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Emergency Food Stamps Extended
Maximum benefits to last through July The SNAP food stamp program serves low income people. The Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS)...
Jun 30, 20201 min read


New Urgency to Mask Up as Virus Spreads
People urged to keep July 4 celebrations small and local A woman wearing a mask walks past a sign on the door of a church in Pullman,...
Jun 30, 20202 min read


PCC Nursing Students Advance during COVID-19
Innovative software allows training with actor patients Portland Community College is using innovative online software to allow nursing...
May 27, 20203 min read


Face Coverings Required on TriMet
New safety measures in age of COVID-19 A TriMet passenger wears a face mask as he prepares to board public transit. TriMet is now...
May 20, 20202 min read


NAACP Call to Action on Inequities
‘We are Done Dying’ campaign launched The NAACP's #WeAreDoneDying campaign is aimed at exposing the inequities embedded into the American...
May 5, 20201 min read


Nursing Home Reports 14 Coronavirus Deaths
State says care center failed to prevent virus spread The Healthcare at Foster Creek nursing home in southeast Portland. (KOIN photo)...
Apr 17, 20201 min read


SNAP Benefits Grow Amid Health Crisis
More households will get maximum benefit In the midst of the coronavirus health crisis, the Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS)...
Apr 10, 20201 min read


Coronavirus Hits Black Community Harder
Amid crisis, black mistrust of medicine also looms Rahmell Peeples walks his Brooklyn neighborhood during an interview about the new...
Apr 6, 20205 min read


Social Distancing Appears to Slow Virus
Seattle modeling shows need to double down on policies, authorities say Dog walker Imaj Royster, wearing a protective mask against the...
Mar 31, 20203 min read
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