By Helen Silvis and Lisa Loving Of The Skanner News
Some 16 people in Oregon and Washington are thought to have died from the H1N1 flu so far this season, and health officials say almost everyone should get a flu shot to avoid the worst effects.
READ MOREWest Linn Police Officer Chris Thomas made a speeding stop on I205 that turned into a marijuana arrest.
READ MORECongress allows unemployment benefits to expire and cuts food stamps. Happy New Year jobless Americans.
READ MOREWith three more years in his second term, can the president achieve the changes he wants?
READ MOREPresident Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are sending those celebrating Kwanzaa their hopes for a prosperous and healthy new year.
READ MOREBruce Goldberg, M.D. is the keynote speaker at The Skanner Foundation's 28th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast, to be held Monday, January 20, 2014... This event will be broadcast live on Portland TV, Channel 30, CITYNET, from 8:30am —10:30am
READ MOREJazz great Thara Memory is teaching a beginning music class for students at King School. His other students have gone on to become world-famous musicians.
READ MOREThe American Legislative Exchange Council, which is working on a state-by-state effort to pass conservative legislation favored by corporations has targeted Oregon for 2014.
READ MOREPortlander Thad Spencer got his start at Knott Street gym and rivaled Ali and Frazier in his early days.
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