Rebuilding Together Portland and Safeway's Portland Division teamed up to repair the home of Ms. Johnnie Mae Poitier and Mr. Kinnie Lee, this weekend. The couple, who live in North Portland, want to live safely and independently in their own home. The team worked all day Saturday on the building, to create an easy-to-navigate, energy efficient environment.

A $29 million sex-abuse lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America is in the hands of a jury after a lawyer for the victim closed the case by arguing the Scouts failed to act when they knew they had a serious problem. In closing arguments, Kelly Clark said the organization had been keeping a list of Scout leaders and volunteers suspected of abuse since the 1920s but never came up with any system to improve screening, reporting or prevention.

Courtesy of Portland, Google now has their very own beer.  Gigabit India Pale Ale by Hopworks Urban Brewery was unveiled last week to speak to the tastes of tech geeks who appreciate craft-brewed ale, according to the brewers and representatives from the city. 

SEATTLE (AP) -- The Washington Supreme Court said Thursday that a prosecutor must give a nondiscriminatory reason when striking the only member of a defendant's minority from a jury pool

Quick…How is your memory? There are memory-training techniques that may help improve your memory. Fred C. Miller, at Portland Community College, Fridays, April 9, 16 & 23

Anti-racist activists say the Sunday morning shooting of Luke Querner was likely committed by neo-Nazis motivated by the victim's well-known political activity.

Forty two years after passage of the Fair Housing Act, the small Oregon nonprofit group charged with educating and advocating against housing discrimination still logs 2,000 complaints every year on their telephone hotline

With all the bitter debate about police accountability in Portland that has roared to the forefront of media headlines over the past few months, little ink has been spilled covering the Portland Police Bureau's many community service projects.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon officials are trying to figure out how to spend $88 million the Obama administration has promised to help homeowners avoid foreclosed mortgages.

Come June, the Evening Trades Apprenticeship Preparation Program will be without funding.
But Deborah Williams, the program's director, says she isn't likely to let that happen.