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.

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- The Washington state Senate rolled out a proposed two-year state budget Tuesday that includes a 3 percent statewide pay cut for K-12 teachers

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African Americans from around the state will gather at the Capitol in Salem for a Legislative Action Day April 19. 
Co-sponsored by The Urban League of Portland, Our Voices United, and the Oregon Commission on Black Affairs, who together are transporting more than one hundred participants -- including high school students, community members, organizations and seniors -- to discuss with legislators the Urban League's legislative priorities and concerns of the African American community.

Safeway will be holding their grand re-opening of the Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard store from 4 to 8 p.m. on April 15. The store was remodeled into Safeway's Lifestyle model.
Safeway has operated the store on MLK Jr., Boulevard and Ainsworth Street since 1965, and opened their first Portland area store in 1926.