For 10 years Micaela Bosche has been hoping to land an extreme makeover -- not for herself but for Humboldt School, where she teaches 6th and 7th-grade students. That dream will come true on Sept. 22, when volunteers will meet at the school to create a garden and beautify the school. "It's for the kids and we're going to make it beautiful for them," Boesche said. "This is something we've been working on for 10 years. It's the garden that I'm most excited about....

Jamesha Walker, artist and student, sells her artwork outside the Random Order Coffee Shop ond Bakery on Northeast Alberta Street.  Walker sets up her paintings every Last Thursday, where she sells her work to make money for more art supplies. This photo depicts domestic violence, a running theme in some of her artwork.

6 - CLAY BEGINNINGS. This series allows children to explore clay. Ages 2-6. 11 a.m.-noon. Capitol Hill Library, 10723 S.W. Capitol Hwy. Register at 503-988-5234. ...

Portland officials are tired of dealing with crime in the transient campsite known as Tillamook Caves, a stretch beneath North Interstate Avenue that has become a symbol of the city's frustrating struggle against homelessness.
Their answer is a fence that will stand 10 feet tall and stretch more than 2 football fields across. Chicken wire at the top and the bottom ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- It's not that hard to find a job in Oregon. Landing one with good pay might take a little more effort. Though the unemployment rate is at its lowest since 2000, wages have not been rising. ...

Louise Johnson a 78-year-old grandmother with a hip replacement keeps active by walking to visit neighborhood friends and relatives, and keeping her own door wide open to visitors. She enjoys simple pleasures such as teaching her grandson Cory to cook.

JENA, La. (AP) -- Prosecutors on Tuesday reduced the attempted murder charges against two more teenagers among the ``Jena Six,'' a group of black high school students who were arrested following an attack on a white schoolmate. ...

JUBA, Sudan (AP) -- Nasurdin Ibrahim was born in a camp for people who fled their homes during Sudan's civil war and still attends an overcrowded school there, but despite the lack of pens and books, the 12-year-old has a big dream. "I want to be president," he said...

Seattle Seahawk Leonard Weaver and several of his teammates signed autographs at Bobby Engram's 2nd annual Walk for Sickle Cell Disease on Sept. 2 at Seward Park. Several hundred people participated in the event which raises money to fight sickle cell disease.

After more than two years of construction, Cleveland High School finally has a new face. A dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on the morning of Sept.4, to celebrate the reopening of the restored and renovated school. ...