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Dean’s Salon and Barber Shop Gets Historic Recognition

Dean’s Salon and Barber Shop Gets Historic Recognition
Aug 3, 2022, 2:40 p.m.
Portland Police Hires New Recruits

Portland Police Hires New Recruits
Aug 4, 2022, 12:42 p.m.
Rhythms of Cultures

Rhythms of Cultures
Jul 5, 2022, 3:06 p.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.

Latest News

Ronnie Laws

Ronnie Laws & The Dazz Band "A ...

August 5, 2022 | 1:58 p.m.

Liv Warfield

Building Bridges

August 4, 2022 | 1:38 p.m.

Image by Imago Theatre

New Shows take Audience on Sensational Journey

August 4, 2022 | 1:27 p.m.

Portland Police Hires New Recruits

Portland Police Hires New Recruits

August 4, 2022 | 12:42 p.m.

Arts & Entertainment

Ronnie Laws

Ronnie Laws & The Dazz Band "A ...

August 5, 2022 | 1:58 p.m.

Liv Warfield

Building Bridges

August 4, 2022 | 1:38 p.m.

Image by Imago Theatre

New Shows take Audience on Sensational Journey

August 4, 2022 | 1:27 p.m.

Portland’s own, five-time Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding will perform during the second night of first annual East Portland Summer Arts Festival, taking place Saturday and Sunday, July 9 and 10 at Ventura Park, 460 S.E. 113th.

First East Portland Festival

July 7, 2022 | 10:37 a.m.

Metro

Portland Police Hires New Recruits

Portland Police Hires New Recruits

August 4, 2022 | 12:42 p.m.

Dean's Barbershop

Dean’s Salon and Barber Shop Gets Historic ...

August 3, 2022 | 2:40 p.m.

Musicians Charlie Brown III (left) and Domo Branch, both of the group Brown Branch, will play Sunday, July 17 at 7 p.m. as part of the Albina Music Trust’s Summer of Sound.

Albina Summer of Sound

July 7, 2022 | 10:30 a.m.

Kevin McDowell

Columbia River Tragedy

July 5, 2022 | 3:35 p.m.

Law & Justice

Portland Police Hires New Recruits

Portland Police Hires New Recruits

August 4, 2022 | 12:42 p.m.

Backers of a proposed initiative that would require individuals to secure permits to buy firearms and ban large-capacity magazines deliver the signatures of thousands of voters to state election offices on July 8 in Salem. The backers say they have enough signatures to place the measure on the November ballot. (AP photo)

Gun Control Signature Drive Complete

July 19, 2022 | 11:26 a.m.

Clark County is asking voters in Vancouver and the surrounding area to increase the sales tax to pay for police body cameras in an attempt to bring greater transparency to law enforcement actions. The proposal has drawn cautious support from the Vancouver NAACP. (AP archive photo)

Cautious Support for Body Cams

July 5, 2022 | 4:05 p.m.

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.

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