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One person was killed, and two others were injured Sunday morning in southeast Portland.READ MORE | Early morning shooting at Southeast Foster Road leaves one d

The singer and actor Onry had a memorable day during the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when he joined Portland State University graduate Madisen Hallberg for a beautiful

Free, public, multimedia exhibit runs through Feb. 25 in SE Portland  

An activist collective says making buildings carbon-free is just the start.

The Black population in North and Northeast Portland declined by 13.5% during the last 10 years as more than 3,000 Black residents moved away, new numbers from the 2020 census show.

Startup Helps Those Affected By Gangs And Gun Violence Find A Way Out By Katia Riddle  May 29, 2021 Bretto Jackson hated many things about federal prison, but not everything. It gave him access to people he never would have encountered otherwise. “The thing about prison is, you’re all wearing the same thing,” he says. “Everyone has the same $40 New Balances on.” Even, for example, the Wall Street criminals at Rikers Island. “These dudes were just sitting across from me, drinking ...

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One small startup in Portland, Ore., is helping place former gang members and others involved in gun violence into well-paying green energy jobs.

The solution was twofold. First, commissioners passed a $6 million emergency budget package to fund $4.1 million in grants for organizations that support communities impacted by gun violence, with the rest going to the hiring of new crime data analysts and seasonal park rangers to surveil city parks. Second, Wheeler instructed the PPB to reinstate the controversial GVRT—under the new name “Focused Intervention Team”—without giving PPB any additional funding. Instead, Wheeler asked Lovel...

Many Oregon people of color eager to get vaccinated against COVID-19 while others wait for answers Updated 6:00 AM; Facebook Share Julia Mines didn’t want to get vaccinated against COVID-19, fully aware of the nation’s history of medical experimentation on African Americans. But she did it anyway. “I needed to set an example,” said Mines, director of a drug and alcohol recovery center for Black Portlanders. But, in the end, only two of her seven employees at The Miracles Club have gott...