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Nikki Brown Is Not Your Ordinary Clown!

Nikki Brown Is Not Your Ordinary Clown!
Jun 7, 2023, 7:23 p.m.
Black Rodeo Coming to the Portland Expo Center

Black Rodeo Coming to the Portland Expo Center
Jun 7, 2023, 7:15 p.m.
FDA Approves First Ever RSV Vaccine for Adults

FDA Approves First Ever RSV Vaccine for Adults
Jun 7, 2023, 12:34 p.m.
Local Teachers Receive Onpoint’s Prize for Excellence

Local Teachers Receive Onpoint’s Prize for Excellence
Jun 7, 2023, 12:41 p.m.
Ban on Daytime Camping Amid Sharp Rise in ...

Ban on Daytime Camping Amid Sharp Rise in Homelessness
Jun 7, 2023, 12:29 p.m.

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Nikki Brown the Clown

Nikki Brown Is Not Your Ordinary Clown!

June 7, 2023 | 7:23 p.m.

Noted local photographer goes from documenting Black rodeo culture to producing a marquee event to celebrate Juneteenth in Portland

Black Rodeo Coming to the Portland Expo ...

June 7, 2023 | 7:15 p.m.

Sebrina Owens- Wilson new director of diversity, equity and inclusion at Metro.

Metro’s New Director of Diversity, Equity and ...

June 7, 2023 | 12:47 p.m.

From left to right: Caryn Anderson, K-5 Educator of the Year winner; Lucas Dix, 6-8 Educator of the Year winner; Rob Stuart, President & CEO, OnPoint Community Credit Union; Willie Williams, 9-12 Educator of the Year winner; Samuel Platt, Gold Star Educator of the Year winner.

Local Teachers Receive Onpoint’s Prize for Excellence

June 7, 2023 | 12:41 p.m.

Arts & Entertainment

Yugen Rashad

Portland Jazz Hero

May 17, 2023 | 9:57 a.m.

Soul Queens and Blue Kings to play the "Making it Real" Healthcare Benefit Concert

Soul Queens & Blues Kings Take the ...

May 3, 2023 | 2:55 p.m.

Renowned Oregon Symphony Principal Tubist JáTtik Clark

The Portland Columbia Symphony Celebrates 40th Anniversary

April 19, 2023 | 2:15 p.m.

The multi-instrumentalist/composer David Ornette Cherry

A Mosaic Of Sound

April 5, 2023 | 1:40 p.m.

Metro

Nikki Brown the Clown

Nikki Brown Is Not Your Ordinary Clown!

June 7, 2023 | 7:23 p.m.

Noted local photographer goes from documenting Black rodeo culture to producing a marquee event to celebrate Juneteenth in Portland

Black Rodeo Coming to the Portland Expo ...

June 7, 2023 | 7:15 p.m.

Sebrina Owens- Wilson new director of diversity, equity and inclusion at Metro.

Metro’s New Director of Diversity, Equity and ...

June 7, 2023 | 12:47 p.m.

From left to right: Caryn Anderson, K-5 Educator of the Year winner; Lucas Dix, 6-8 Educator of the Year winner; Rob Stuart, President & CEO, OnPoint Community Credit Union; Willie Williams, 9-12 Educator of the Year winner; Samuel Platt, Gold Star Educator of the Year winner.

Local Teachers Receive Onpoint’s Prize for Excellence

June 7, 2023 | 12:41 p.m.

Law & Justice

Tony Hopson Sr, Governor Kate Brown and Joe McFerrin. Photo by Antonio Harris.

Celebrating and Honoring Governor Kate Brown

April 20, 2023 | 2:42 p.m.

NAACP President James Posey and Aubre Dixon at vigil for slain Memphis man

Portland NAACP and Black community leaders address ...

February 8, 2023 | 2:50 p.m.

Portland Woman Awarded $1M In Discrimination Suit

February 8, 2023 | 2:45 p.m.

Photo caption Oregon State Police, Capt. Kyle Kennedy, right, speaks to reporters during a news conference at Grants Pass police headquarters on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, in Grants Pass, Ore. Kennedy, and Grants Pass Police Chief Warren Hensman, left, recounted the series of events in recent days that led to an armed standoff with a suspect in a violent kidnapping in Oregon who died after shooting himself, authorities said.. (Scott Stoddard/Grants Pass Daily Courier via AP)

Inside the hunt for a serial kidnapper

February 8, 2023 | 2 p.m.

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