Head Start parents are taking advantage of a new federal law that allows voter registration to take place at Head Start sites, allowing more individuals the opportunity to register...

The Housing Authority of Portland has appointed Shelli Romero and Jim Smith to its board of directors....

"Occurrence" invites innovative performers to play short sets — a kind of alternative talent show, as performers improvise pieces while sharing the stage with Watts' and Smith's self-produced comedy "DumbFilms"...

Portland Community Land Trust, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating permanently affordable homeownership opportunities for low- and moderate-income households, welcomed its 100th homeowner at an event on Aug. 20...

A memorial service is scheduled for Opal Ruth (Taylor) Roberts-Jordan on Aug. 28, 1p.m. at the Highland Christian Center, 7600 NE Glisan St. Roberts, 82, passed away Aug. 21, in her home surrounded by family... 

Johnnie Mae Hastings has died. She was born to Van and Luvenia (Elliott) Alexander on Nov. 11, 1932 in Louann, Ark. She was the 16th child born to this union, which yielded four sets of twins, all of whom preceded her in death...

Services for Christor Lewis are this Friday, Aug. 29 at 7 p.m. at the Highland Christian Center, 7600 NE Glisan St. Lewis was born Feb. 20, 1957, and passed away June 5. Prior to his move to Texas, Lewis served the Portland church community faithfully as choir director...

What if they gave a protest and almost nobody came? What if they gave a peaceful protest and the police were the only ones to engage in violence? Some are asking that question in Denver, where months of anticipation of mass protests during the Democratic National Convention have led -- so far -- to scattered scrimmages with police, more than 100 arrests and...

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and his vice presidential running mate, Alaska Gov., Sarah Palin, acknowledge the cheers of supporters during a campaign rally in O'Fallon, Mo., Sunday Aug. 31. The next day, 10,000 protesters marched on the Republican convention, and nearly 300 were arrested, including reporters and photographers. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

John McCain announced his vice-presidential pick Friday – Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a 44-year-old self-described "hockey mom" who was previously the mayor of a town of Wasilla, Alaska, population 6,500.
Palin has been described as a conservative that fought big oil in Alaska, funneling profits from oil companies into Alaska state coffers. She is also staunchly against abortion rights, which fueled many social conservatives to say she was a good choice that would energize that wing of the Republican Party. Early speculation on a number of pro-choice candidates had many evangelical conservatives in an uproar.
Although the newcomer made waves after ousting a sitting Republican governor in a primary in 2006, beating out a former governor as well, riding high approval ratings at home, she has come under scrutiny for a firing she made of Alaska's public safety commissioner after he refused to fire her former brother-in-law, who was a state trooper....

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A weakened Hurricane Gustav slammed into the heart of Louisiana's fishing and oil industry with 110 mph winds Monday, delivering only a glancing blow to New Orleans that raised hopes the city would escape the kind of catastrophic flooding brought by Katrina three years ago. ...