Portland Police Officer Leo Besner -- set for promotion to sergeant this week – has drawn yet another tort claim against the City of Portland, this time for allegedly arresting an innocent business owner in front of his own store "for questioning" before releasing him without charges.
 

Portland is a growing city with a reputation for being ahead of the curve on green planning; Detroit is a shrinking city, struggling to deal with vast stretches of urban wasteland. But do the two cities have anything in common?

Last spring, Congress passed a health care bill that will reduce the number of uninsured Americans.  That's not enough for a group of medical students who are working on a project to make health care accessible to all people -- regardless of their ability to pay.

Fashion designer Ken Doswell and head seamstress Lyubov Medevedeva of Betty Jean Couture make some finishing touches on a sequined dress modeled by Alexa Stevens for the upcoming Flurry Fashion Show on Saturday Dec. 4th at 6 p.m. at 720 S.W. Yamhill St.

The Portland City Council unanimously passed a set of gun control measures Wednesday, designed to make it easier for police to arrest, jail and identify those who contribute to illegal gun violence in town. Critics remain skeptical that the measures will have any effect on illegal guns in the city and even Mayor Sam Adams acknowledged that he has concerns about racial profiling.

On the street it's called "juvie." Teens arrested in Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington counties come here in handcuffs. But who are the youth who end up here? And what happens behind these heavy, electronically locked doors?

Patients with private insurance or Medicare are more likely to survive lung cancer than those covered by Medicaid or without insurance, according to a study by the Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute. In fact, the study found that patients on Medicaid were the most likely to die the same month they received their diagnosis.

The Unemployed/Underemployed Marginalized Workers Campaign gathered on Monday, Nov. 29 in Director's Park in Downtown Portland to encourage members of Congress to extend unemployment benefits to millions of unemployed workers.

The Skanner News Video: Francisco Holdman talks about his unemployment experience

On Saturday, November 27, 2010, Congressman David Wu's father, Keh Chang Wu, passed away from natural causes.

Muslim leaders called on authorities to step up protection for the region's Islamic community, days after a Somali-American man was accused of trying to blow up a van full of explosives during Portland's Christmas tree lighting ceremony. The plea followed a fire Sunday at the Islamic center where suspect Mohamed Osman Mohamud occasionally worshipped, prompting an FBI arson investigation and concern about the potential for more retaliation.