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The Soleful Brothers say they are in it to win it

For the first time ever, this year's Hood to Coast relay will feature an all-Black men's team, The Soleful Brothers.
"These brothers, they are doing a 10-minute mile," says Georgeanne Pierce, a walker with the Brothers' companion team, The Soleful Strutters.

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Issue divides us but not along the usual right-left faultlines

Unless we see a high-speed u-turn, Portland City Council will vote September 12, to add fluoride to our water supply.

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Friday, August 24; 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM

* Office Furniture * Office desk supplies * File Cabinets * 1940s DeWalt Sander * 1940s table saw * Computers (no hard drive)

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Pastors, concerned men, and gang members build network of care

A group of 25 men came together Aug. 4, at Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church, to bridge the gulf between church and street.

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The Skanner News investigates the impacts of the City's stance towards hip-hop

As some feel hip-hop is being phased out, the tensions between the hip-hop community and the City lead back to a larger conversation on the issue of gentrification.

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METRO would seek to hire workforce with 28 percent people of color

With hotel beds in demand and construction costs at a low, city leaders gear up to approve a new plan for a convention center hotel.

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Kitzhaber and Merkeley ask for regional impact study

Plans to export coal to Asia's developing economies would bring coal trains and barges through Portland.  Supporters say we need the jobs and money. Opponents say we'd lose more than we'd gain.

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Bend television station KTVZ reports that warning signs on the riverbank may be inadequate

Portlander Sharie Lynn Smith died Aug. 4 in a rafting accident on the Deschutes River, and local residents there are questioning whether there should be more warning signs on the stretch before the Lava Island Falls rapids.

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With skinhead influence on the wane, some doubt Nazis damaged building

Tamping down an outcry over gentrification, the Sons of Haiti Masonic Lodge is looking for donations of all sorts of supplies -- from brushes to scaffolding -- to bring the North Mississippi Avenue community together with a painting party.

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A mentor and a graduate seize their second chance at life

Run by Volunteers of America, with funding from Multnomah County's corrections service, the CPR program works with 18-25 year old men leaving prison. In Part Two, we share the stories of DeAndre Frison, who is a mentor in the program and DeAngelo Augustus, a recent graduate.

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