Hispanic News + Oregon Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

May 31, 2009

Hispanic population rising in Central Oregon

April 10, 2008

Oregon’s Dropout Rate Continues to Climb – (except for Hispanics YET the graduation rate is only 63.7%)

April 9, 2008

Women move to expand options for coast’s Hispanic community – Oregon

April 8, 2008

McKay’s Tony Gonzalez is having quite a year – High School athlete from Salem, Oregon

Oregon’s ‘Little Mexico’ serves as example of diversity – The increasing Latino population of Woodburn constitutes more than 50 percent of its total population

March 31, 2008

Latino families fight lure of gangs – A Portland officer teaches a national program in Spanish, reaching parents and kids – Oregon

March 26, 2008

Medical translator Joaquin Varo featured in trade magazine – Newport, Oregon

March 11, 2008

Riding the bilingual bus – Phoenix-Talent staff learn ways to make Hispanic students feel more welcome – Oregon

February 21, 2008

Money shortages doom service for Latino students – The Oregon Council for Hispanic Advancement started in 1983 to close this week

February 20, 2008

5 year old Isabella is in need of a bone marrow transplant – Portland, Oregon

February 13, 2008

War Between Rival Hispanic Bakeries – Willamette, Oregon

February 6, 2008

Support for Latinas’ next generation – Life skills – The Adelante Chicas program will focus on helping girls live in a culture unfamiliar to their parents – Oregon

February 4, 2008

Ruiz accepts job as Eugene’s city manager – Oregon

January 28, 2008

Oregon business group counters anti-illegal immigrant campaigns

January 23, 2008

Oregon employers launch immigrant-rights coalition

January 22, 2008

Eugene gets Hispanic TV network – Oregon

January 17, 2008

Hispanic activists come to listen, learn and press ahead on agendas – Olympia, Washington

January 14, 2008

Workshop Helps Latino Students Prepare for College – Kennewick, Oregon

Driver’s license legislation incites debate at Capitol – Oregon

January 2, 2008

Hispanic groups seek delay of new license requirements – Oregon

December 13, 2007

Latino students urged to move on to higher ed – Oregon

December 12, 2007

Latinos to get a councilor in Hillsboro – Oregon

December 9, 2007

Tigard playwright creates a modern-day nativity story – ‘In from the Cold’ is a multi-cultural story of forgiveness – Oregon

Move to honor Chavez hits a roadblock – In Portland, Ore., naming a street after the activist proves difficult. A series of hostile meetings ends in an impasse.

December 4, 2007

Latinos step it up – At Centennial, students are getting more involved in school – Gresham, Oregon

December 3, 2007

Chief focuses on issues of immigration – Eugene, Oregon

November 30, 2007

New role for Latinos – Under-represented in theater, Latino students try out acting at Miracle Theatre’s urging – Oregon

November 27, 2007

Model citizen or no, illegal alien about to be deported – Alejandra Trujillo – Oregon

November 25, 2007

Plan to rename street after Chavez pulled from consideration for now – Portland, Oregon

Jaramillos’ work goes far beyond their jobs – Oregon

November 15, 2007

New Portland street now in the running to honor Cesar Chavez

November 13, 2007

Legislators ‘Go After’ Undocumented Immigrant Families in Oregon

October 28, 2007

Portland divided over proposed Chavez Boulevard – Oregon

October 26, 2007

Mayor Potter storms out of street-renaming meeting – (Cesar Chavez related) – Portland, Oregon

October 23, 2007

Chiles in the air – That bite of autumn is more than nippy nights, as you’ll discover when you follow your nose to roasting chiles at farmers markets and groceries

Stephanie Lopez’s post-World Cup goal: NCAA title for Portland

October 17, 2007

State Hispanic panel will focus on gang violence in Sunnyside – Oregon

Parents say school misread son’s ethnicity – A lawsuit claims Hillsboro educators placed the English-speaking boy in ESL solely because he is Latino – Oregon

September 20, 2007

Mexican curriculum in Oregon schools stirs debate

Screen dreams – The first Portland Latin American Film Festival aims to boost Latino arts efforts in the area

