News Briefs

Below are fast-breaking news items.

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Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 09 June 2025

Photo courtesy Portland Parks & Rec)

Food, face painting, basketball, arts activities, music, and more

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 06 June 2025

Edy Essien

Hillsboro’s Edy Essien was on PCC’s men’s basketball team that repeated as NWAC regional basketball titles and excelled in classroom

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 02 June 2025

The exchange is a publicly available, cloud-based platform to help the public see and analyze police use-of-force data.

about-obama-foundation

Details: Written by NY-IHEARTRADIO; Published: 28 May 2025

FILE - President Barack Obama speaks about Iran and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress during a meeting with Defense Secretary Ash Carter in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, March 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

The network’s first-ever nonprofit collaboration will help build community and drive meaningful conversation and change

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 22 May 2025

Actor & Author Hill Harper

"Gaslighting: Challenging the Disconnect Between Public Policy and the Reality in Community" was recently hosted in Portland by the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice (NABCJ), a group of Black law enforcement executives and experts.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 12 May 2025

Sellwood-Moreland Library will close to the public starting June 6 to start on a series of bond-funded improvements.

Library will receive new furniture, technology from this work

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 01 May 2025

Each district-specific committee’s purpose is to advise PHB and Prosper Portland staff, the Portland City Council, and the Prosper Portland Board of Commissioners on the creation and implementation of TIF District Action Plans by providing essential guidance, public recommendations, and oversight of the City’s development and implementation of the plans.

head-start

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 01 May 2025

42 lawmakers write to RFK Jr. demanding answers on Trump admin’s actions undermining Head Start as Trump reportedly plans to eliminate the program

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 16 April 2025

Senate Bill 1191 says telling someone about their rights isn’t a crime in Oregon.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 10 April 2025

Tony Hopson, Sr. (Photo: Self-Enhancement, Inc.)

The1803 Fund has announced a decade-long investment into Self Enhancement Inc. and Albina Head Start. The investment will take shape as a recurring, annual grant of $2.5 million to each organization to support direct services.