“Vanport,” a traveling exhibition from the Oregon Historical Society, continues through Dec. 31. Museum hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. It’s closed Dec. 25-26.

A few years later, Vanport, a nearby neighborhood where much of Oregon's Black population lived was destroyed in a massive flood. "Expo was Vanport's next-door neighbor," former Metro Councilor Ed ...

disproportionately impacting Black residents in what was once Oregon’s second-largest city. “We recognize the history of Vanport and the community impacted by the flood of 1948,” the county ...

Portland International Raceway opened in 1961 on the former location of the city of Vanport, which was destroyed by the Memorial Day 1948 flood. The 12-turn, 1.964-mile natural road course is ...

The Community Kwanzaa Celebration has been held for 20 years. This year the event was hosted by Vanport Remodeling & Construction and non-profit Good in the Hood. Performers highlighted the second ...