I m proud to say I am a lunch lady : PPS cooks rally for hazard pay
Workers say the school district was late to re-enroll them in a federally-funded program, causing them to lose $1,500. The district says the union caused the delay. Author: Katherine Cook Updated: 11:43 PM PDT April 7, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. Most schools have been closed for the last year as teachers worked remotely. But in Portland, many school cafeterias have stayed busy as nutrition services workers prepared meals for kids who needed them. Now, those workers are asking Portland Public Schools (PPS) for hazard pay, money they say they are owed.
Updated: 1:43 PM PST February 23, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. One person was killed and another injured after a shooting Saturday night in Northeast Portland. The person who died has been identified as 25-year-old Tyler Turpin.
Portland police officers were dispatched at 9:38 p.m. to a report of a shooting at the intersection of Northeast 54th Avenue and Northeast Fremont Street. They found two victims.
Paramedics determined one victim, now identified as Turpin, was deceased at the scene. The other was taken to the hospital and is still recovering from injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening, police said Tuesday.
No arrests have been made and no suspect information is available.
One dead, one wounded in Saturday shooting February 21 2021
The shooting happened the day after the Portland Police Bureau announced it has created and deployed a new Enhanced Community Safety Team to reduce gun violence.
One person was killed and another wounded in a Northeast Portland shooting Saturday evening, Feb. 20.
The names of the victims were not immediately released. No arrests have been made and no suspect information is available, either.
According to police, at 9:38 p.m. on Feb. 20, North Precinct officers were dispatched to a report of a shooting at Northeast 54th Avenue and Northeast Fremont Street. When officers arrived, they located two victims. Paramedics responded and determined one victim was deceased and the other injured.