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Pinched by Development

Pinched by Development
Jun 20, 2017, 4:03 p.m.
Unwavering Support for Smith

Unwavering Support for Smith
Jun 23, 2017, 11:32 a.m.
Portand Jazz Icon Dies after Illness

Portand Jazz Icon Dies after Illness
Jun 20, 2017, 3:55 p.m.
McCoy Academy Coming Down

McCoy Academy Coming Down
Jun 20, 2017, 3:52 p.m.
Habitat Homes Rise in Cully

Habitat Homes Rise in Cully
Jun 20, 2017, 3:46 p.m.

Latest News

Deborah Kafoury and Loretta Smith

Unwavering Support for Smith

June 23, 2017 | 11:32 a.m.

Rickey Brame is faced with thousands of dollars of expenses and the closing of a barbershop started by his father, Herman Brame Sr., when a property owner next door decides to remodel right up to the property line forcing him to move an electrical meter and trigger new requirements for the entire building be brought up to current commercial standards. Electricity to the barbershop at 543 N.E. Killingsworth St. is scheduled to be cut at the end of the week as plans to remodel an old key and locksmith shop adjacent to the property into a restaurant has been approved by the city of Portland.

Pinched by Development

June 20, 2017 | 4:03 p.m.

Thara Memory

Portand Jazz Icon Dies after Illness

June 20, 2017 | 3:55 p.m.

Named after the first African American elected to public office in Oregon, the Gladys McCoy Academy, located at 3802 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., will be torn town to make room for condominiums.

McCoy Academy Coming Down

June 20, 2017 | 3:52 p.m.

Arts & Entertainment

Nikki Brown is Portland’s favorite brown clown and she’s having a party.

Nikki Brown Clown Party

June 20, 2017 | 3:38 p.m.

New Craft Beer Festival

June 20, 2017 | 3:31 p.m.

Broadway Street Festival

Food, Crafts and Live Music

June 20, 2017 | 3:12 p.m.

A northeast Portland theater company presents the adult musical ‘Avenue Q’ about Princeton, a puppet who navigates a world of racism, homophobia and homelessness.

Returning to the Stage

June 13, 2017 | 3:40 p.m.

Metro

Rickey Brame is faced with thousands of dollars of expenses and the closing of a barbershop started by his father, Herman Brame Sr., when a property owner next door decides to remodel right up to the property line forcing him to move an electrical meter and trigger new requirements for the entire building be brought up to current commercial standards. Electricity to the barbershop at 543 N.E. Killingsworth St. is scheduled to be cut at the end of the week as plans to remodel an old key and locksmith shop adjacent to the property into a restaurant has been approved by the city of Portland.

Pinched by Development

June 20, 2017 | 4:03 p.m.

Volunteers from Wells Fargo work with Habitat for Humanity on its Helensview build site where 21 homes that are affordable to the community are being built in the Cully neighborhood of northeast Portland.

Habitat Homes Rise in Cully

June 20, 2017 | 3:46 p.m.

Swimming and other fun aquatic activities draw kids to the Peninsula Park pool in north Portland. The summer season schedule for Portland Parks and Recreation began Tuesday with the opening of all of the city’s outdoor pools.

Just in Time

June 20, 2017 | 12:42 p.m.

The Juneteenth Oregon Parade is a Portland tradition. The annual event returns this Saturday, June 17, starting with the parade at 10:45 a.m. and then a day long festival at the Legacy Emanuel Field at North Russell and Williams Avenue.

Celebrate Juneteenth!

June 13, 2017 | 2:11 p.m.

Law & Justice

Deborah Kafoury and Loretta Smith

Unwavering Support for Smith

June 23, 2017 | 11:32 a.m.

Good in the Hood festival organizer Shawn Penney is staying strong in the wake of a racist letter that threatened violence at the upcoming June 23-25 multicultural event and against him personally. With added security by Portland police and a community that refuses to buckle from fear and intimidation, the decision was made that the 25th annual Good in the Hood festival will go on as scheduled.

Staying Strong

June 13, 2017 | 4:46 p.m.

Multnomah County Commissioner Loretta Smith and Los Angeles-based filmmaker A.J. Ali shake the hands of young members of the community attending a town hall to discuss solutions and best practices to address racial disparities in the county’s justice system.

Youth and Justice Focus

June 13, 2017 | 1:32 p.m.

The former director of this former northeast Portland home for foster youth has been charged with the theft of over $800,000 of monies intended to support foster care services, children and families. The Rodney Avenue home was recently purchased by the neighborhood to keep it from being demolished.

Foster Provider Charged

May 16, 2017 | 4:43 p.m.

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