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Hail Queen Mya!

Hail Queen Mya!
Jun 12, 2019, 9 a.m.
Fostering Diversity Behind the Lens

Fostering Diversity Behind the Lens
Jun 12, 2019, 9 a.m.
NW Dance Summer Premieres

NW Dance Summer Premieres
Jun 7, 2019, 11:55 a.m.
Homeowner Fights Back:

Homeowner Fights Back:
Jun 5, 2019, 8:43 a.m.
Race for the Cure Reimaged

Race for the Cure Reimaged
Jun 5, 2019, 6:15 a.m.

Latest News

Madison High School graduate Taj Ali (left) is congratulated for becoming the Valedictorian of his Class of 2019, the highest-scoring senior academically, from long time educator and mentor Michael “Chappie” Grice.

Highest Academic Honor

June 13, 2019 | 2:58 p.m.

A Portland tradition started 45 years ago by the late and beloved community leader Clara Peoples, the annual Juneteeth Oregon Celebration, will once again start with a parade along Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Russell Street and conclude with a daylong celebration at the Legacy Emanuel Hospital Field. This year’s annual event is coming Saturday, June 15.

Lining Up for Juneteenth

June 12, 2019 | 2:06 p.m.

Portland Parks & Recreation’s “Summer Free For All” returns with a series of events for both kids and adults all summer long, including movies, concerts, free lunch and play events and more.

Summer Free for All

June 12, 2019 | 12:55 p.m.

NW Dance Project Founding Artistic Director Sarah Slipper.

NW Dance Summer Premieres

June 12, 2019 | 12:50 p.m.

Arts & Entertainment

A Portland tradition started 45 years ago by the late and beloved community leader Clara Peoples, the annual Juneteeth Oregon Celebration, will once again start with a parade along Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Russell Street and conclude with a daylong celebration at the Legacy Emanuel Hospital Field. This year’s annual event is coming Saturday, June 15.

Lining Up for Juneteenth

June 12, 2019 | 2:06 p.m.

Portland Parks & Recreation’s “Summer Free For All” returns with a series of events for both kids and adults all summer long, including movies, concerts, free lunch and play events and more.

Summer Free for All

June 12, 2019 | 12:55 p.m.

NW Dance Project Founding Artistic Director Sarah Slipper.

NW Dance Summer Premieres

June 12, 2019 | 12:50 p.m.

Portland artist Isaaka Shamsud-Din (center) poses with his freshly printed, 2019-2020 artwork calendars in honor of Juneteenth. He is joined by Fyndi Jermany (left) of Don’t Shoot Portland and a representative of Morel Ink.

Juneteenth Calendars Honor History

June 12, 2019 | 12:30 p.m.

Metro

Rose Festival Queen Mya Brazile

Hail Queen Mya!

June 12, 2019 | 9 a.m.

Sen. Jackie Winters, R-Salem, discusses her priorities in office during an interview with the Portland Observer in December 2017 after being named Senate Minority Leader by her Republican Senate colleagues. Winters who grew up in Vanport and Portland’s Albina community before embarking on successful career in business and politics that took her to Salem, died Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at the age of 82.

Capitol Funeral Set for Senator Winters

June 5, 2019 | 9:58 a.m.

Mary Batson (left) and her sister, Virgie Ruiz, became concerned about a transformer-mounted pole installed in front of their house to accommodate new luxury apartments in their gentrifying neighborhood. Now Portland Bureau of Transportation says the pole was improperly placed and may ask Pacific Power to move it.

Homeowner Fights Back:

June 5, 2019 | 8:43 a.m.

Jamal Fox

New Deputy Chief of Staff at City ...

June 5, 2019 | 6:45 a.m.

Law & Justice

Rev. T. Allen Bethel

Police Reform Panel Falls Short

June 12, 2019 | 12:06 p.m.

Adam Smith, founder and executive director of the Oregon Craft Cannabis Alliance is shown a marijuana variety by Tree PDX marijuana shop owner Brooke Smith at her shop in Portland. Smith is part of a newly formed group that will launch an ad campaign to support mom-and-pop cannabis retailers.

Market Awash in Pot

June 5, 2019 | 7 a.m.

A permanent memorial to a beloved neighborhood figure, Eddie ‘The Weatherman’ Morgan (left), can be seen at the spot he was slain 25 years ago, in front of the US Bank on Northeast 42nd and Alberta.

‘We Miss Eddie’

May 29, 2019 | 9:46 a.m.

Parkrose High School coach and security guard Keanon Lowe is interviewed on ABC ‘s Good Morning America on Sunday in reaction to the former University of Oregon football star tackling an armed student at the northeast Portland school on Friday, and averting a school shooting.

Parkrose Coach a True Hero

May 22, 2019 | 8:45 a.m.

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