11-15-2024  4:13 pm   •   PDX and SEA Weather

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The Gordly family home at 4511 N. Williams Ave. 

The Gordly Burch Center for Black Leadership and Civic Engagement will celebrate family’s long history of community contribution

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(Photo/ Susan Fried) 

Activist progressives and more moderate candidates are competing for the chance to address Seattle's problems of homelessness, crime, policing, and racial and economic injustice as voters cast their ballots by Tuesday in the city's elections.

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The package was made possible by better-than-expected revenues from business taxes collected by the city and the county.

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(Photo/ Ketut Subiyanto) 

The number of Oregon children in foster care has fallen nearly 20% since January 2020, the biggest prolonged decline on record.

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Most evictions will still be halted in Seattle, Burien and Kenmore, where local lawmakers have passed their own eviction moratoriums to last through early 2022.

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Muslim community members provide drive-thru meals at AYCO's Montavilla headquarters during Ramadan.  

African Youth & Community Organization’s proposal for Montavilla headquarters rejected

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An investigation has found a sheriff in Washington state violated policies against bias-free policing and other standards during a controversial encounter with a Black newspaper carrier.

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Governor Kate Brown 

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown received a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot and encouraged other eligible Oregonians to discuss booster shots with doctors.

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(AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) 

Beginning Monday proof of vaccination or a negative test for COVID-19 will be required to enter restaurants, bars, gyms, theaters or entertainment venues in Washington state's most populous county.

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A glass recycling plant in northeast Portland has consented to either shut down or install pollution control technology, according to an agreement announced between the plant’s operators and the state of Oregon

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