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Details: Written by Arashi Young; Published: 07 January 2016

Photo by Eli Duke (CC BY-SA 2.0) via Flickr

Petition to rehabilitate the never-used jail has 1,700 signatures

Details: Written by Christen McCurdy; Published: 07 January 2016

The city of Portland must rehire Officer Ron Frashour, who was terminated after shooting Aaron Campbell in 2010.

Officer who shot Aaron Campbell to return to duty

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 04 January 2016

Militiamen converge on Burns to dismay of some locals

Details: Written by Christen McCurdy; Published: 31 December 2015

The officer who shot Aaron Campbell, shown here in a Skanner file photo, must be reinstated per an Oregon Court of Appeals ruling.

Activists plan protests Thursday morning

Details: Written by Arashi Young; Published: 29 December 2015

Thousands in the Portland metro area stand to lose their food assistance Jan. 1.

Rule change to affect able-bodied adults without dependents

Details: Written by MARK GILLISPIE, Associated Press; Published: 28 December 2015

his file photo from Dec. 8, 2014, shows Samaria Rice, the mother of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy fatally shot by a Cleveland police officer, as she speaks during a news conference in Cleveland. Leonard Warner, right, Tamir's father, listens. A decision on whether to charge two white officers in the death of Tamir Rice, one of the higher-profile cases of black deaths at the hands of officers that have roiled cities nationwide, could come any day. The grand jury making the decision has been meeting since mid-October. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)

Rice family has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the two officers and the city of Cleveland

Details: Written by Donovan M. Smith; Published: 24 December 2015

Citizens raise privacy concerns at the forum

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 24 December 2015

Kwanzaa, the traditional African American festival held every December, starts Saturday. Those interested in celebrating will have several events to choose from in the Portland area. Photo courtesy of Joyce Harris.

Events will take place at several different venues around the city