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Rukaiyah Adams, Albina Vision Trust board member, and Winta Yohannes, Albina Vision Trust executive director 

The organization counters gentrification of historically Black Portland neighborhoods with “re-entrification.”

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Jesse Johnson 

Johnson’s release coincides with the exoneration of a New York man, who was officially cleared of a 1976 rape conviction, marking the longest-standing wrongful conviction overturned based on new DNA evidence in U.S. history, as stated by the Innocence Project.

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John Goodwin 

PAM’s major gifts director is working to give artists of color a permanent home. 

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(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) 

The protection changed by the Trump administration banned the harvesting of trees 21 inches or greater in diameter and instead emphasized maintaining a mix of trees, with trees at least 150 years old prioritized for protection and favoring fire-tolerant species

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(Photo/ jetsandzeppelins) 

An impending pesticide spray in the Beaver Creek watershed is putting residents on high alert; drinking water is threatened; state and local officials say they have no legal options to stop it.

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BitNile.com Grand Prix of Portland race weekend begins Friday with ten total races on tap

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Oregon State Capitol 

‘We should have our amputated body parts back. That’s the way it was before Oregon law, those are our traditions and customs,’”

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Mat Randol and Donovan Scribes 

Can a festival revive a forgotten park? The organizers of the second annual KidzOutside Festival think so. 

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The National American Indian Court Judges Association says about one-third of the U.S.’s roughly 320 tribal court systems have healing and wellness aspects. A program at the Port Gamble S’klallam Tribe in Washington state assigns wellness coaches to those in the county jail, while the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma helps with financial support and housing services. Advocates see the approaches as a way to shift the narrative of someone’s life and address the underlying causes of criminal activity

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Portland, Oregon (Photo/ Sean O) 

Daily high temperatures on Monday broke records with readings from 103 degrees (39.4 C) to 110 (43.3 C) in additional cities in Oregon — including Eugene, Salem, Troutdale, Hillsboro — and in Vancouver, Washington

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