Erykah Badu to Headline 2025 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival Erykah Badu arrives at the Valentino ready-to-wear Spring/Summer 2023 fashion...

Over Coming Challenges through advocacy and supported reentry Christopher Lambert who is 41yrs old is the Rose City J.A.M Program...

When he was just a child, Theotis Cason didn’t know that a broken gumball machine would lead to his life’s calling.   Cason said when he...

Special Honor for American Abolitionist  (AP) - Revered abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who was the first woman to oversee an American...

Honoring Jerome Polk and His Accomplishments Jerome Polk Jerome Polk was born in Mississippi and raised in Portland, Oregon. He comes...

Celebrating its 30th Anniversary Photo credit to Antonio Harris “A Gathering Place” is the name given to the public art masterpiece that...

Deborah A. Roache’ and Carla Stanlick stand before the Elk’s Lodge (Mark Washington/The Portland Observer) It’s been almost three years...

Portland (OR) Chapter of Prestigious International Women’s Group Inducts New Members Aqualia Bostic, Paula Hayes, Tannya Jenkins, Nicole...

Karanja Crews Dreams die hard. For Karanja Crews, the realization that his long-time goal of opening One Stop Plaza as a Black—owned...

Local Group Received $75,000 Grant from Adidas photo credit to Pamela Slaughter When Portland native Pamela Slaughter was a little girl,...