PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – As we reflect on Black History Month, a pioneering Black-owned newspaper in Portland has shut down operations after 50 years. The Skanner has reported on some of the biggest moments in the Pacific Northwest and the country.
“No one did this in Portland like Bernie and Bobbie did,” said Oregon Historical Society Executive Director Kerry Tymchuk.
The historic Skanner newspaper has come to an end. The newspaper was founded in 1975 by Bernie Foster and led by his wife, Bobbie Foster, who served as Executive Editor and covered Portland’s Black community and the area’s biggest headlines…