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Election season is officially here, with the passage of the filing deadline for candidates as of last Tuesday. The candidates for local and some state and federal offices are listed below.
Those who are listed as "qualification pending" had yet to learn if the state Elections Division had qualified them for the ballot.


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The Oregon Department of Transportation has named Michael A. Cobb, diversity manager with the department's Bridge Delivery Unit, as manager of the department's Office of Civil Rights.

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VANCOUVER, Wash.—Leann Johnson, former manager of cultural services for the city of Vancouver, is the new director for equity and diversity at Clark College.


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A community-wide HIV/AIDS healing worship service will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 12, in the Allen Temple CME Church, 4326 N.E. Eighth Ave.


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Each year, in concert with chapters around the world, the Beta Psi Citywide and Portland Alumnae chapters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority sponsor an International Day of Service to raise awareness about the global HIV/AIDS pandemic.
This year's program — themed "Educate! Empower! Include!" — runs from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 11 at Self Enhancement Inc., 3920 N. Kerby Ave.


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Links to the ancient past will be the topic next month when University of Hawaii Professor Robert Littman addresses the Portland Society of the Archaeological Institute of America on "The Valley of the Golden Mummies: The Bahariya Oasis, Mummies, Health and Disease in Ancient Egypt."


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Students and alumni in the TRIO programs at Portland State University — which include students from limited-income, first-generation families, ethnic minorities and other underrepresented groups in the Portland and Hillsboro school districts — were recognized during TRIO Student Recognition Day recently.


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Imam W.Deen Mohammed, the son of the Hon.Elijah Muhammad, will make a first-time visit to Portland this month for a tribute dinner and public lecture.


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The University of Portland will host "Expanding Your Horizons," a career awareness conference for girls in grades six through 12, on Saturday, March 18.


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Although the Cascade Festival of African Films has officially wrapped up its annual run, the…


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