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Slabtown Square, a seven-story mixed-use building in Northwest Portland, received a 2025 Bronze Award in the “Best ...

Portland State University is proposing to renovate and expand the approximately 2,000-square-foot Indigenous Traditional ...

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Rita M. Colvert (nee Hogan), age 88, a resident of Naperville, IL since 1963, formerly of Moline and Oak Park, IL, passed away on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at her home. She was born June 12, 1937, in ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Earlier this year the world looked on in horror as fires ravaged neighborhoods across Los Angeles. The ...

Avery Colvert was only 14 years old when she launched Altadena Girls, during L.A.’s devastating fires. Now, what could have been a moment has become a movement. Earlier this year the world looked on ...

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Going from middle school to high school is a big enough change as is. But Avery Colvert, who founded Altadena Girls in the wake of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires earlier this year, is juggling ...

Altadena Girls — the nonprofit founded by 14-year-old Avery Colvert in the wake of the January Los Angeles fires — sprouted from one of the city’s worst tragedies. However, the organization has always ...