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Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 23 December 2019

This year’s theme is “Living Kwanzaa and the Seven Principles: An All-Seasons Celebration and Practice of the Good.”

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 22 December 2019

A 26-year-old white man from Nebraska is in Malheur County Jail charged with attempted murder after a 48-year-old black man was stabbed in Ontario, Ore.

Details: Written by Nicholas K. Geranios Associated Press; Published: 20 December 2019

House Republican Leader J.T. Wilcox talks to the media on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019 in Olympia, Wash. Wilcox has called on Republican Rep. Matt Shea to resign. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)

A report released Thursday said Rep. Matt Shea traveled throughout the West in recent years meeting with far-right extremist groups and participating and even organizing anti-government activities

Details: Written by Tia York, TriMet News; Published: 19 December 2019

(photo via Trimet on YouTube)

Non-profits, social service agencies, colleges, and universities join growing list of sites for enrollment in program to reduce transit costs by as much as 72%

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 19 December 2019

Members of the Brikama Society facilitate the donation of mattresses from Oregon to the Bikrama Health Centre. (photo courtesy The Brikama Society)

More than $53,000 has been raised to support maternal services in West African hospital

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 19 December 2019

A man hold a "traitor" sign in Seattle at an Impeachment Eve Rally on Tuesday December 17, 2019. (photo by Susan Fried)

Responses to the historical vote to impeach the president are coming in from NAACP, Sen. Ron Wyden, Sen. Jeff Merkley, Rep. Earl Blumenauer, Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, Democratic Party of Oregon, and more

Details: Written by Andrew Selsky Associated Press; Published: 18 December 2019

This notice was left on a homeless person's tent on the street in Salem, Ore., on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)

Several months ago, the city ejected homeless people from a park that runs along the edge of the Willamette River. That had the effect of pushing the homeless issue more into public view

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 18 December 2019

The coal-fired Dave Johnston Power Plant outside Glenrock, Wyoming

View video of Tuesday's meeting mapping out where more than 500,000 Oregon families and businesses will get their electricity in the coming years

Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 17 December 2019

Deshaun Adderly was bullied and racially harassed to the point that he died by suicide in 2017

Details: Written by Steve Clark, Oregon State University; Published: 16 December 2019

F. King Alexander (photo courtesy OSU)

F. King Alexander will become OSU’s 15th president on July 1, 2020, replacing Ed Ray, who will step down as president after 17 years to return to teaching economics