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Written by By Associated Press

Published: 25 July 2019

 

A pair of Oregon nonprofits that combat hunger and food insecurity criticized a proposed federal rule change that could result in 3.1 million people losing food aid benefits nationwide.

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Written by Saundra Sorensen

Published: 25 July 2019

 

Full set of findings, recommendations to come out in September

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Written by R. Dallon Adams

Published: 25 July 2019

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Better recordkeeping, clearer guidance needed to understand disproportionately high arrests involving Portland homeless

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Written by By Associated Press

Published: 23 July 2019

 

A man is suing the Portland Police Bureau after he said officers disregarded his report on a possible hate crime.

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Written by SARAH ZIMMERMAN Associated Press

Published: 22 July 2019

 

Oregon is now one of first states to instruct schools to treat mental and physical health equally

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Written by Christen McCurdy

Published: 18 July 2019

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Cathedral Park Jazz Festival kicks off this Friday afternoon in St. Johns

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Written by By Saundra Sorenson

Published: 18 July 2019

The Billy Webb Elks Lodge building was built in 1926 and has been owned by the Elks since 1959. Photo by Saundra Sorensen  

A decade after $2 million in renovations breathed new life into the Billy Webb Elks Lodge, members are working to designate the headquarters of Portland’s only remaining African American Fraternal Organization as a historic landmark

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Written by Associated Press/PRNewswire

Published: 17 July 2019

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Customers can use the app-connected houses as a safer and smarter solution when shopping with their dogs, rather than leaving them in the car or tied up on the street.

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Written by By Associated Press

Published: 17 July 2019

 

Public employee unions representing Oregon state workers have negotiated new contracts that would provide pay increases of up to 15% over the next two-year budget period.

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Written by By Associated Press

Published: 16 July 2019

The fossil was discovered at the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, above, in eastern Oregon. (Photo Courtesy: National Park Service)  

A fossil jaw bone misidentified for 50 years turns out to belong to a bone-crushing mammal and is the first to be found in the Northwest, scientists said.