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Operated since 1965, store is now in Safeway 'Lifestyle' format

Safeway will be holding their grand re-opening of the Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard store from 4 to 8 p.m. on April 15. The store was remodeled into Safeway's Lifestyle model.
Safeway has operated the store on MLK Jr., Boulevard and Ainsworth Street since 1965, and opened their first Portland area store in 1926.

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Consumer organization provides tips for consumers to shop for bank accounts

Fewer than half of Portland-area bank branches fully disclosed their fees to prospective customers, while one in four provided no fee information at all – despite the fact that such disclosures are required by law, according to a survey of more than 350 bank branches released this week by the Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group.
The report, Big Banks, Bigger Fees: A National Survey of Bank Fees (http://www.ospirgstudents.org/report/big-banks-bigger-fees, includes consumer tips and a local comparison shopping guide.

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Events marks 1951 church grand opening event

Half a dozen local congregations will join together in recreating an historic march celebrating the Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church 60th anniversary.
The Palm Sunday Procession, Sunday, April 17, marks the 1951 community event in which the church congregation paraded down Vancouver Avenue to officially open their new church.

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'Anybody who inserts themselves into a situation like this can be a rogue element'

A child goes missing and suddenly the grieving family is approached by an array of do-gooders offering to help: psychics, lawyers, search dog teams and would-be spokespeople

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A Multnomah County grand jury today indicted Parrish Bennette Jr. on one count of murder with a firearm and one count of manslaughter in the first degree with a firearm

In an exclusive, joint interview with The Skanner News and KOIN News 6, the grandmother of Yashawnee Vaughn said she's still holding out hope that the 14-year-old will be found alive

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State already declines to incarcerate many non-violent offenders

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- Like many states, cash-strapped Washington is looking to save money by reducing the size of its prison population.
But the state has actually been releasing non-violent offenders for years, leaving relatively few inmates who would be good candidates for early release. Washington has only about 17,000 prison inmates, well below the average for a state of 6.6 million.

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The scammers appear to be targeting residents with Asian surnames and similar businesses

Seattle City Light reminds all its customers to guard against telephone con artists posing as utility bill collectors.

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Police won't say where or when search will reconvene

Portland Police Spokesperson Lt. Kelli Sheffer told The Skanner News that crews looking for evidence in the murder of 14-year-old Yashawnee Vaughn were not searching Rocky Butte Park Monday. It is not clear when or where the search will continue.  
She said crews had planned to scour about 200 acres of the wooded and steep terrain of Rocky Butte, and had completed about three quarters of that goal.

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The state has already been releasing non-violent offenders for years, leaving relatively few inmates who would be good candidates for early release

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- Like many states, cash-strapped Washington is looking to save money by reducing the size of its prison population

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