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12/15/2025

Rob Reiner, Health Insurance Deadline, Marketing Science, and mor https://mailchi.mp/theskanner/news-roundup-o36m0zu92a

12/05/2025

The rainy season is the best time to plant trees and Portland Parks & Recreation Urban Forestry division is giving away 4,000 trees this season for Portlanders to plant on their private property. UF staff delivers the trees and can provide planting assistance upon request. Link is on the page to register for your !

Portland Parks & Recreation Urban Forestry will do the rest!

11/28/2025

“We’re not buying this racism. We’re not buying the abandonment of DEI. We’re not buying that the wealthiest country in the world cannot take care of its own citizens. If they want to call it Black Friday, let’s show them what a Black Friday really looks like.” – LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter Fund and a member of the We Ain’t Buying It coalition

Black Friday arrives this year in a country wrestling with the weight of policies that have stripped stability from millions...

11/14/2025

Portland Public Schools celebrates Ruby Bridges Day on Friday, Nov. 14, 7:30 – 8 a.m. Superintendent Kimberlee Armstrong will join Forest Park Elementary students, staff and families as they walk to school in honor of Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day.

The walk begins at Jim & Patty’s Coffee 2021 NW Miller Rd, and ends at Forest Park Elementary 9935 NW Durrett St.

on Friday, Nov. 14, 7:30 – 8 a.m. Superintendent Kimberlee Armstrong will join Forest Park Elementary students, staff and families...

11/14/2025

On Friday, Nov. 14, from 8 – 9 a.m., Kairospdx invites the Portland community to join their 4th Annual Ruby Bridges and the McDonogh Three commemoration event. This event will take place on the KairosPDX campus, located at 4915 N Gantenbein Ave. in the heart of Portland’s historic Albina District.

On Friday, Nov. 14, from 8 – 9 a.m., KairosPDX invites the Portland community to join this annual event.

11/11/2025

Give!Guide: Big Garden Day! - Support Black theatre today and every donation of $10 or more has a chance to win a $500 gift card to Portland Nursery! Are you 35 or under? You have two chances to win a $500 Portland Nursery gift card! https://mailchi.mp/e2baa5d20c45/giveguide-big-garden-day

10/30/2025

States sue USDA, Federal trial in Portland over National Guard, Arbor Day champions, Affirming books for Black children, and more https://mailchi.mp/theskanner/today-top-stories

10/24/2025

“I think everybody just got the memo after Portland that this is something that we can do, and it’s something that the right doesn’t know what to make of,” said Vandawalker, the political action director for Indivisible Chicago Northwest Side. “Certainly, like the ICE agents don’t seem to know what to make of people in costumes. It’s hard to look threatening when there’s a fan blowing you up.”

Seth Todd was wearing an inflatable frog costume while protesting outside the ICE Building in Portland, when a federal officer...

10/24/2025

The head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers and a player for the Miami Heat were arrested Thursday along with more than 30 other people in a takedown of two sprawling gambling operations that authorities said leaked inside information about NBA athletes and rigged poker games backed by Mafia families.

Coach Chauncey Billups was charged Thursday with participating in a conspiracy to fix high-stakes card games tied to La Cosa...

10/22/2025

Merkley started speaking at 6:21 p.m. Tuesday evening and was still going more than 17 hours later, pausing only for occasional questions from other Democratic senators.

Merkley started speaking at 6:21 p.m. Tuesday evening and was still going more than 17 hours later, pausing only for...

10/22/2025

LIVESTREAM: Senator Jeff Merkley is holding the floor of the U.S. Senate to protest Trump’s attempts to push us into an authoritarian strongman state and outline the grave threat the Trump Administration poses to our democratic republic.

Senator Merkley is holding the floor of the U.S. Senate to protest Trump’s attempts to push us into an authoritarian strongman state and outline the grave th...

09/25/2025

Milestone Birthday! Well known for her roles in the church and as a beloved childcare giver, many know Myrtle Wilson though her son, late Portland Blues musician, Ervin “Benny” Wilson (organ) of Geneva’s in North Portland, the Mt. Hood Jazz and Waterfront Festivals in the 1980s-2000s.

Myrtle will be surrounded by friends and family on her 100th birthday.

Portland resident, Myrtle Wilson celebrates 100 years of life Saturday, September 27, 2025.