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Online Sports Betting Debut

Online Sports Betting Debut
Nov 12, 2019, 12:11 p.m.
Giving Voice to Economic Truths

Giving Voice to Economic Truths
Nov 12, 2019, 12:05 p.m.
First Playoff Win Ever

First Playoff Win Ever
Nov 12, 2019, 3:55 p.m.
Public Airing on Police Contract

Public Airing on Police Contract
Nov 12, 2019, 3:59 p.m.
Black College Tour Enriches Lives

Black College Tour Enriches Lives
Nov 12, 2019, 12:21 p.m.

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Ben Wendell (left) and Wycliffe Gordon will be two of the headliners when the Mt. Hood Jazz Festival makes its return to Mt. Hood Community College, April 24-26, for the first time since 2004.The lineup will also include local jazz icons and more than 70 high school and middle school jazz ensembles.

Mt. Hood Jazz Festival Returning

November 13, 2019 | 4:33 p.m.

Portland 2019 Rose Festival Queen Mya Brazile

New Vision for Rose Festival Court

November 13, 2019 | 4:26 p.m.

Herbert L. Amerson

Happy 100th Birthday!

November 13, 2019 | 9:29 a.m.

Bora Harris, community liaison for the Walnut Park nighttime shelter for homeless people, is trying to gather resources to provide a Thanksgiving meal for about 80 people. Businesses, individuals or groups who want to help can call Harris at 503-936-8020 or email bora.DHLI@gmail.com.

Seeking Help for Thanksgiving Meal

November 12, 2019 | 4:18 p.m.

Arts & Entertainment

Ben Wendell (left) and Wycliffe Gordon will be two of the headliners when the Mt. Hood Jazz Festival makes its return to Mt. Hood Community College, April 24-26, for the first time since 2004.The lineup will also include local jazz icons and more than 70 high school and middle school jazz ensembles.

Mt. Hood Jazz Festival Returning

November 13, 2019 | 4:33 p.m.

Portland 2019 Rose Festival Queen Mya Brazile

New Vision for Rose Festival Court

November 13, 2019 | 4:26 p.m.

Cristi Miles and Naiya Amilcar in ‘La Ruta,’ a harrowing story that gives a voice to women who have disappeared or been murdered from the border community of Juarez, Mexico. Plays through Dec. 1 at Portland Opera, 211 S.E. Caruthers St. For tickets call 503-241-1278 or visit artistsrep.org.

Confronting the Erasure of Women in Juarez

November 12, 2019 | 3:51 p.m.

A local group of actors raised their voices to collaborate with Portland playwright Damaris Webb to write the script and then perform in “SOUL’D: The Economics of our Black Body” a new play that delves into the economic dreams and realities for black Americans, coming Thursday, Nov. 14 to Nov. 24 to the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center. They are (from left) are Ken Dembo, La’Tevin Alexander, Shareen Jacobs, Catherine Braxton, Tyharra Cozier, Webb, Sydney Jackson and Auntais Faulkner.

Giving Voice to Economic Truths

November 12, 2019 | 12:05 p.m.

Metro

Bora Harris, community liaison for the Walnut Park nighttime shelter for homeless people, is trying to gather resources to provide a Thanksgiving meal for about 80 people. Businesses, individuals or groups who want to help can call Harris at 503-936-8020 or email bora.DHLI@gmail.com.

Seeking Help for Thanksgiving Meal

November 12, 2019 | 4:18 p.m.

Fourteen students from Parkrose, DeLaSalle North and Jefferson high schools visit Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama as part of a just concluded Black College Tour of historic black colleges and historic sites organized by Portland educator and mentor Dr. Audrey Terrell and the Dr. Audrey Terrell Institute, a non-profit geared to helping young people meet life challenges and overcome obstacles.

Black College Tour Enriches Lives

November 12, 2019 | 12:21 p.m.

Rev. Willie Banks, a long time African American community advocate, has announced plans to run for mayor of Portland in the May 2020 Primary.

Running for Mayor

November 5, 2019 | 2:17 p.m.

TriMet fare inspectors enforce rules for boarding light rail trains and buses and increase the presence of security on board. But some rider advocates are concerned over plans to hire nine new fare inspectors, saying that will increase unjust stops against poor people and people of color.

TriMet Defends Added Security

November 5, 2019 | 11:06 a.m.

Law & Justice

Ted Wheeler (left) and Jo Ann Hardesty.

Public Airing on Police Contract

November 12, 2019 | 3:59 p.m.

A new app for the Oregon Lottery can be accessed at sports.oregonlottery.org/sports, allowing 24/7 betting on professional sports.

Online Sports Betting Debut

November 12, 2019 | 12:11 p.m.

A posting on Twitter shows a Portland Police vehicle window with the political “Blue Lives Matter” flag attached to the bottom left corner.

Political Message Draws Fire

November 12, 2019 | 9:26 a.m.

Aaron Criswell, 15, (left) and Richard Jerome Rand IV, 15, are pictured in booking photos from the Donald E. Long Juvenile Detention Center.

Teens Charged in St. John’s Shooting

October 29, 2019 | 2:34 p.m.

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