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Effort to Save Black Landmark

Effort to Save Black Landmark
Sep 21, 2021, 4:22 p.m.
Community Takes Action on Violence

Community Takes Action on Violence
Sep 21, 2021, 4:04 p.m.
Candidate Sees Neglected Needs

Candidate Sees Neglected Needs
Sep 21, 2021, 3:49 p.m.
Portland Observer’s 50 Years

Portland Observer’s 50 Years
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The Portland Observer: Did you Know?

The Portland Observer: Did you Know?
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Louis McLemore, exalted ruler of the Billy Webb Elks Lodge, surveys the damage from a Sept. 11 fire that started outside the building and spread to the walls and roof of the landmark building. A gofundme.com campaign is gathering donations to make repairs. Photos courtesy Restore Oregon, Saving Historic Places.

Effort to Save Black Landmark

September 21, 2021 | 4:22 p.m.

Capt. Derrick Peterson is running to become Multnomah County sheriff.

Experienced Deputy Enters Sheriff’s Race

September 21, 2021 | 4:14 p.m.

J. W. Matt Hennessee

Community Takes Action on Violence

September 21, 2021 | 4:04 p.m.

Annette Majekodunmi, a parent and community engagement supervisor at POIC + Rosemary Anderson High School works side by side with parents in a Community Healing Initiative.

Help with Parenting

September 21, 2021 | 3:58 p.m.

Arts & Entertainment

Long-time winning football coach and youth leader Anthony Stoudamire (center) is back as coach of the Jefferson High School football team, flanked by two of the team’s pivotal players awaiting Friday’s home opener, Demos quarterback Dondrae Fair (left) and senior defensive safety Trejon Williams.

Jefferson football back to business

September 7, 2021 | 4:47 p.m.

The Albina Library has moved back to its historic home at 216 N.E. Knott St. Photo courtesy Multnomah County Library system.

Back to its Roots

September 7, 2021 | 3:48 p.m.

Promotional materials announce the release of the Albina Soul Walk, self-guided audio tour exploring Albina’s musical culture of the 1960s-1980s. Presented by Albina Music Trust and available on a mobile application, the tour features rare local music interspersed with oral history accounts from musicians of the time.

Where Jazz and Soul Lived

August 17, 2021 | 5:06 p.m.

Challenging Conventional Thinking

August 11, 2021 | 10:13 a.m.

Metro

Louis McLemore, exalted ruler of the Billy Webb Elks Lodge, surveys the damage from a Sept. 11 fire that started outside the building and spread to the walls and roof of the landmark building. A gofundme.com campaign is gathering donations to make repairs. Photos courtesy Restore Oregon, Saving Historic Places.

Effort to Save Black Landmark

September 21, 2021 | 4:22 p.m.

Annette Majekodunmi, a parent and community engagement supervisor at POIC + Rosemary Anderson High School works side by side with parents in a Community Healing Initiative.

Help with Parenting

September 21, 2021 | 3:58 p.m.

Community leader, nonprofit executive and Veteran Ashton Simpson runs for a seat on the Metro Council representing east Portland and the communities of Gresham, Fairview and Troutdale.

Candidate Sees Neglected Needs

September 21, 2021 | 3:49 p.m.

A new plaque honoring A.H. Francis, a Black pioneer and abolitionist who lived in Portland in the 1800s when Black exclusion laws ruled the Oregon Territory.

Dedicated Plaque Honors Black Pioneer

September 21, 2021 | 3:42 p.m.

Law & Justice

Capt. Derrick Peterson is running to become Multnomah County sheriff.

Experienced Deputy Enters Sheriff’s Race

September 21, 2021 | 4:14 p.m.

J. W. Matt Hennessee

Community Takes Action on Violence

September 21, 2021 | 4:04 p.m.

The Oregon Department of Transportation is moving to elevate Black voices to shape the controversial I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project.

Cap for I-5 Expansion Approved

September 21, 2021 | 3:35 p.m.

Derek Chauvin (from left), J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao, the former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights, are pictured in photos from the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office in Minnesota.

George Floyd Officers Arraigned

September 14, 2021 | 11:44 a.m.

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