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Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 16 December 2019

Beginning the week there will be extra police patrols along with free and discounted public transportation options in an effort to reduce impaired driving typical during the holiday season

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 16 December 2019

The event will take place ahead of the House vote on Tuesday as part of the more than 500 Nobody Is Above the Law protests happening in nationwide

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 12 December 2019

Melvin “JR.” Nobles, Jr., Executive Director Friends of the Children—Tacoma

Organization empowers youth facing the greatest obstacles through the long-term support of professional mentors

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 11 December 2019

Max smiles for the camera at OHS, just before going home with Dana and Tony Dunlap (photo courtesy of OHS)

Max, a two-year-old Labrador/Weimaraner mix, is going to a new home with the Dunlap family of Damascus

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 09 December 2019

States estimate $190 million for wastewater, $35 million for drinking water projects in Oregon, and $120 million for wastewater, $22 million for drinking water projects in Washington

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 05 December 2019

Watch video of a silverspot caterpillar transform into a chrysalis. (photo courtesy of Oregon Zoo's website)

The Oregon Zoo's breeding success provides new hope in an effort to save Oregon silverspots

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 05 December 2019

Meier & Frank holiday display (courtesy of Oregon Historical Society)

This free Oregon Historical Society event will be held this Sunday, December 8 from 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 05 December 2019

Those who come to give through Dec. 18 will receive a $5 Amazon.com Gift Card

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 03 December 2019

Workers prepare to remove a Confederate statue from its granite pedestal by the Chatham County courthouse in Pittsboro, N.C. early Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. (Scott Sharpe/The News & Observer via AP)

Lawyers argued that the monument was installed at the end of Reconstruction to further the false “Lost Cause” narrative, celebrate White supremacy and send a message to African Americans that they did not enjoy the equal protection of the law

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 25 November 2019

Hobbs Waters will be discussing his solo exhibit “Thirteen” at The Armory in Portland

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