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Details: Written by Arashi Young; Published: 24 December 2015

John Gardner in front of a TriMet bus. Photo by Patrick Gihring

Gardner will oversee efforts to ensure TriMet adequately serves diverse communities

Details: Written by Dan Floyd, Hood to Coast Racing Series, Special the The Skanner; Published: 23 December 2015

Tropical scenery in Hainan Island, southern China, site for potential secondary course for Hood to Coast China

Hood To Coast Race Series Partners with Yao Ming to Launch Hood To Coast China

Details: Written by KEN RITTER, Associated Press; Published: 23 December 2015

Lakeisha Nicole Holloway enters district court for her arraignment Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, in Las Vegas. Holloway, who crashed her car into pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday, Dec. 20, has been charged with murder, child abuse and hit-and-run. (AP Photo/Chase Stevens)

Holloway to remain in jail through the holidays while both sides investigate crash

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 21 December 2015

In this April 2012 Skanner file photo, Lakeisha Holloway smiles after accepting the CARE Role Model award. Holloway has been named as the suspect in a crash on the Las Vegas strip that injured more than 35 people and killed one. Photo by Helen Silvis.

POIC graduate Lakeisha Holloway named as suspect in crash that killed one, injured 35, including four athletes from Oregon

Details: Written by Arashi Young; Published: 21 December 2015

Liberian refugee Moima Doe received aid from Rebuilding Together Portland which partnered with Lowe’s to provide $15,000 worth of home repairs

Details: Written by NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press; Published: 20 December 2015

A polluted nuclear weapons site to become tourist destination

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 17 December 2015

Local community organizations, charities and non-profits could use money, items or volunteer time donations

Details: Written by Donovan M. Smith; Published: 17 December 2015

Group says early signs of displacement present in areas past 82nd Avenue

Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 15 December 2015

New York Knicks guard Sasha Vujacic (18) drives to the basket on Portland Trail Blazers forward Allen Crabbe (23) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Portland, Ore., Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Steve Dykes)

"Tonight our bench was phenomenal. When we were down 10, it was them that stepped up big time." - Carmelo Anthony

Details: Written by Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press; Published: 14 December 2015

In this photo provided by the Portland Police Bureau, plumes of black smoke fill the sky after a semitrailer truck crashed on a roadway near a Portland, Ore., railroad yard Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015. The truck driver was killed, Portland police said. Portland Fire spokesman Terry Foster said the fire happened when the truck, carrying some sort of fuel product, crashed, causing fuel to leak underneath the parked train cars.(Portland Police Bureau via AP)

A semitrailer truck hauling fuel crashed into a parked railroad tanker on Sunday, sparking a fire that sent up plumes of black smoke