Benson High School's own Kelci Rae Flowers was crowned Miss Oregon Teen USA in November 2005, and will represent Oregon next month in the Miss Teen USA competition in Palm Springs, Calif. But needs a little help to get there.To make an online donation, visit www.kelci-rae.org

When National Minority Donor Awareness Day observes its 10th anniversary on Aug. 1, its original…

Judy McKellar, executive director of the Alzheimer's Association, Oregon chapter, will…

Albina Community Bank received a $500,000 federal award at a recent event at the Federal Reserve…

About 40 women and minority business owners gathered at the offices of the Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs last week to hear TriMet Executive Director Fred Hansen, right, and Senior Director of Diversity and Transit Equity Bruce Watts (not pictured) discuss TriMet's plans to include women- and minority-owned subcontractors in its upcoming MAX light rail expansion projects. For more information, visit www.trimet.org.

After beginning as a buyers' club in 1997, the Alberta Cooperative Grocery opened on July 7,…

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has selected a cleanup approach for contaminated…

Irvington Covenant Community Development Corp. is launching a pre-apprentice training program for…

Cornelius Booker is the new Transit Manager for TriMet's Merlo Operations Center in…

Thanks to a converted TriMet bus packed with sports equipment, art supplies and games — but…