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Tributes Pour in for Reo Varnado

Tributes Pour in for Reo Varnado
Jan 25, 2022, 2:28 p.m.
Happy Birthday ‘Honorary Mayor’

Happy Birthday ‘Honorary Mayor’
Jan 25, 2022, 2:14 p.m.
Historic Designations Advance

Historic Designations Advance
Jan 25, 2022, 2:44 p.m.
Events link Black Panthers past and present

Events link Black Panthers past and present
Jan 25, 2022, 2:04 p.m.
Adams-Whitaker Site Rejected

Adams-Whitaker Site Rejected
Jan 20, 2022, 11:08 a.m.

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Mt. Olivet Baptist Church at 1734 N.E. First Ave. was built in 1923 for one of Portland’s first Black congregations and today stands as the oldest surviving African American worship space in the historic Albina neighborhood.

Historic Designations Advance

January 25, 2022 | 2:44 p.m.

A photo posted on Snoop Dogg's Instagram pays tribute to his late nephew Reo Varnado (right), owner of Reo's Ribs in Portland. Photo from @Snoopdogg Instagram.

Tributes Pour in for Reo Varnado

January 25, 2022 | 2:28 p.m.

Mr. Paul Knauls the “Honorary Mayor” of Northeast Portland enjoys a dinner celebration for his 91st birthday. Jason Scott (from left) Paul Knauls Jr. and Michel “Chappie” Grice were among the celebrants. Knauls is well known for his infectious smile, his businesses bringing people together, philanthropy, and heartfelt love for his community.

Happy Birthday ‘Honorary Mayor’

January 25, 2022 | 2:14 p.m.

A three-day celebration of Black History will look back at Portland’s past with the Black Panther Party and how then challenges then can relate to the challenges we face today.

Events link Black Panthers past and present

January 25, 2022 | 2:04 p.m.

Arts & Entertainment

Mr. Paul Knauls the “Honorary Mayor” of Northeast Portland enjoys a dinner celebration for his 91st birthday. Jason Scott (from left) Paul Knauls Jr. and Michel “Chappie” Grice were among the celebrants. Knauls is well known for his infectious smile, his businesses bringing people together, philanthropy, and heartfelt love for his community.

Happy Birthday ‘Honorary Mayor’

January 25, 2022 | 2:14 p.m.

Emmy and Telly award-winning TV and radio host Tra’Renee Chambers has started her second season of ‘Situations and Conversations with Tra’Renee,’ now on Saturdays on KPTV, Fox 12+.

Local TV Host Begins Second Season

January 25, 2022 | 12:08 p.m.

Amirah Chatman’s Heaven’s Probably in Phoenix (2020) is among the works from 20 artists featured in a Black Lives Matter exhibit at Portland State University.

Black Artists Matter

January 19, 2022 | 8:37 a.m.

Urgent, Funny and Intense

January 18, 2022 | noon

Metro

A photo posted on Snoop Dogg's Instagram pays tribute to his late nephew Reo Varnado (right), owner of Reo's Ribs in Portland. Photo from @Snoopdogg Instagram.

Tributes Pour in for Reo Varnado

January 25, 2022 | 2:28 p.m.

A community room is showcased in an artist’s rendering as part of the new Portland Metropolitan Workforce Training Center coming to Northeast Killingsworth Street and 42nd Avenue. Portland Community College will hold a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday to start construction.

Training Center Rebuild to Begin

January 25, 2022 | 1:55 p.m.

Portland School Board members have rejected a request by City Commissioner Dan Ryan to turn a section of vacant property it owns at 5700 N.E. Cesar E. Chavez Blvd. into a Safe Rest Site for the homeless. The land once housed Adams High School and then Whitaker Middle School before being demolished. (Photo from Google Maps)

Adams-Whitaker Site Rejected

January 20, 2022 | 11:08 a.m.

Retired Portland educator and World Arts Foundation co-founder Ken Berry at the controls of video editing equipment used to produce Keep Alive the Dream, a new historic film documenting 43 years of annual MLK tributes and showcasing the lives of African Americans in Oregon.

43 Years of MLK Tributes

January 11, 2022 | 4:45 p.m.

Law & Justice

A three-day celebration of Black History will look back at Portland’s past with the Black Panther Party and how then challenges then can relate to the challenges we face today.

Events link Black Panthers past and present

January 25, 2022 | 2:04 p.m.

Black community activist Laurie Palmer, a motivational speaker and founder of the Go Get Your Child Community Violence Prevention Coalition, attends an event commemorating the lives lost to gun violence.

Activist Remembers King’s Lessons

January 11, 2022 | 4:34 p.m.

Jasmine Tolbert

‘We have progressed, but so has racism’

January 11, 2022 | 4:22 p.m.

Black Voters Matter Fund co-founder LaTosha Brown to give the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday keynote at Oregon State University.

Expanding Voter Access

January 11, 2022 | 2:32 p.m.

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