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Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 02 February 2020

A study from the nonprofit Go Safe Labs found 124 accidents last year at I-205 Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge over the Columbia River

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 30 January 2020

Kymberly Horner, executive director PCRI sits at the head table at The Skanner Foundation MLK Breakfast on Jan. 20, 2020 (photo by Julie Keefe)

The Skanner speaks with Kymberly Horner who succeeds Maxine Fitzpatrick’s 25-year tenure at housing nonprofit

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 29 January 2020

Funds from the EPA grants will help states create or expand programs to test for lead in drinking water at schools and child care facilities

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 29 January 2020

The amendment would allow for real estate transfer taxes, which are assessed when property changes ownership with the money raised going to fund affordable housing

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 24 January 2020

PCC campuses each have a Panther Pantry to combat food insecurity for their students, and to help students apply for SNAP.  (photo by Saundra Sorenson)

The majority of PCC students are food insecure, with up to 15% homeless

Details: Written by Nicholas K. Geranios Associated Press; Published: 23 January 2020

Republican Rep. Matt Shea speaks at a gun-rights rally, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)

Republican Rep. Matt Shea was suspended from the Republican caucus in the wake of a December report that found he was involved in anti-government activities and several lawmakers have called on him to resign, something he says he will not do

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 22 January 2020

Toksook Bay, AK (photo census.gov)

Census takers begin counting remainder of 220 remote Alaska villages as part of national headcount

Details: Written by By Martha Gies; Published: 21 January 2020

Master of Ceremony Tony Jones (photo by Kenyon Wolfe)

The awards are given to people whose service embodies the values of Dr. King, who used nonviolence, civil disobedience, and Christian teaching to advance the cause of civil rights in America

Details: Written by Helen Silvis, for The Skanner News; Published: 16 January 2020

Bernie Foster speaks at The Skanner Foundation MLK Breakfast in 2019

Celebrating a history of service

Details: Written by Dee-Ann Durbin AP Business Writer; Published: 16 January 2020

This Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, photo, shows a Starbucks Community Store, which offers customers the usual Starbucks products along with a large space for community meetings and programs, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Starbucks plans to open or remodel 85 stores by 2025 in rural and urban communities across the U.S. The effort will bring to 100 the number of "community stores" Starbucks has opened since it announced the program in 2015