Despite some successes, Oregon still places a disproportionate number of African American and Native American children in foster care, and the state continues to send more children to foster care than any other state in the nation …

Brittney Brown hosts a community meeting to gather support for youth who are NOT "at-risk." So many resources are going to support troubled young people that those who are on the right path often lack support and attention that they need to continue their success. "The youth need you," Brown says. The first gathering of "youth in support of youth" is Saturday, Aug. 29 from 3 to 5 p.m. at 714 NE Sumner St. For more information call 503-208-0750.

Stung by the long history of criticism on its inner-city development projects, the Portland Development Commission is rolling out an unprecedented public access and feedback system in the run-up to its newest North and Northeast Urban Renewal Area development planning ...
As the citizen advisory committee for the project convenes through next year at the Billy Webb Elks Lodge

Neighborhood activists and city staff are scrambling to prevent the closure of the TriMet Rider…

Marine Corporal Antoinette L. Donaldson of Seattle spoke with The Skanner last week direct from her post in Iraq via satellite telephone, describing her work and how she misses her family back home.

RENTON, Wash. (AP) _ The Seahawks knew they had a puzzle to solve along their offensive line this preseason.
They didn't know that puzzle would require advanced medical degrees and crystal balls to solve. Monday, Seattle lost the third member of its starting offensive line in the past four weeks, when doctors determined center Chris Spencer will be out at least a month with a torn thigh muscle...

About 600 people of all ages rocked to the beat of dance music in Dawson Park on Saturday, Aug. 15, at the early hour of 8 a.m. The crowd turned out to take part in Portland's 7th Annual Wellness Within Reach Health Walk organized by the African American Health Coalition.

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) _ An ocean of clean energy pours from the sky. We could forget about nonrenewable climate-altering sources, like gas, oil and coal, if we could fill the tank or power our homes with a sunbeam. But how do you bottle sunshine? Bacteria may hold the key ...

Minimum-wage workers in Oregon began 2009 with a bump of 45 cents an hour, but those still employed at the end of a year of widespread job losses aren't likely to see an increase for 2010.

First elected to the Oregon House in 1984 and elected to the Senate in 2000, she was the first female African American member of the Oregon Legislature and first female to hold the post of Senate President Pro Tempore.