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Signs of Love on Rucker Ave: Blushing Rocks, Scrambled Eggs, A Coffee Date
Messages on display on Totem Family Diner and Pacific Stone Co. retro signs in Everett, Wash. reveal “secret crushes.”
Idaho Hospital to Stop Baby Deliveries, Partly Over Politics
A rural hospital in northern Idaho will stop delivering babies or providing other obstetrical care, citing a shifting legal climate in which recently enacted state laws could subject physicians to prosecution for providing abortions, among other reasons
Water Contamination in Oregon Could Prompt EPA to Step In
It's been three decades since state agencies first noted high levels of nitrate contamination in the groundwater in Morrow and Umatilla counties and residents have long complained that the pollution is negatively impacting their health.
North Portland Library to Undergo Renovations and Expansion
As one of the library building projects funded by the 2020 Multnomah County voter-approved bond, North Portland Library will close to the public on April 5, 2023, to begin construction processes for its renovation and expansion.
County Distributes $5 Million in Grants to Community-Based Organizations
Awards will help 13 community-based organizations fund capital improvements to better serve historically marginalized...
Call for Submissions: Play Scripts, Web Series, Film Shorts, Features & Documentaries
Deadline for submissions to the 2023 Pacific Northwest Multi-Cultural Readers Series & Film Festival extended to April 8 ...
Motorcycle Lane Filtering Law Passes Oregon Senate
SB 422 will allow motorcyclists to avoid dangers of stop-and-go traffic under certain conditions ...
MET Rental Assistance Now Available
The Muslim Educational Trust is extending its Rental Assistance Program to families in need living in Multnomah or Washington...
Two for One Tickets for Seven Guitars on Thursday, March 23
Taylore Mahogany Scott's performance in Seven Guitars brings to life Vera Dotson, a woman whose story arose in August Wilson's...
2 high school students killed in Portland triple homicide
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two of the three victims in a fatal shooting Saturday in Portland, Oregon, were high school students, school officials said Tuesday. The victims were identified as Franklin High School junior Eskender Tamra, and Roosevelt High School senior Isaac Daudi. The...
Judge: BNSF intentionally violated Swinomish tribe agreement
SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge ruled Monday that BNSF Railway intentionally violated the terms of an easement agreement with the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community in Washington state by running 100-car trains carrying crude oil over the reservation. The ruling in the civil case...
MLB The Show breaks barrier with Negro League players
LOS ANGELES (AP) — MLB The Show has broken a video game barrier: For the first time, the franchise will insert some of the greatest Negro League players — from Satchel Paige to Jackie Robinson — into the 2023 edition of the game as playable characters. Video gamers are now able...
Jacksonville's Armstrong: HR surge 'out-of-body experience'
Jacksonville’s Kris Armstrong could always hit for power, but never like this. Armstrong slugged six home runs over eight at-bats against Central Arkansas this past weekend, and he's gone deep eight times in 15 trips to the plate since Thursday. “It's kind of an...
Oregon Should Reject Racist Roots, Restore Voting Rights For People in Prisons
Blocking people with felony convictions from voting started in the Jim Crow era as an intentional strategy to keep Black people from voting ...
Celebrating 196 Years of The Black Press
It was on March 17, 1827, at a meeting of “Freed Negroes” in New York City, that Samuel Cornish, a Presbyterian minister, and John Russwurn, the first Negro college graduate in the United States, established the negro newspaper. ...
DEQ Announces Suspension of Oregon’s Clean Vehicle Rebate Program
The state’s popular incentive for drivers to switch to electric vehicles is scheduled to pause in May ...
FHA Makes Housing More Affordable for 850,000 Borrowers
Savings tied to median market home prices ...
Residents of historically Black town sue to stop land sale
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — One of the first historically Black towns in the U.S. is suing the local school board to stop the sale of land that is tied up with Florida's legacy of racial segregation decades ago and the state's fast-paced growth nowadays. An association dedicated to the...
Silicon Valley Bank collapse concerns founders of color
In the hours after some of Silicon Valley Bank’s biggest customers started pulling out their money, a WhatsApp group of startup founders who are immigrants of color ballooned to more than 1,000 members. Questions flowed as the bank’s financial status worsened. Some desperately...
India expels Rahul Gandhi, Modi critic, from Parliament
NEW DELHI (AP) — India's top opposition leader and fierce critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was expelled from Parliament Friday, a day after a court convicted him of defamation and sentenced him to two years in prison for mocking the surname Modi in an election speech. The...
Taron Egerton slots Tetris story into place in new biopic
The origin story of the iconic computer game “Tetris” is more thrilling than you may think. It involves border crossing, authority dodging, underhand deals, putting your house on the line and — finally — trying to secure the rights for the game from behind the Iron Curtain....
'The Big Door Prize' asks deep questions about happiness
NEW YORK (AP) — Not to be rude, but are you living your best life? Are you sure? Might you be destined to be something else? Do you know what that could be? Those are some of the deep questions residents of the fictional town of Deerfield are dealing with as they confront...
Gwyneth Paltrow accuser calls Utah ski crash 'serious smack'
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The man suing Gwyneth Paltrow over a 2016 skiing collision at an upscale Utah resort told a jury Monday that the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer crashed into him from behind and sent him “absolutely flying.” “All I saw was a whole lot of snow. And I...
Harris out to reframe US views on Africa, foster partnership
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — If U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has a favorite number on her trip to Africa, it's...
Spain clean energy case shakes confidence in EU investment
MADRID (AP) — Renewable energy investors who lost subsidies promised by Spain are heading to a London court to...
Palestinian teachers' strike grows, reflecting deep crisis
AL-AZZA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — In schools across the world, children are halfway into their second...
Lawmakers back Paris Olympic law despite surveillance fears
PARIS (AP) — A proposed French law for the 2024 Paris Olympics that critics contend will open the door for...
IOC details advice to let Russia, Belarus athletes return
GENEVA (AP) — Some Russian athletes can soon return to international sports, although their status for next...
China threatens retaliation if Tsai and McCarthy meet
BEIJING (AP) — China has threatened “resolute countermeasures” over a planned meeting between Taiwanese...
Photos from The Skanner Foundation's 37th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast.
