The Skanner News has selected Chabre Vickers as its Newsmaker of the Year 2012, in recognition of her exceptional work with Portland's 11:45 Movement to link at-risk youth with adult mentors.

Blacks are overrepresented in Portland's homeless shelter population, according to a new report by the Institute for Children, Poverty and Homelessness (ICPH).

The White House has chosen André Ashley, sports management supervisor for Portland Parks & Recreation as a "Let's Move! Champion of Change." Ashley, a 10-year parks employee, will be recognized at a "Champion of Change," event March 22 at the White House.

Hornsby has considered Portland a "wonderful rest spot" since he came to the city in March of last year to shoot scenes for the show "Grimm." But he says he found himself isolated for the first few months of his time in Portland, partly due to the lack of people of color in the city.

Gussie McRobert, who boldly led Gresham for 10 years, died March 8 aged 79.

Oregon Passes Foreclosure Reform with One Tiny Problem: Enforcement

Jefferson High School revealed the identity of its 2012 Rose Princess, Thursday March 8. Janae Brown will represent the school on this year's Rose Court.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Police say an Oregon woman who worked as a nursing assistant took photos of dying patients at a nursing home and posted them on her Facebook page with demeaning comments.

The disproportionate incarceration of young people of color and the achievement gap are linked; the common denominator is the vast proportion of students kicked out of class as a form of school punishment.