She's been called the female Tyler Perry. But comedian and writer Mary Liz Paige admits she has a ways to go before living up to that moniker. On April 1 and 2, Paige brings her critically acclaimed gospel comedy "Let's Talk Church" to Portland's Winningstad Theatre, 1111 SW Broadway.

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Portland Police have arrested 26-year-old Theautry James Zeno of Vancouver, Washington, in connection with the shooting of 27-year-old Izeah Williams on Friday

Portland's Office of Human Relations is hosting its monthly Human Rights Film and Dialogue event on Wednesday with a screening of "Stealing the Light," a story about Dr. Mohammad Khan Kharoti's journey to educate children in Afghanistan.

A budding network of ethnic media from around the Pacific Northwest gathered in Seattle Friday, March 18 for the Sea Beez Best Business Practices Roundtable at the offices of public radio station KUOW.

Getting disaster supplies together takes effort – and dollars. For cash-strapped families struggling to keep afloat, preparing for the worst might seem like a luxury.  But making the effort to build up an emergency kit and supplies could save your family's lives. And you can build your emergency supplies kit over time, making it far more affordable, if you're on a tight budget.

A Black employee who found a noose over his workstation in a predominantly Latino company has won a full-time job and a financial settlement from his employers, the Oregon Attorney General's office announced this week.

Give it to the gods of timing.                -
For this year's Red Cross Breakfast of Champions event in Portland, the organization decided to put their focus on earthquakes. If you didn't know any better, one might think the Red Cross organized the annual event in response to the earthquake that struck Japan on Saturday. But no, it was pure coincidence.

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) -- An Oregon school bus driver fired after he refused to remove a Confederate battle flag flying from his pickup truck has enlisted the help of a conservative civil liberties group in hopes of getting his job back.

Craig Fondren of Sabin Community Development was honored this week as one of eight Newsmakers of the Year, at the annual Royal Rosarian Newsmakers' Awards Banquet