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Community Healing

Community Healing
Dec 11, 2018, 4:36 p.m.
Sugar Shack Comes Down

Sugar Shack Comes Down
Dec 11, 2018, 4:19 p.m.
Michelle Obama Coming to Portland

Michelle Obama Coming to Portland
Dec 11, 2018, 4:13 p.m.
Spirit of the Season

Spirit of the Season
Dec 11, 2018, 4:05 p.m.
Black Heritage Advocate Remembered

Black Heritage Advocate Remembered
Dec 11, 2018, 3:53 p.m.

Latest News

Portland Bureau of Transportation Commissioner Chloe Eudaly, Interim Transportation Director Chris Warner, join city staff and crew members Thursday to cut the ceremonial ribbon and celebrate the newly-completed Southeast 50th Paving Project.

Fixing Our Streets

December 12, 2018 | 10:48 a.m.

Anteaters are among the fun creatures that fill the sage for Imago Theater’s production of ZooZoo, now on stage through Jan. 6.

Holiday Production for Kids

December 12, 2018 | 10:44 a.m.

‘Half the Picture,’ a feature length documentary about the dismal number of women directors working in Hollywood, gets a screening on Thursday, Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. in Whitsell Auditorium at the Portland Art Museum. A post film panel discussion with the director of the film along with a panel of Portland filmmakers, activists and producers will follow.

Half the Picture

December 12, 2018 | 10:42 a.m.

Gina Yashere, a comic known for her work as the British correspondent on the Daily Show with Trevor Noah and for starting this year on The Standups on Netflix, performs a comedy show at Portland’s Mission on Monday, Dec. 17.

An Evening of Stand Up

December 12, 2018 | 10:40 a.m.

Arts & Entertainment

Anteaters are among the fun creatures that fill the sage for Imago Theater’s production of ZooZoo, now on stage through Jan. 6.

Holiday Production for Kids

December 12, 2018 | 10:44 a.m.

‘Half the Picture,’ a feature length documentary about the dismal number of women directors working in Hollywood, gets a screening on Thursday, Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. in Whitsell Auditorium at the Portland Art Museum. A post film panel discussion with the director of the film along with a panel of Portland filmmakers, activists and producers will follow.

Half the Picture

December 12, 2018 | 10:42 a.m.

Gina Yashere, a comic known for her work as the British correspondent on the Daily Show with Trevor Noah and for starting this year on The Standups on Netflix, performs a comedy show at Portland’s Mission on Monday, Dec. 17.

An Evening of Stand Up

December 12, 2018 | 10:40 a.m.

The cast and crew of "Doomed to Repeat," a film by homeless youth about art, activism and the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.

Young Filmmakers Honored

December 11, 2018 | 4:09 p.m.

Metro

Portland Bureau of Transportation Commissioner Chloe Eudaly, Interim Transportation Director Chris Warner, join city staff and crew members Thursday to cut the ceremonial ribbon and celebrate the newly-completed Southeast 50th Paving Project.

Fixing Our Streets

December 12, 2018 | 10:48 a.m.

Holiday Bike Drive

December 12, 2018 | 10:36 a.m.

An excavator, helmed by Hacienda CEO Ernesto Fonesca, takes aim at the Sugar Shack, the former strip club in the Cully Neighborhood of northeast Portland known for harboring prostitution and other criminal activity for the past 20 years. The deconstruction began Monday after community leaders gathered to celebrate plans to replace the rundown buildings on the site with a 140-unit affordable housing development.

Sugar Shack Comes Down

December 11, 2018 | 4:19 p.m.

Children from Sonbeam Daycare at Temple Baptist Church in northeast Portland are all dressed up for the holiday season as they participate in their annual Christmas program last week.

Spirit of the Season

December 11, 2018 | 4:05 p.m.

Law & Justice

Homer Lee Jackson

Confession Made Under Threats

December 11, 2018 | 3:58 p.m.

The campus of Portland State University.

Man Dies after Campus Police Struggle

November 28, 2018 | 10:14 a.m.

Crimestoppers is offering rewards in the unsolved deaths of Laray William Seamster (left) and Izryl T. Johnson.

Cold Case Rewards Offered

November 28, 2018 | 10:10 a.m.

A police booking photo of Justin C. Venable (left) after his arrest Monday for menacing others with a metal rod and another picture shows him as a suspect in one of the attacks.

Menacing Behavior Arrest

November 27, 2018 | 4:58 p.m.

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