Entertainment

Melvin Van Peebles, godfather of Black cinema, dies at 89

Mario Van Peebles, Melvin Van Peebles

Johnny Depp: ‘Not one of you’ is safe with ‘cancel culture’

Johny Depp

Britney Spears court filing says conservatorship should end

Jamie Spears, Britney Spears

Pulitzer-winning reporter Jim Sheeler dead at 53

Met season to open with first-ever opera by Black composer

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R. Kelly’s rules protected him, prosecutors in sex trial say

R. Kelly

Library devoted to Japan novelist Murakami to open in Tokyo

Netflix buys Wonka author Dahl’s catalog

Rihanna takes time with album while unveiling lingerie line

Rihanna

Beloved ‘Sex and the City’ actor Willie Garson dies at 57

Willie Garson

Done with delays, Academy movie museum rolls out red carpet

Tom Hanks

Troubled Nielsen to update measurements for local television

Lawyer: R. Kelly unlikely to take stand in trafficking trial

R. Kelly

Sarah Dash who sang on ‘Lady Marmalade’ with Labelle, dies

Nona Hendryx, Patti LaBelle, Sarah Dash

Gillian Flynn, Lena Waithe to head their own book imprints

Waterfront Blues Festival

Day 1 of Waterfront Blues Fest paves way to summer normality

Volunteers are backbone of Meals on Wheels People

Blues Fest 2021 to benefit Meals on Wheels, area musicians

Jeremy Wilson Foundation throws lifeline to musicians in need

Portland’s Outer Orbit ‘thrilled’ to play live at Blues Fest 2021

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Human Interest

One Oregon couple’s path since 9/11 changed everything

Black Swimming Initiative to host ‘Eco-Swim Camp’ at Broughton Beach

Nonprofit’s basketball tournament supporting African youth returns

If we live on stolen land, activists say, give it back

Trapper Ben’s Estacada home, seen in ‘Pig,’ destroyed by fire

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Weird

Comical, topical? Party bus saves day for school field trip

IT phoned home: Storytelling box foils kindergarten thief

Japanese sisters certified as world’s oldest twins at 107

Boston’s famous Skinny House sells for a nice fat price

Idled Thai taxis go green with mini-gardens on car roofs

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Photo Galleries

Photos: Wildfires burn across Oregon

Photos: Wildfires rage across Oregon

Photos: Wildfires rage across the West amid another heat wave, drought

Photos: Wildfire near The Dalles

Looking back: Mount St. Helens erupted 41 years ago

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Oregon

Governor Brown visits vaccine clinic in Forest Grove

Malheur County asks Brown to lift vax mandate

2021 ties record for number of days in the 80s

PPS ups unmasked spacing, readies for weekly testing

Oregon adds 2,312 new COVID-19 cases

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Washington

Battle Ground arson victim now battling for insurance

Washougal man dies in head-on crash on SR-14

Kids ring firefighters’ doorbell: Our ‘house is on fire’

Kelso City Council OKs meaningless anti-mandate resolution

No charges for police who shot anti-fascist Portland suspect

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