With all the bitter debate about police accountability in Portland that has roared to the forefront of media headlines over the past few months, little ink has been spilled covering the Portland Police Bureau's many community service projects.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon officials are trying to figure out how to spend $88 million the Obama administration has promised to help homeowners avoid foreclosed mortgages.

Come June, the Evening Trades Apprenticeship Preparation Program will be without funding.
But Deborah Williams, the program's director, says she isn't likely to let that happen.

Forty two years after passage of the Fair Housing Act, the small Oregon nonprofit group charged with educating and advocating against housing discrimination still logs 2,000 complaints every year on their telephone hotline.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon officials are trying to figure out how to spend $88 million the Obama administration has promised to help homeowners avoid foreclosed mortgages.

SEATTLE (AP) -- Three Seattle police officers were justified when they used a stun gun on a pregnant mother who refused to sign a traffic ticket, a federal appeals court ruled Friday in a case that prompted an incredulous dissent.

Leisure Hour Golf invites you to its multicultural golf mixer. The "Let's Play Golf" Mixer – a 21 or older event -- will be held Tuesday April 13 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at Curious Comedy Theater, 5225 NE Martin Luther King Blvd Portland , OR 97211. Email [email protected] by April 6 to confirm.

The federally-funded G.R.E.A.T. (Gang Resistance Education and Training) Program – arguably a cornerstone of the bureau's youth violence and community outreach efforts – is facing massive defunding in Congress' 2011 budget.

For years, software designers, entrepreneurs and business leaders have argued over an "open Internet" model – where everyone is guaranteed equal access to the web, no matter their wealth. But now, some activists say building an affordable system of ultrahigh speed fiber optic lines is key to economic survival – especially for minority or low-income communities.

According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, law enforcement officers are one of four professions most involved in the use of illegal anabolic steroids. But in Portland, and many major and minor cities across the country, officers are not tested for these substances.