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An Awakening of What You’ve Been Missing

An Awakening of What You’ve Been Missing
Sep 12, 2017, 4:36 p.m.
McCoy Academy Gets a Lifeline

McCoy Academy Gets a Lifeline
Sep 12, 2017, 4:45 p.m.
PCC's Public Safety Building Challenge

PCC's Public Safety Building Challenge
Sep 12, 2017, 4:41 p.m.
Memorial Tells Story of Dr. Unthank

Memorial Tells Story of Dr. Unthank
Aug 30, 2017, 9:45 a.m.
Building Named for Waters

Building Named for Waters
Sep 6, 2017, 2:14 p.m.

Latest News

The annual Race for the Cure, a fundraising event for breast cancer awareness and prevention, is this Sunday, Sept.17 at Tom McCall Waterfront Park, sponsored by Susan G. Komen Oregon and Southwest Washington.

Portland Race for the Cure Sunday

September 14, 2017 | 11:37 a.m.

Norman ‘Boogie Cat’ Sylvester and his daughter Lenanne Miller will once again front the Uptown Dance Party celebrating Sylvester’s and the late B.B. King’s shared birthday, Saturday, Sept. 16 at the Adrianna Hill Grand Ballroom, downtown.

Boogie Cat’s Dance Party Set

September 12, 2017 | 4:58 p.m.

Portland Community College is providing classroom space for McCoy Academy, saving a future for the non-profit private high school serving underserved students in Portland since 1988.

McCoy Academy Gets a Lifeline

September 12, 2017 | 4:45 p.m.

Sgt. Erik Hargrove works out of Portland Community College’s oldest public safety facility, a former dentist’s office that was converted to work space a few years ago on the Cascade Campus of north Portland. The small building would be replaced as part of a proposed new property tax bond levy that would pay for needed upgrades across the college district.

PCC's Public Safety Building Challenge

September 12, 2017 | 4:41 p.m.

Arts & Entertainment

Norman ‘Boogie Cat’ Sylvester and his daughter Lenanne Miller will once again front the Uptown Dance Party celebrating Sylvester’s and the late B.B. King’s shared birthday, Saturday, Sept. 16 at the Adrianna Hill Grand Ballroom, downtown.

Boogie Cat’s Dance Party Set

September 12, 2017 | 4:58 p.m.

Kevin Kenerly (left) and Steven Sapp are a boxer and poet with a shared past in “UniSon,” derived from the great African American Playwright August Wilson; And placed in an Indian school (right photo) where his culture is erased, a 19th Century Native American (Shaun Taylor-Corbett) is visited by the spirit of his Native American grandfather (Brent Florendo) in ‘Off the Rails.’ Both shows are now playing at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland.

An Awakening of What You’ve Been Missing

September 12, 2017 | 4:36 p.m.

You’re invited to celebrate Beaverton’s many cultures as the city’s International Celebration, retuning this Saturday, Sept. 16 from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Tualatin Hills Athletic Center, 50 N.W. 158th Ave.

A Welcome for Everyone

September 12, 2017 | 4:29 p.m.

Headlining Gospel singer and musician David Daughtry of Los Angeles will perform live, including his No. 1 hit ‘God is Great,’ during a free Gospel Greats of the Pacific Northwest Awards and Concert event scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 16 at Highland Christian Center.

Celebrating NW Gospel Greats

September 6, 2017 | 2:08 p.m.

Metro

Sgt. Erik Hargrove works out of Portland Community College’s oldest public safety facility, a former dentist’s office that was converted to work space a few years ago on the Cascade Campus of north Portland. The small building would be replaced as part of a proposed new property tax bond levy that would pay for needed upgrades across the college district.

PCC's Public Safety Building Challenge

September 12, 2017 | 4:41 p.m.

A rally in favor of immigration reform at the White House in Washington, D.C. brings out Michael Claros, 8, of Silver Spring, Md., whose parents would have been eligible for DAPA, or Deferred Action for Parents of Americans, an Obama era policy memo that the Trump administration has since formally revoked. (AP Photo)

Dreamers Abandoned

September 6, 2017 | 2:19 p.m.

Dawud Whansby promotes a universalist understanding of Islam.

Spiritually Uplifting

September 6, 2017 | 1:59 p.m.

A memorial plaque telling the story of the late Dr. DeNorval Unthank, the first black doctor in Portland and a dedicated humanitarian who tirelessly advocated for civil rights while building his medical practice, is dedicated at Unthank Park in north Portland during an Aug. 19 community celebration sponsored by Self Enhancement, Inc. Pictured (from left) are Bill Failing, president of the Lang Syne Society of Portland which made the plaque possible, Lesley and Jim Unthank, daughter and son of Dr. Unthank; Portland City Commissioner Amanda Fritz and Tony Hopson, president and co-founder of SEI.

Memorial Tells Story of Dr. Unthank

August 30, 2017 | 9:45 a.m.

Law & Justice

David Rogers

New Justice Reform Push

August 29, 2017 | 5:58 p.m.

A car struck another vehicle near a crowd of antiracist protesters, killing a 32-year-old woman, Heather D. Heyer in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Domestic Terrorism Erupts in Charlottesville, Virginia

August 16, 2017 | 4:19 p.m.

Adrian Berg

Park Shooting Death Mystery

August 9, 2017 | 2:02 p.m.

Danielle Outlaw

Mayor Names New Police Chief

August 8, 2017 | 4:06 p.m.

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