Kisha Kelsey and Karanja Crews hope to provide the Portland community with an opportunity for creative expression, cultural self-awareness, and fashion, beauty and personal empowerment with their event the Hairitage Jubilee: "A R/Evolution of Our African Roots."

The Portland Police Activities League youth center is to close, Feb. 15.  Based at Northeast 172nd at Glisan, the center served some of the poorest children in the city: children and teens from the Rockwood neighborhoods of East Portland and Gresham. But financial troubles left the Eastside youth center without to money to effect crucial repairs to the center as a stark contrast to the Beaverton club.

The roster of homeless students in Washington State's  K-12 schools reached a whopping 27,390 during the 2011-12 school year, according to the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Sen. Ginny Burdick and Mayor Charlie Hales spoke to about 100 people, Saturday, at a rally outside Portland City Hall to call for gun control measures. 

Clean Water Portland hosts Atlanta pediatrician Dr. Yolanda Whyte, current member of the National Medical Association's Environmental Health Task Force, speaking on the impact of fluoride on children's health.

State Treasurer Ted Wheeler today outlined to legislators a new initiative that would create a new, stable and permanent way to help improve Oregon's economic climate and boost access and affordability to higher education and job training.

Music icon James DePriest has died in Scottsdale, Ariz., at age 77.

The Oregon Legislature is beginning its 2013 session with hundreds of proposals for new laws. The Urban League of Portland is taking African Americans and other minority advocates to Salem to make sure all of our voices are heard.

The Portland Parks & Recreation E205 Initiative to build up East Portland parks is officially a wrap after a year and a half of improvements to a dozen play areas and greenspaces. Now the bureau is getting ready to visualize its next 10 years, including exploring the possibility of a new bond measure for the November ballot.

Researchers at Washington State University are challenging the widespread belief that private prisons can help job growth in rural counties.