September 18, 2007

Springfield High School high school moves toward forming mariachi band – Oregon

September 16, 2007

Woman driven to bring Latinas more knowledge – about breast cancer – Oregon

Did You Know? State figures from 2004-2005 show that 73 percent of white non-Hispanic women in Oregon 40 or older had had a mammogram the past two years, while 66 percent of Latinas in the same age group had

September 9, 2007

Class helps Spanish-speaking parents share tips and ideas – Dalles, Oregon

August 29, 2007

Farmworkers union sues feds – Group (PCUN) aims to halt higher application fees for noncitizens – Oregon

August 20, 2007

Tigres burning bright – Los Tigres del Norte and norteno go back a long way, and the band shows Portland why

August 16, 2007

In mid-September, the Oregonian will launch a flashy full-color Spanish-language tabloid called Cancha.

July 17, 2007

United Farm Workers sign first Oregon contract – It is state’s largest agricultural work agreement to date

July 15, 2007

Latino paper to run presses twice as often – Noticias Latinas in Oregon and southwest Washington

July 12, 2007

The owner of Grande Foods says the transition to a Latino market has been full of challenges and fun – (interesting article & 1st comment out of Cornelius, Oregon especially for any of you in the grocery/food industry)

June 24, 2007

Reyes’ family completes 1,200 mile trek to watch Oregon State win College World Series

June 21, 2007

Raids rattle Latino residents – Portland, Oregon

June 14, 2007

Federal Agents Raid Oregon Business Over Illegal Immigrants (175 taken into custody)

June 11, 2007

Now, Coco Reyes can listen to Oregon State University

May 30, 2007

Federal agents plan to step up deportation of illegal immigrants in jails and prisons – Oregon and Washington

May 9, 2007

Portland Timbers focus on attracting Latino fans

Portland getting Spanish TV station – Oregon

April 25, 2007

Hospice provider reaches out to Latino community – Oregon

April 24, 2007

KSND radio sells to La Pantera – Salem, Oregon

April 19, 2007

Columbia Forum speaker will focus on Mexican issues – Astoria, Oregon

April 6, 2007

Now you’re speaking my language – The Tigard-Tualatin School District is seeing the advantages of hiring teachers who are bi-lingual and bi-cultural – Oregon

April 4, 2007

Spanish radio station expands – Portland, Oregon

April 2, 2007

Latinas put their message where the ears are – Three Forest Grove girls hope ’stay in school’ resonates with a hip-hop station’s listeners – Oregon

March 29, 2007

KTRO-FM 93.1 Launches Regional Mexican Music Format – Portland

Maria Antonia Toña Sanchez receives national honor for cancer outreach to Hispanic women – Hood River, Oregon

March 25, 2007

La Nueva Onda Latina has found its audience in local Hispanic community – Dalles, Oregon

February 22, 2007

Beyond Cinco de Mayo: Exploring Latino cultures

February 7, 2007

Language bill stirs talk but isn’t a priority – Oregon

February 1, 2007

Pacific’s bilingual clinic plans an open house – Hillsboro, Oregon

January 26, 2007

University of Oregon to host Feb. 5 conference on immigration in America

HISPANIC CHAMBER ESTABLISHES LONG-TERM SCHOLARSHIP FUND – Oregon

January 24, 2007

Immigrants need help learning English – opinion of Colleen Puentes – Oregon

January 20, 2007

Nelson champions ‘English-only’ bill – Oregon

January 14, 2007

Immigrants reshape Hillsboro – Oregon

January 5, 2007

Comcast Launches Si TV in Oregon and SW Washington

January 2, 2007

Trumbo yet to receive response from Mexico – Oregon

December 14, 2006

Ponche, tamales, chorizo, nopales (about a grocery store) – Lincoln City, Oregon

December 8, 2006

Flowers for Guadalupe – Yearly celebration at St. Mary’s has rich tradition in Catholic church – Corvallis, Oregon

January 16, 2006

Bilingual real estate agents are in demand with Latino home buyers. Eugene, Oregon