Advocates say that Portland needs an Office of Equity to examine city policies and practices through the lens of what is fair and just to everyone. City Council will vote Sept. 21. Other cities, including our neighbors Eugene and Seattle, already have done so.

 

Sellwood Bridge Project Set to 20 percent Minority Goal.  Technical assistance and mentorship for smaller firms will be a priority

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -- Teachers in Washington state's third-largest school district are defying a judge's order and will continue to strike, forcing the cancellation of classes.

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -- To the sound of honks, hundreds of teachers in Washington state's third-largest school district picketed in front of the city's major high schools Tuesday, hours after they overwhelmingly voted to walk away from the classroom.

The Portland Clinic is holding a competition to find Portland's healthiest 90-something. Three finalists will win cash prizes of $250. The grand prize winner will win a cruise to Alaska for four.

Offering a helping hand will be the focus of the First Annual Seattle Stand Down for Homeless Veterans.  The event, scheduled for Sept. 15 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., will be held at Seattle Central Community College and is expected to connect over 500 homeless veterans and their families to a variety of services.

REAL Prep Academy, the charter school, which promised students an education grounded in the recording arts, has fallen apart because of poor financial management and won't open Monday Sept. 12 as planned.

To continue his legacy, friends and supporters are launching the Phil Walden Scholarship, as well as annual sports events.

Students at Jefferson High School Middle College for Advanced Studies, now attend classes for free at Portland Community College. Low-income students who keep a B average can get full scholarships to UO once they have a year's worth of college credits. The problem? Many are unprepared to take advantage of the offer.

Many of us here in this newspaper office were busy putting out the weekly street edition of The Skanner News on Sept. 11, 2001.
Within minutes of getting to work we were gathered in our publisher's office staring in disbelief at the images of destruction that replayed endlessly for the entire day -- and for years to come.