden death of Rob Ingram, inspirational leader of the Urban League’s Young Professionals. Now, the league has lost its president, Marcus Mundy, after a succession of audits found $44,000 in undocumented expenses. Read the complete article
At 100 years of age Thressia Colbert is sharp as a tack. She remembers Bonnie and Clyde, the Depression and the Vanport flood of 1948. Many Portlanders remember Colbert as the person who helped them get their first job. Read the complete article
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) -- The federal government says a one-of-a-kind plant that will convert radioactive waste into a stable and storable substance that resembles glass will cost hundreds of millions of dollars more and may take longer to build, adding to a string of delays and skyrocketing price tag for the project. Read the complete article
OSU football tackle Fred Thompson's tragic death raises the question: Why do so many young athletes die of heart problems? Read the complete article
There were years when Wendy Williams thought she would be on the street. She was under fire from the IRS and she didn't have a working bathroom for three years. Williams' fortunes changed when she got involved with Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives (PCRI) and their Free Homeownership Retention Program for seniors. Read the complete article
High school students in Portland have secured free transportation through the TriMet YouthPass until the end of this school year. Multnomah Youth Commission wants to expand the program but no secure funding has been identified. Read the complete article
Racial segregation and concentrated poverty are increasing in our nation’s schools, suggesting that we are backtracking on the successes of the civil rights movement Read the complete article
EPHRATA, Wash. (AP) -- Nearly eight years have passed since police found the battered body of 13-year-old Craig Sorger in a central Washington park, the victim of a beating and stabbing so brutal the tip of a knife was left in his skull. Read the complete article
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Tobacco company Philip Morris USA Inc. must pay Oregon 60 percent of a $79.5 million award in a long-running lawsuit filed by the family of a Portland smoker, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday. Read the complete article
Black mothers in Oregon often give birth alone, are afraid during their hospital stay, and rarely take birthing classes or breastfeed their babies. That’s according to the preliminary results of a groundbreaking survey of African American women on their birth outcomes. Read the complete article
