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A ’50s-Style Diner With Authentic Showpieces and Classic Comfort Food Is Opening in St. Johns

A ’50s-Style Diner With Authentic Showpieces and Classic Comfort Food Is Opening in St. Johns


Many Oregon Crime Victims of Color Don’t Report What Happens Because They Don’t Trust Police

Many Oregon Crime Victims of Color Don’t Report What Happens Because They Don’t Trust Police

From shootings to sexual assault, Black people are greatly overrepresented as victims of violent crime—and that’s just crime that gets reported.


Black Children Are Sent to Detention Centers at a Staggering Rate, Lowering Their Chances of a Successful Future

Black Children Are Sent to Detention Centers at a Staggering Rate, Lowering Their Chances of a Successful Future

Not only are Black youths drastically overrepresented in detention centers, but they also spend the most time there.


Black Oregonians Are Imprisoned at a Rate Almost Four Times That of White People

Black Oregonians Are Imprisoned at a Rate Almost Four Times That of White People

“Prisons and the criminal legal system are designed to control and dominate certain populations.”


NEWS

The Skanner Ceases Operation After 50 Years

By Garrett AndrewsFebruary 03, 2026 at 5:57 pm PST

Terry Currier Announces Plans to Sell Music Millennium


Judge Restricts Feds From Deploying Tear Gas, Other Weapons, at Portland ICE Facility


County Commissioners Weigh Preschool for All Reimbursement Rates


Housing Bureau Finds Roughly $20 Million in Unspent Funds, for the Second Time


Cider Riot Attackers Must Pay $760,007 in Damages to Tasting Room’s Owner


“Ghost” Physicians Haunt Medicaid Registries in Great Number


She Took Her 13-Year-Old Daughter to a Labor March. ICE Tear-Gassed Them Both.