Portland Police are asking the public to help find 11-year-old Lok Chante Marcellay.

For the first time this year, two Oregon measures were evaluated by a "citizens' jury" to give voters an educated source of information about laws that will have a significant impact on the state.

Portland-area lawmakers are spearheading an investigation into why 17-year-old Kyeron Fair was hospitalized in an intensive care unit while in the custody of Multnomah County law enforcement last month.

For the first time this year, Oregon voters -- like Washington voters -- will be able to track their ballots online to make sure their votes are counted.

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- When a volunteer offered to help Rebecca Stiehl register to vote, the University of Oregon senior was eager to sign up.

After raising nine children and three times as many grandchildren Margaret Carter knows how to speak to young people.  The former state senator and current deputy director of the Oregon Department of Human Services, as well as others, spoke with the Grant High School student body on Wednesday following the murder of recent graduate Andre Payton on Sept. 26.

Family and friends of Andre Dupree Payton pleaded for brotherly love, community and an end to the gang violence that ended the short life of their loved one, in a shooting Sept. 26. But just after the powerfully emotional service was ending, police were called out to a drive-by shooting on NE Mallory and Going Street.

The Skanner News editorial staff this week interviewed Oregon gubernatorial candidate John Kitzhaber on race, policy and the state budget.

Andree Dupree Payton's funeral set for Tuesday. Mayor Adams demands "Let the violence end now, and we will help any youth who want to leave gang life."

The key issue she will address if about how local vendors and services providers of color can successfully sell their products and abilities to local government. "Social equity and sustainability are our key priorities and core values," she said. This year's conference theme is, "Crossroads to Raising the Bar for Contract Compliance and Diversity."