Multnomah County has won federal support for its efforts to keep youth on probation at home in their families and communities, instead of sending them away to youth institutions.
READ MOREKing County Executive Dow Constantine last week boosted his effort to coordinate government agencies in disaster response
READ MOREPolice accountability activists are preparing to testify at a fairness hearing, Tuesday, Feb. 18, on the proposed settlement between the City of Portland and the Department of Justice.
READ MOREThrough a series of unrelated recent events, Black Portlanders have landed on the national stage. And Intisar Abioto is right in the middle of it.
READ MOREPortland-born Nobel Prize-winner and climate change expert, Warren Washington, PhD, speaks Thursday evening at Lewis & Clark College on "20th and 21st Century Climate Change: Climate Modeling, Societal Impacts, and Environmental Justice."
READ MOREVolunteers of America honored Portland philanthropists Al and Nancy Jubitz, and The Skanner News' publishers, Bobbie and Bernie Foster, at the 13th annual DePriest Award ceremony.
READ MOREThe Skanner News spoke with Robinson about Garfield High School’s Common Core protests, the possible upcoming teachers strike in Portland and how every community has the power to improve their schools.
READ MOREMusician SaulPaul, who wrote the hit song "Rise," was in Portland last week with a message of hope and inspiration for children and teens in the juvenile justice system.
READ MOREOregon lawmakers are considering whether to allow cities and counties to keep out, or at least delay, medical marijuana dispensaries.
READ MOREStudents of color are less likely to take and pass advanced classes.
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