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10-06-2024 1:27 am • PDX and SEA Weather
MLK Breakfast
It’s easy for Pacific Northwest residents to look at the extreme storms ravaging the Midwest states and think: That isn’t going to happen here. But if you think our region is immune to disasters, think again.
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To mark 38 years of publishing in the Pacific Northwest, The Skanner News has updated our website – as you can see.
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A Portland Development Plan to sell land on Northeast Martin Luther King boulevard for $2.4 million less than its appraised value, in a deal that would bring a grocery store to the vacant site, is drawing protests.
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A team of health navigators were at Portland Community College’s Cascade campus Nov. 12, to help people sign-up for health insurance.
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Voters in Seattle have elected Socialist Kshama Sawant to the City Council.
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Tuskegee Airman Ret. Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson visited the Cascade Campus of Portland Community College Nov. 7 and gave an inspirational public talk.
READ MOREAfter a very successful Kickstarter campaign, Storefronts Seattle announced that Seattle’s Massive Monkees have raised $30,000 to support their arts programs for young people.
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In the wake of a tragic shooting that claimed the life of a local father of two last weekend, the Portland Police and the Oregon Liquor Control Commission have shut down the Fontaine Bleau nightclub.
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Amid charges of fraud and elder abuse, Delaware-based Nationstar Mortgage, Inc., has issued a public apology and settled out of court with a Northeast Portland couple who faced the loss of their family’s home of 50 years.
READ MOREHow do we say thank you to a man who has done so much for others?
One who’s career started with an academic scholarship to the University of Oregon. He enrolled in the ROTC Program, graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics.
Thereafter, Leneld Brown went into the United States Army as an Officer. He was stationed under former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, who at that time was Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff. Lt. Col. Leneld Brown completed 24 years of honorable service.
On November 2, 2006, Col. Brown funded the National associating for Black Veterans, Inc. (NABVETS Chapter #0032). He continues to serve through his organization making a difference whether it be business deals, job inquiries of visiting veterans at hospitals of their homes. Col. Brown continues to provide knowledge and expertise on whatever their need might be. He moves forward with veterans being his main priority.
Today we would like to thank him for all he has done. We pray for his continued success and good health.
Your Community, friends and fellow Veterans, appreciate you.
