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Northwest News

Details: Written by Chad Garland, Associated Press; Published: 22 April 2014

Cities and counties throughout Oregon have enacted local moratoriums to prevent medical marijuana dispensaries from opening. Cardholders and dispensary owners object

Details: Written by Helen Silvis of The Skanner News; Published: 21 April 2014

With interest in golf rising among African Americans, WSGA brings its youth tournament to Portland in 2014 and adult tournaments in 2015-16

Details: Written by Audrey McAvoy, Associated Press; Published: 21 April 2014

Footage showed Master Sgt. Nathaniel Cosby alone in the elevator pulling a large duffel bag and loading the bag in the back of a vehicle

Details: Written by Helen Silvis; Published: 17 April 2014

As some Oregon sheriffs end the practice of holding people in jail for ICE (immigration and customs enforcement), the Sheriffs' political action committee comes out against Measure 301, which allows undocumented people to obtain drivers licenses

Details: Written by Lisa Loving; Published: 17 April 2014

'City employees and managers questioned his qualifications because of his race and repeatedly complained about Mr. Graham’s decision to make diversity hiring a priority in OMF'

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 16 April 2014

Portland’s new light rail transit bridge connecting Portland to Milwaukie across the Willamette River, will be called, the “Tilikum Crossing, Bridge of the People”

Details: Written by Larry Neumeister, Associated Press; Published: 14 April 2014

He’s charged with conspiring to support al-Qaida, in part by trying to create a training camp in Oregon 15 years ago

Details: Written by Helen Silvis; Published: 11 April 2014

Until this week Oregon was the only state without an Innocence Project. Now, with top defender Steve Wax at the helm, Oregon Innocence Project takes aim at exonerating the wrongly convicted

Details: Written by Russell Contreras, Associated Press; Published: 11 April 2014

A Justice Department investigation has found Albuquerque Police Department uses excessive force. The city joins Seattle, Portland and others in being forced into reforms