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The longest-running festival of African films kicks off this weekend with a screening at the Hollywood Theatre. The week also ...

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Brad Karp, a Union College alum and trustee, as well as a lawyer for Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, appears to be linked to disgraced financier Jeffrey ...

The Oregon Secretary of State’s Office adopted new administrative rules on Monday for the state’s Motor Voter program after a discovery in 2024 revealed more than 1,600 people were ...

A Portland resident said a confrontation earlier this month with ICE agents violated his constitutional rights and is now seeking millions in damages. Comedy legend Catherine O'Hara dies at 71 after ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Dispatchers in Multnomah County answer about 1,600 911 calls every day, but not every call requires a fire truck or ambulance. Portland Fire & Rescue operates a program called ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland City Council met Wednesday morning to decide what to do with more than $20 million in unspent housing funding discovered in late November, and some already have ideas.

Free File is not Direct File, which the IRS has discontinued for the 2026 tax season. This tax season, according to the IRS, eight private-sector partners are offering guided tax software products ...

The groundbreaking ceremony took place Jan. 14 in a parking lot on PCC’s main campus that will be transformed into a hands-on, outdoor learning facility. The lab is intended to function as both a ...

A new report from leading public health organizations urges states across the country to significantly increase tobacco taxes to reduce tobacco use, save lives, and generate billions of dollars to ...