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Details: Written by GENE JOHNSON and PETER PRENGAMAN Associated Press; Published: 06 October 2020

In this July 23, 2020, file photo, Dr. Tien Vo leaves after talking with a family quarantining after they tested positive for the coronavirus, in Calexico, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Candy Boyd, the owner of Boyd Funeral Home in Los Angeles, which serves many Black families, said Trump’s comments were infuriating and an "example of him not living in reality.”

Oregon-wildfires

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

Five of the six major fires still on the landscape have burned 100,000 acres or more in Oregon.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 03 October 2020

Ted Wheeler

Former Sens. Margaret Carter and Avel Gordly, Sen. Lew Frederick and State Rep. Janelle Bynum announce their support for Mayor Ted Wheeler in the General Election

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 01 October 2020

Election Day is November 3, 2020. Ballots will be mailed out beginning October 14, and voter registration deadline is October 13.

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 01 October 2020

Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty

Measure 26-217 and Rethink Portland ask the city to reimagine public safety

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 30 September 2020

A protester holds a sign while rallying at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner)

Fifty-six Portland officers were deputized as federal officers last weekend. Portland city officials apparently did not know that their officers' federal deputization status would last until the end of this year.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 28 September 2020

Under the terms of the legislation, grants would provide restaurants assistance for operating costs such as payroll and benefits, food, utilities, rent, and more.

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 28 September 2020

A protester burns an American flag while rallying at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner)

Videos from the demonstration in downtown Portland showed police grabbing a news photographer and pushing him to ground as he was trying to document them tackling and detaining a person on a sidewalk.

Details: Written by GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press; Published: 26 September 2020

Gov. Kate Brown warned violence would not be tolerated as right wing extremists converge on Portland "looking for a fight"

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 25 September 2020

As extreme right-wing, white supremacist groups prepare to converge on Portland tomorrow, here is a reminder of the historical significance of the place they plan to overrun and the stories of the people that lived there.