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Destructive Abortion Rights Protest

Destructive Abortion Rights Protest
Jun 27, 2022, 11:28 a.m.
Blazers Select Sharpe with No. 7 Pick

Blazers Select Sharpe with No. 7 Pick
Jun 24, 2022, 11:40 a.m.
Trades Lift Minority Groups

Trades Lift Minority Groups
Jun 21, 2022, 4:57 p.m.
Educators Making a Difference

Educators Making a Difference
Jun 21, 2022, 3:42 p.m.
Powerful Musical ‘Rent’ Takes Stage

Powerful Musical ‘Rent’ Takes Stage
Jun 13, 2022, 11:19 a.m.

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Demonstrators leave a trail of graffiti and broken windows, including to the entrance to the Mother and Child Center at 1500 N.E. 41st. Ave., a grassroots nonprofit that provides services to people who have decided to have children . The damage took place Saturday, the day after the Supreme Court erased the constitutional right to abortion, police said.

Destructive Abortion Rights Protest

June 27, 2022 | 11:28 a.m.

Shaedon Sharpe (right) shakes hands with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver after being selected seventh overall by the Portland Trailblazers in the NBA basketball draft, Thursday, June 23, in New York. (AP photo)

Blazers Select Sharpe with No. 7 Pick

June 24, 2022 | 11:40 a.m.

Sonda Brown, a first-term apprentice electrician, found her way to the construction industry unexpectedly after working a desk job in an office. “After a few years, I grew tired of the monotonous job duties and wanted something different,” she said.

Trades Lift Minority Groups

June 21, 2022 | 4:57 p.m.

Michelle M. Harper

Creating Pathways for Success

June 21, 2022 | 4:44 p.m.

Arts & Entertainment

Shaedon Sharpe (right) shakes hands with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver after being selected seventh overall by the Portland Trailblazers in the NBA basketball draft, Thursday, June 23, in New York. (AP photo)

Blazers Select Sharpe with No. 7 Pick

June 24, 2022 | 11:40 a.m.

Portland Parks & Recreation presents ‘Summer Free for All,’ a special summer calendar of free events and free lunches to help kids stay active this summer.

Summer for All at Portland Parks

June 21, 2022 | 10:27 a.m.

Opera a la Cart, a mobile performance venue brings live opera directly into community spaces where people gather, like Hoyt Arboretum next door to the Oregon Zoo.

Bringing Opera to Community Spaces

June 21, 2022 | 10:22 a.m.

Multnomah County’s Summer Reading program includes an array of fun, free online events for children, teens and families.

Library Games Make Summer Reading Fun

June 21, 2022 | 10:18 a.m.

Metro

Sonda Brown, a first-term apprentice electrician, found her way to the construction industry unexpectedly after working a desk job in an office. “After a few years, I grew tired of the monotonous job duties and wanted something different,” she said.

Trades Lift Minority Groups

June 21, 2022 | 4:57 p.m.

Michelle M. Harper

Creating Pathways for Success

June 21, 2022 | 4:44 p.m.

Emmanuel Aquino (second from right) of Beaumont Middle School in northeast Portland is named Educator of the Year for grades 6-8 in the 2022 OnPoint Community Credit Union Prize for Excellence in Education awards. Also pictured are Jennifer Krebs, OnPoint’s K-5 Educator of the Year honoree; Rob Stuart, the credit union’s president and CEO; and Jesse Bolt, OnPoint’s 9-12 Educator of the Year.

Educators Making a Difference

June 21, 2022 | 3:42 p.m.

Volunteers from Pacific Power pitch in to pick up litter at an earlier city-wide cleanup event sponsored by SOLVE. The group is inviting people to join them for another cleanup for Portland this weekend, June 24 and 25.

Pick It Up, Portland!

June 21, 2022 | 3:21 p.m.

Law & Justice

Demonstrators leave a trail of graffiti and broken windows, including to the entrance to the Mother and Child Center at 1500 N.E. 41st. Ave., a grassroots nonprofit that provides services to people who have decided to have children . The damage took place Saturday, the day after the Supreme Court erased the constitutional right to abortion, police said.

Destructive Abortion Rights Protest

June 27, 2022 | 11:28 a.m.

Tina Kotek, the former Oregon Speaker of the House and State Representative from north Portland is the Democratic Party nominee for governor in the November General Election.

Kotek Faults Opponents on Gun Safety

June 21, 2022 | 10:43 a.m.

Jeffrey Mori draws support from the Vancouver NAACP for his appointment as Vancouver’s next police chief.

Support for Vancouver’s New Police Chief

May 19, 2022 | 11:28 a.m.

Wayne Jones holds his son Donell, while speaking during an interview with The Associated Press about his mother Celestine Chaney, who was killed in Saturday's shooting at a supermarket, in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP photo)

Racism, Conspiracies Fueled Massacre

May 17, 2022 | 10:23 a.m.

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