There's still time to plug your kids into the Portland Parks and Recreation Mobile Playgrounds Program.

The Oregon branch of the National Association of Minority Contractors has gained a new president, Andrew Colas. At the same time longtime advocates Faye Burch and Maurice Rahming resigned from the board. NAMCO members and others are asking what happened.

Andrew Colas is the new president of the National Association of Minority Contractors in Oregon. At the same time the board loses longtime advocate Faye Burch and foremr president Maurice Rahming.

Special Education

At Gresham High School in 2011, Michael Muange played wide receiver and safety on the Varsity football team. Nobody guessed that such a strong, fast athlete had a heart condition that would take his life suddenly without warning.

Two Portland forums this week offer locals a chance to talk about what the George Zimmerman acquittal in the Trayvon Martin killing means to them.

Henry Clay Miggins (known by all as Hank), passed away on July 18, 2013.  Hank was born to Nathan Miggins and Hattie Mae Dennis on Nov. 20, 1934, in Canton Miss. Hank touched many lives and achieved many accomplishments throughout his 78 years.

2,000 floaters tugged on life vests, climbed aboard inflated innertubes and set out across the Willamette River on Sunday, for the third annual Big Float event designed to encourage recreation on the river.

SEI students got a chance to learn more about the judicial system at the organization's July Kids Talk at Multnomah County Circuit Court.