The 13th Annual Portland Clowns Without Borders Benefit Show, raising funds for relief work in Haiti, is this Friday, March 12, 7:30 p.m. at Da Vinci Middle School, 2508 NE Everett.

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Gov. Ted Kulongoski named Ted Wheeler to succeed Ben Westlund as state treasurer. Westlund, an independent spirit in Oregon politics and a passionate advocate of health care reform, died of lung cancer Sunday. He was 60.

SEATTLE (AP) -- Coffee chain Starbucks Corp. is sticking to its policy of letting customers carry guns where it is legal and said it does not want to be put in the middle of a larger gun-control debate.

The Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas presents a new event to explore the issue of children no longer eligible for foster care at Northwest African American Museum in Seattle on Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 7 p.m.

Even in a brand-new building, problems arise. The state-of-the-art environmentally sound Humboldt Gardens complex is no different. So BJ decided to form a resident's association at the new Housing Authority complex to help deal with problems they were having ...

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PHILOMATH, Ore. (AP) -- Organic farmers fear this year's spring breezes will be carrying pollen from genetically altered sugar beets, which they say could render their crops worthless, and they hope to persuade a federal judge this week to halt the plantings nationwide...

In Loving Memory of Hazel A. Polk a memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 6, 2010 at Berean Baptist Church, 4822 N. Vancouver Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97217 at 11:30 a.m. For more information contact (503) 287-8224.

One organization is helping to keep the memory of Oregon's first Black settlers alive...