The new Portland Parents Union hosts an informational gathering Saturday, Oct. 10, 11 a.m.- 3 p.m. at Curious Comedy Theater, 5225 NE MLK Jr. Blvd.

Within a week, Colas Construction will begin work on what promises to be the most sustainable and advanced environmental building in the inner Northeast area. The June Key Delta Community Center at 5940 N. Albina St. promises to be a "living building" – a building made with the lowest environmental impact possible. Members of the Portland Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority celebrated the groundbreaking on Oct. 7...

In 2007, King County residents overall had a life expectancy at birth of 81.5 years, but African Americans and American Indian/Alaska Natives on average had lower life expectancies of 75 and 72 years, respectively.

It was a rare victory for African American males in Multnomah County: a jury Sept. 28 awarded three men a $175,000 verdict amid charges that Portland Police officers had beaten, humiliated and wrongfully arrested them.

More than 15 years ago, the Portland Fire Bureau was locked into a conflict nearly identical to a July Supreme Court case involving New Haven, Conn. firefighters: Would it be acceptable to hire or promote minority firefighters from a separate testing list than their White colleagues? While diversity has increased since that time – in 1994, only 2 percent of the Fire Bureau were African Americans – change has been slow....

State Sen. and former Representative Chip Shields has endorsed Lew Frederick for appointment to fill his unexpired term in the State House of Representatives. 

SEATTLE (AP) -- The state Department of Social and Health Services has hired a Muslim consultant to provide cultural and dietary advice to foster parents for seven children taken from the Seattle home of an Ethiopian refugee...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A survey by The Oregonian has found that most of the estimated 2,400 new teachers who graduated from Oregon colleges this year were unable to get hired anywhere in the state...

The effort to recall Mayor Sam Adams failed Monday, when the campaign failed to collect 32,183 signatures – the number necessary to force a special recall election within the regulation 90-day window.

Oregon Health & Science University is limiting visitors younger than 12 to many of its inpatient units and begin screening all visitors for the presence of an influenza-like illness.