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Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 19 December 2019

Members of the Brikama Society facilitate the donation of mattresses from Oregon to the Bikrama Health Centre. (photo courtesy The Brikama Society)

More than $53,000 has been raised to support maternal services in West African hospital

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 19 December 2019

A man hold a "traitor" sign in Seattle at an Impeachment Eve Rally on Tuesday December 17, 2019. (photo by Susan Fried)

Responses to the historical vote to impeach the president are coming in from NAACP, Sen. Ron Wyden, Sen. Jeff Merkley, Rep. Earl Blumenauer, Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, Democratic Party of Oregon, and more

Details: Written by Andrew Selsky Associated Press; Published: 18 December 2019

This notice was left on a homeless person's tent on the street in Salem, Ore., on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)

Several months ago, the city ejected homeless people from a park that runs along the edge of the Willamette River. That had the effect of pushing the homeless issue more into public view

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 18 December 2019

The coal-fired Dave Johnston Power Plant outside Glenrock, Wyoming

View video of Tuesday's meeting mapping out where more than 500,000 Oregon families and businesses will get their electricity in the coming years

Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 17 December 2019

Deshaun Adderly was bullied and racially harassed to the point that he died by suicide in 2017

Details: Written by Steve Clark, Oregon State University; Published: 16 December 2019

F. King Alexander (photo courtesy OSU)

F. King Alexander will become OSU’s 15th president on July 1, 2020, replacing Ed Ray, who will step down as president after 17 years to return to teaching economics

Details: Written by Susan Fried; Published: 12 December 2019

(photo by Susan Fried)

The Skanner's Seattle photographer Susan Fried was on hand to snap some photos

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 12 December 2019

Julie Rowell enjoys a quiet moment after her Milken Educator Award surprise. (photo courtesy Milken Family Foundation)

Oregon educator boosts student achievement and future prospects at Gresham High School

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 12 December 2019

Alison Wiley (photo by Saundra Sorenson)

Fewer Black patients receive live kidney donations

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 11 December 2019

Orca whales photographed off the south side of Unimak Island, eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska.(via WikiCommons)

Violations listed include illegal discharges into the Duwamish River, failure to collect stormwater samples and failure to install required treatment systems