While individual candidates will vary on their specific positions, as a whole, these Portland City Council candidates recommended by the editorial board for Districts 1 and 2 would work to improve public safety, spark housing development and focus on moving more homeless people into temporary housing and connecting with services.

Unless a suicide involves a prominent person or causes a public disruption, newsrooms typically do not report on the death.

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The city commissioner is running as a detail-oriented moderate. But his campaign has stumbled over fundraising and visibility.

The closure takes effect Dec. 2, and room cancellations have already been made for guests with future reservations, according to the website travelyosemite.com.

The cost of living adjustment for Social Security benefits means the average recipient will see an increase of about $50 per month. Social Security recipients received a 3.2% increase in their benefits in 2024. The smaller increase for 2025 is because inflation is slowing.

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The event featured an art market, dancing, Indigenous food and a powwow drum session.

Anthony Dwayne Bell Jr., 38, was shot on Oct. 4 and later died from his injuries.

Jeff Chow, owner-operator of Mama Chow’s Kitchen, suffered a fractured skull, six fractured ribs and a fractured shoulder blade after falling in the Columbia River Gorge.

U.S. suicide rates relentlessly increased for 20 consecutive years, from 1999 to 2018, followed by a slight dip during the COVID-19 pandemic, and then a rise in 2021 and 2022 – this despite more local, state and national prevention work.

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