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The sister of one six women found dead within a 100-mile radius of Portland, Oregon - Joanna Speaks, Ashley Real, Bridget Webster, Charity Perry, Kristin Smith and an unidentified person - claims authorities are trying to play down fears of a potential serial killer in the area.

The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) "has no reason to believe these six cases are connected," the department said in a news release addressing the online rumors Sunday.

Authorities are investigating if the mysterious deaths of six women whose remains were found in and around Portland over the past six months are connected and if a serial killer is on the loose.

Investigators are examining whether the deaths of six women in and around Oregon’s largest city over the past three months are connected, KGW8 reports. “I don’t want to…

Six women – most with connections to the greater Portland area and all under the age of 40 – have been found dead within 100 miles of each over the past three months.

The victims were all found in suspicious circumstances in discarded barns, on the side of the road, or hidden among bushes.

Opinions on use of force and military interventions are shifting across the board, but even more so in some communities.

Washington State University Pullman students Katy Ayers and Jessalyn Swanson are the latest recipients of prestigious, nationally competitive Udall Undergraduate Scholarship awards.

The newest special livery of Alaska Airlines has taken to the skies. This eye-catching paint job commemorates the airline's home state of Alaska and is painted on a Boeing 737-800. This brand new Alaska-themed livery is painted on N559AS, a 16-year-old Boeing 737-890 which is the former "Salmon-Thirty-Salmon" jet.

The University of Missouri Museum of Anthropology opened its first student exhibition Thursday. It highlights Alaska Native pieces as well as promotes physical and digital knowledge repatriation.