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James Beard Finalists Include an East African Restaurant in Detroit and Seattle Pho Shops
The James Beards Awards are the culinary world's equivalent of the Oscars. For restaurants, even being named a finalist can bring wide recognition and boost business.
Ranked-Choice Voting Expert Grace Ramsey on What Portland Voters Can Expect in November
Ramsey has worked in several other states and cities to educate voters on new system of voting.
Asylum-Seekers Looking for Shelter Set up Encampment in Seattle Suburb
Asylum-seekers mainly from Angola, Congo and Venezuela have set up an encampment in a Seattle suburb. Some of the camping asylum-seekers were told to leave their shelter at a church while others lost their short-term motel or rental housing when it expired June 1. A notice for the campers to leave by Tuesday afternoon expired with no law enforcement action.
School Board Selects Dr. Kimberlee Armstrong, Ed. D. to be Next Superintendent
Throughout her career, Armstrong has been instrumental in advancing student achievement, addressing racial inequities and closing the achievement gap for students of color through her dynamic approach to classroom innovation, curriculum enhancement and professional development.
Summer Events are Shining Through at Multnomah County Library
Start your June by honoring Juneteenth, celebrating Pride and playing the Summer Reading game. ...
PCCEP Forum on Brain Injuries, Policing and Public Safety
This event will feature speakers with lived experience of brain injuries and the criminal justice system, and policy professionals ...
Chaz Ebert Book Signing Event at Powell’s This Weekend
Ebert's new book explores The FECK Principles—a term Chaz coined—of Forgiveness, Empathy, Compassion and Kindness as four...
Portland Trail Blazers Tip-off Summer Series
The Trail Blazers participate in culturally diverse community events throughout the summer ...
Lineup and Schedule of Performances Announced for 44th Annual Cathedral Park Free Jazz Festival
The final lineup and schedule of performances has been announced for the free Cathedral Park Jazz...
Former astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, killed in Washington plane crash
SEATTLE (AP) — William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He...
Former astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, killed in Washington plane crash
SEATTLE (AP) — William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He...
Josh Sargent out for Colombia friendly, could miss Copa America
McLEAN, Va. (AP) — United States forward Josh Sargent could miss Saturday's friendly against Colombia and could be dropped from the Copa America roster. A 24-year-old from O'Fallon, Missouri, Sargent scored 16 goals in 26 league games with Norwich in England's second-tier League...
Duke tops Missouri 4-3 in 9 innings to win first super regional, qualify for first WCWS
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — D'Auna Jennings led off the top of the ninth inning with a home run to end a scoreless pitching duel between Cassidy Curd and Missouri's Laurin Krings and 10th-seeded Duke held on for a wild 4-3 victory over the seventh-seeded Tigers on Sunday in the finale of the...
The Skanner News May 2024 Primary Endorsements
Read The Skanner News endorsements and vote today. Candidates for mayor and city council will appear on the November general election ballot. ...
Nation’s Growing Racial and Gender Wealth Gaps Need Policy Reform
Never-married Black women have 8 cents in wealth for every dollar held by while males. ...
Multiple recent announcements from the Biden administration offer new hope for the 43.2 million borrowers hoping to get relief from the onerous burden of a collective
Op-Ed: Why MAGA Policies Are Detrimental to Black Communities
NNPA NEWSWIRE – MAGA proponents peddle baseless claims of widespread voter fraud to justify voter suppression tactics that disproportionately target Black voters. From restrictive voter ID laws to purging voter rolls to limiting early voting hours, these...
How this Maryland pastor ended up leading one of the fastest-growing churches in the nation
CALVERTON, Md. (AP) — The Rev. Matthew L. Watley says it’s not happenstance his suburban Maryland congregation, part of the historically Black African Methodist Episcopal denomination, landed at the top of a list of the fastest-growing churches in America. From hearing his call...
Black D-Day combat medic's long-denied medal tenderly laid on Omaha Beach where he bled, saved lives
OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — A medal richly deserved but long denied to an African American combat medic wounded on Omaha Beach in the D-Day landings was tenderly laid Friday on the hallowed sands where he saved lives and shed blood. U.S. First Army soldiers held a ceremony in honor...
Alex Jones seeks permission to convert his personal bankruptcy into a liquidation
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is seeking court permission to convert his personal bankruptcy reorganization to a liquidation, which would lead to a sell-off of a large portion of his assets to help pay some of the jumi.5 billion he owes relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School...
Book Review: Indigenous author explores charged issue of blood lines in his debut novel `Fire Exit’
Morgan Talty has followed up on the success of his prize-winning story collection “Night of the Living Rez” with a poignant first novel that explores the charged question of what constitutes identity — family or tribe? “Fire Exit” is narrated by a white man named Charles,...
Book Review: From Crichton and Patterson, ‘Eruption’ is poised to be seismic publishing event
You know you’ve got some juice in the publishing world when you get top billing on a book nearly 16 years after your death. “Eruption” is the completion of a partial manuscript found by the late Michael Crichton’s wife, Sherri, and finished by James Patterson. That pedigree is...
Music Review: Bon Jovi takes a victory lap, assessing a 40-year career on new album 'Forever'
Forty years after they ran away with our hearts and into rock history, Bon Jovi is back with a reflective new album taking stock of all the boys from New Jersey have accomplished. Perhaps the biggest news is that there's a new Bon Jovi album at all. After years of experiencing vocal...
Biden looks to Pointe du Hoc to inspire the push for democracy abroad and at home
POINTE DU HOC, France (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday summoned Americans to defend democracy from threats...
Iran helicopter crash shows Tehran's reliance on an aging fleet as well as its challenges at home
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — By the time Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi boarded his window seat on a...
Optimism is just what the doctor ordered. But what if I’m already too negative?
Prince Bhojwani never thought of himself as a negative person, until three trips to the hospital in one month...
The Olympic rings are mounted on the Eiffel Tower to mark 50 days until the Paris Games
PARIS (AP) — The Eiffel Tower got a makeover in preparation for the Olympics. The Olympic rings...
Police arrest 91-year-old Canadian auto parts billionaire Frank Stronach on sexual assault charges
TORONTO (AP) — Austrian-Canadian auto parts billionaire Frank Stronach was arrested on sexual assault charges...
Mexico's outgoing president vows to pursue changes to Constitution despite market nervousness
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s outgoing president pledged Friday to press ahead with j udicial reforms despite...
