If you're thinking of opening up your own business – whether it be a food cart or beauty salon – the Southwest Washington Workforce Development Council is holding a free, day-long seminar that will attempt to allay fears and give a healthy dose of reality to the life-altering decision.The free event will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 17 at The Hilton in Vancouver, Wa. Register at www.swwdc.org.

Black pioneers were among the first non-Native people to settle the West. More than 40 of them are buried in Salem's Pioneer Cemetery. But while a few found a welcome and freedom in Oregon, many others did not.

Yes it's election time again. And this time it's all about schools – well mostly.

Black and Latino Portlanders are treated differently than White residents when searching for rental housing

Kansas City, Kansas, may soon be more famous for lightning-fast browser speeds than as the home of jazz legend Charlie Parker or wide-eyed soulstress Janelle Monae

VIDEO:Jefferson High School Students Host a Carbon Footprint Fair Students get active for Earth Day 

The terror and confusion in the aftermath of abduction opens the door to manipulation and hysteria that are used to line the pockets of inscrutable people

According to the Oregon Employment department, the economy has been slowly gaining jobs in most industries over the last two years. But every couple hundred jobs added over the last two months has to be tallied against the large numbers of jobs lost

Portland police reported yesterday that Shiloh Hampton, 14, died Wednesday at an area hospital

When a beloved teen died, his family set out to create something extraordinary -- a memorial that would touch th elives of many others.