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The tragic story of Fallon Smart

By Isabelle Donahue

Staff Editor

When 15-year-old Franklin High School sophomore Fallon Smart was struck and killed on Hawthorne on Aug. 20, 2016 by 20-year-old Portland Community College student Abdulahraman Sameer Noorah, a Saudi national who then fled to Saudi Arabia, the story went viral, including a story by '60 Minutes', leading to an extended legal battle still being fought today.

Can The Epoch Times be trusted?

An enigmatic example of the rise in popularity of alternative publications is The Epoch Times, a New-York based multilingual newspaper that has exploded in popularity over the past several years.

Disney film in the works about Keanon Lowe

The former University of Oregon wide receiver and Parkrose HS football coach and campus security guard will have a movie made about him for disarming a student with a shotgun.

Harriet Tubman to eventually replace Andrew Jackson on $20

With the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement the discussion of putting

Harriet Tubman being put onto the $20 bill is back in full force, with President Biden

and his team working towards making it happen.

Human 'cages' removed from southern border amidst surge of illegal crossings

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have closed the Southern Texas warehouse where families and children were held within chain-linked enclosures, deemed “cages” by the public when the media brought them to light during the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance on immigrating families, for renovations until 2022.

Depression treatment varies by genetic makeup

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As mental health declines during the COVID-19 pandemic, conditions like Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) have tripled the rate in US adults from 8.5% to 27.8%

ADHD students challenged during CDL learning

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According to ASAPScience, those diagnosed with ADHD have fewer dopamine receptors, so they can be easily bored and lack the ability to be entertained by activities that most individuals enjoy.

A matter of life or death

Capital Punishment in the United States has been declining since the 1970s, as many states in the Union have deemed it “unilaterally unconstitutional,” as the California State Senate stated after reaching a Resolution in 2014 to stop further executions of the condemned.

Darcelle XV added to the national register

The first ever LGBTQ+ drag show bar dazzles the stage and is the first to be nominated to become a part of the national registry of historical places.

Racial disparities once again embroil our nation

"The world looked at my Black and brown neighborhood, and called us 'thugs' and 'wetbacks.'"

By guest writer, guidance counselor Sabrina Sommer

Concussion protocols will be in place when sports season resumes

Driver's Ed availability will have to wait for school to reopen

Slow progress made to bridge gender gap

Large grocery store chains failed recalls last spring

Environmental violations against local glass company remain most egregious

Do I Know You?

A comic strip of pandemic perspective

Posted April 2021

By Guest Illustrator Rebecca Popov

I'm Done

A poem of pandemic perspective

Posted January 2021

By Guest Poet Nataliya Ursaki

I’m Done

I wake up tired

Ready to do work, but feeling uninspired

Assignments pile up

Making me stressed,

Leaving them for another day,

I assume it's for the best.

Mask on, out the door, keeping six feet apart

Same routine over and over

I’m ready to restart

Apron, cap, smile, yup, working to get my check,

Trying to sound and look my best

But internally I’m a wreck

At home at last, I relax with a hot shower

Laying in bed restless for the next hour

My head feels droopy,

Can this be over

My mind rethinks life

As my eyelids lower