News Briefs

Below are fast-breaking news items.

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Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 13 August 2015

Manishia Menefee, a support specialist for Legacy Emmanuel’s Trauma Nurses Talk Tough program, assists with bike helmet fittings at the Legacy Emmanuel Family Wellness Fair. The Aug. 8 event included hula hooping, CPR demonstrations, the chance to explore emergency vehicles and healthy food demonstrations. Photo by Jerry Foster

Tuition Price Cut, Rally to Support Iran Nuclear Agreement, Free Back to School Festival and more..

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Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 06 August 2015

Upcoming events include steak and shoe giveaway, wellness fair, school supplies drive

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 06 August 2015

Children cool off in a water feature at Judkins Park in Seattle Aug. 1, on the 12th hotter-than-90-degree day of the summer. Seattle’s prior record for consecutive days of temperatures higher than 90 degrees was set in 1958. That record was broken July 30. Photo by Susan Fried

Celebration of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid; Shellfish Harvesting Alert; Port 101 Series and more...

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 06 August 2015

Local residents may see their ideas for images and words cut into metal and projected in colored shadows on the wall of the Shute Park Library in Hillsboro. Click to see event details below.

Anniversary of the Killing of Michael Brown event series, Habitat for Humanity Seeks Applicants, CNN Seeks Grant Proposals, and more...