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A City Transformed

A City Transformed
May 22, 2018, 5:51 p.m.
‘Left Hook’ to Displacement

‘Left Hook’ to Displacement
May 15, 2018, 3:58 p.m.
Neighbor Mourned

Neighbor Mourned
May 22, 2018, 5:44 p.m.
A Runoff for November

A Runoff for November
May 17, 2018, 3:01 p.m.
School Needs a New Home

School Needs a New Home
May 22, 2018, 5:39 p.m.

Latest News

‘We Choose Love’ Memorial

May 23, 2018 | 11:02 a.m.

Portland Juneteenth Planning

May 23, 2018 | 10:37 a.m.

D.J. Norman-Cox (standing) teaches senior citizens in Denton, Texas how to locate Texas newspaper references to the Emancipation Proclamation, pre-Juneteenth. Norman-Cox’s book “Juneteenth 101” counters claims that news did not reach Texas until two and a half years after the proclamation was issued.

Juneteenth Origin Debunked

May 23, 2018 | 10:28 a.m.

The Columbia Gorge Express bus, sponsored by the Oregon Department of Transportation, returns to service in time for the Memorial Day Weekend.

Gorge Express Bus Returns

May 23, 2018 | 10:19 a.m.

Arts & Entertainment

Portland Juneteenth Planning

May 23, 2018 | 10:37 a.m.

D.J. Norman-Cox (standing) teaches senior citizens in Denton, Texas how to locate Texas newspaper references to the Emancipation Proclamation, pre-Juneteenth. Norman-Cox’s book “Juneteenth 101” counters claims that news did not reach Texas until two and a half years after the proclamation was issued.

Juneteenth Origin Debunked

May 23, 2018 | 10:28 a.m.

The Columbia Gorge Express bus, sponsored by the Oregon Department of Transportation, returns to service in time for the Memorial Day Weekend.

Gorge Express Bus Returns

May 23, 2018 | 10:19 a.m.

Laura Lo Forti (left) and Damaris Webb, co-organizers of the Vanport Mosaic Festival, pose outside the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center on North Interstate Avenue, showcasing one of the primary event venues for the annual celebration taking place this long Memorial Day weekend on the 70th anniversary of the Vanport Flood. The IFCC will host several exhibitions, like Vanport: The Surge of Social Change; Anywhere but Here: The History of Housing and Discrimination in Oregon; and Our City, Our Voice: Excavating Portland’s History through Art. A new play about displacement in Portland, “Left Hook,” will also make its world premiere at the IFCC on Thursday.

A City Transformed

May 22, 2018 | 5:51 p.m.

Metro

‘We Choose Love’ Memorial

May 23, 2018 | 11:02 a.m.

Students fill the halls at De La Salle North Catholic High School. The faith-based, college prep school is losing its lease for a building that it has called home for 11 years, the former Kenton Elementary school in north Portland, and has launched a search for a new home.

School Needs a New Home

May 22, 2018 | 5:39 p.m.

Activist and former state representative Jo Ann Hardesty (right) won nearly 46 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s May Primary election for a seat on the Portland City Council, falling short of the at least 50 percent plus one vote total needed to avoid a runoff. She will face Multnomah County Commissioner Loretta Smith (left) in the November General Election. Smith finishing in second place captured about 21 percent of the primary vote.

A Runoff for November

May 17, 2018 | 3:01 p.m.

We Are Better Together

May 16, 2018 | 12:26 p.m.

Law & Justice

Eugene C. Gora

Neighbor Mourned

May 22, 2018 | 5:44 p.m.

A makeshift memorial with flowers and messages of love appear on the doorstep of the late Eugene C. Gora’s welding and fabrication shop at the corner of Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Skidmore Street. Police are investigating the murder of the 85-year-old after he was discovered dead in his garage on the property last Thursday.

Legacy Fabricator Killed

May 15, 2018 | 3:52 p.m.

Ryan Bounds

Controversial Judge Pick Gets Hearing

May 8, 2018 | 4:36 p.m.

Bill Cosby arrives Thursday on the second day of jury deliberations in his sexual assault retrial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. (AP photo)

Cosby Conviction a Spectacular Downfall

April 26, 2018 | 1:37 p.m.

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