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Details: Written by Of The Skanner News; Published: 07 August 2014

Children’s advocates caution against funding education at the expense of housing and social services

Details: Written by Lisa Loving; Published: 07 August 2014

Everyone grieves differently, and unresolved pain can have lasting effects

Details: Written by Helen Silvis; Published: 05 August 2014

A report on enforcement of Seattle's ordinance against public marijuana use shows 80 percent of the tickets came from one police officer. NAACP president says racial and income disparities in citations show Seattle Police Department still has a long way to go

Details: Written by Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent; Published: 04 August 2014

Economist Valerie Wilson says rise also means more Black people are trying to find jobs and succeeding

Details: Written by Lisa Loving; Published: 31 July 2014

An East Portland mom falsely accused of shoplifting at a Ross Dress for Less store is filing a lawsuit and looking for other customers who had the same experience

Details: Written by Helen Silvis Of The Skanner News; Published: 30 July 2014

Oregon is looking for volunteers to test its GPS-based charging system; Washington meanwhile is still deciding what a road user fee should look like

Details: Written by Helen Silvis Of The Skanner News; Published: 30 July 2014

Find out about the project and how you can join in the effort to tell the story of Vanport

Details: Written by Helen Silvis; Published: 28 July 2014

Volunteers prepared reports on five ballot measures and four proposals that failed to gather enough signatures this time around, but could return.

Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 28 July 2014

He led efforts for the first parks levy and played a key role in constructing the Olympic Sculpture Park and the City Hall

Details: Written by Lisa Loving; Published: 24 July 2014

Hurtis Mixon and Dorothy Bishop Butler Hadley of the former Milwaukie Pastry Kitchen are credited with opening Oregon's first black owned and operated bakery