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Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 08 June 2020

The City of Portland's development agency has released a statement pledging to support Black-owned businesses and Black employees in accessing economic opportunities and achieving growth

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 05 June 2020

(AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)

NBA Portland Trail Blazer star Damian Lillard walked at the front of the crowd arm-in-arm with young demonstrators

Details: Written by GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press; Published: 05 June 2020

Mayor Ted Wheeler: “Leaders must listen and respond to community. We must disrupt the patterns of racism and injustice.”

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 04 June 2020

Enat Arega (DLS class of 2014) (left) and Diana Rivas Garcia (DLS class of 2015) (right)

A med student and a Fulbright scholar reflect on their time at the school.

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 04 June 2020

A group of high school students weighing careers in health care were recently greeted on Google Meet by a physician whose social media star is on the rise.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 04 June 2020

A protester demonstrates in and around Pioneer Square in Portland, Tuesday evening, June 2, 2020, following the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody on Memorial Day in Minneapolis. (Sean Meagher/The Oregonian via AP)

More than 10,000 people demonstrated peacefully in Portland in one of the largest U.S. protests Tuesday

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 03 June 2020

Pastor LeRoy Haynes Jr.

The Albina Ministerial Alliance of Portland’s Coalition for Justice and Police Reform has a long history of working on a deep policy level to effect change in local law enforcement practices, often in response to police killings

Details: Written by GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press; Published: 02 June 2020

(Jerry Foster/The Skanner News)

Portland will not impose a curfew on Tuesday night for the first time in four days

Details: Written by LISA BAUMANN; Published: 01 June 2020

Smoke from a flashbang grenade rises on Pine Street east of Westlake Park during a protest, Saturday, May 30, 2020 in Seattle. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times via AP)

Inslee had previously authorized 400 troops for Seattle and 200 troops for Bellevue.