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Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 15 April 2022

(Photo/ Lauren Bakertanz via Facebook)

The Rose Festival Court of 15 Princesses will make their first public appearance at the annual Blessing of the Rose Festival, celebrating the return of Portland's official festival, Saturday, noon, April 16

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 15 April 2022

Metro Council candidates run amid a fraught political landscape

Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 14 April 2022

Climatologists say rare April snow along with rain sweeping across the Pacific Northwest this week could increase water supplies, slow snow melt and lengthen the irrigation season.

Details: Written by By AMANDA ZHOU The Seattle Times; Published: 13 April 2022

(Photo/ Andrea Leopardi)

The Needle is holding a contest for five winners to help paint the sloped roof!

Details: Written by STEVEN TONTHAT Oregon Public Broadcasting; Published: 11 April 2022

Oregon Poet Laureate Anis Mojgani came up with the idea during COVID-19 pandemic as a way to bring the joy of poetry to the public, while also keeping safe.

Details: Written by By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press; Published: 08 April 2022

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum sued the Center for Covid Control and its testing partner for deceptively marketing testing services and for violating Oregon’s Unlawful Trade Practices Act.

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 07 April 2022

Hardesty and Ryan run to keep their seats for second term.

Details: Written by Marcy Bradley, Vice President of Equity and Culture, Oregon Community Foundation; Published: 05 April 2022

Tai Harden-Moore (Photo courtesy of Oregon Community Foundation)

Harden-Moore says every student deserves to receive an education free of discrimination and harassment, but that is not the case for Black students in Oregon

Details: Written by By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press; Published: 04 April 2022

(AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)

Oregon voters approved a ballot measure in 2020 to decriminalize hard drugs after being told it was a way to establish and fund addiction recovery centers that would offer people aid instead of incarceration.

Details: Written by ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press; Published: 03 April 2022

With Oregon being the first state in America to decriminalize possession of personal-use amounts of heroin, methamphetamine, LSD, oxycodone and other drugs, its program is being watched as a potential model for other states