Mayor Hales and the Friends of Last Thursday have reached an agreement on how to manage N.E. Alberta Street's signature Arts festival this summer.

The Skanner News took first place in the Best Editorial category, for "Don't Play Politics with Our Lives." The editorial urged action to change the system of police discipline.

Police have arrested a 26-year-old man and charged him with murder in the stabbing death of Duane Bailey

A bill currently awaiting Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber's signature could radically change the way in-state public university students pay their way through college

The Department of Ecology, which has oversight authority for the cleanup, was not informed until mid-April of a cleanup which the Navy planned to start in May

As Southeast Cesar Chavez Boulevard is closed for an expected 21 days for sewer repairs, motorists are warned to stick with the detour routes and not try cutting through residential neighborhoods.

The American citizen sentenced to 15 years in a North Korean labor camp, has appealed to the Korean authorities for forgiveness and asked the United States for help in securing his release in an exclusive interview from prison.

(CNN) -- HLN, CNN's sister network, is covering the George Zimmerman trial, gavel to gavel.

Mayor Hales has ordered his public safety policy advisor Baruti Artheree to take a leave of absence the week of July 4. An investigation by the Department of Human Resources found Artheree broke city policy against harassment and discrimination at an event June 6, organized by The Skanner News.