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Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 07 February 2022

Oregon State Seal

Oregon Parks and Recreation will also celebrate its 100th year of state parks with online presentations and tours

Black History Month 2022

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 07 February 2022

"Allensworth: Realization and Resurrection of an African American Dream" online exhibit

Hidden history and stories revealed throughout Black History Month in this list of online events.

Hawthorne Bridge

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 07 February 2022

As many as eight lifts of the drawbridge will be required during the inspection, which each lift lasting 10 to 15 minutes

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 04 February 2022

Travis Nelson

Nelson is the first openly Black LGBTQ+ man to serve in the Oregon Legislature

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 03 February 2022

Bradley Angle is hosting a scavenger hunt event that will take place March 18 - April 3, 2022.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 02 February 2022

Ivory Mathews, southern PHA leader of twenty years, will helm Oregon's largest provider of low-income housing.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 01 February 2022

“In My Shoes,” a storytelling campaign in celebration of Black History Month that features nine walking tours in neighborhoods across Portland, will be led by the community ambassadors of Word is Bond.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 01 February 2022

PPS Board of Education and staff to continue collaborating with Albina neighborhood parents and students to identify a future site; Continued work with state leaders to secure financial resources to relocate school as a result of I-5 impacts on school

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 31 January 2022

To commemorate Black History Month 2022, the Northwest African American Museum (NAAM) will present a variety of programs throughout the month of February that center Black heritage.

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 30 January 2022

In the latest in a surge of shootings, the body of a man, whose name has not been released yet, was found after police responded to a report of shots heard in the Hazelwood neighborhood