INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Each week on Community Link, Carolene Mays takes a look at an organization or business that is making a positive impact on the community. This week, Mays was joined by Dr.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Nonprofit organization Constructing Hope has increased the number of students it can serve through its pre-apprenticeship program as part of a makeover at its Northeast Portland ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The problems revolving around homelessness and crime in Portland are no secret, but one local organization prides itself on rebuilding lives and has a multitude of examples of ...

PORTLAND, Oregon — 'Constructing Hope' rebuilds the lives of people who get out of prison with jobs in construction. Dave Dahl, the ex-con who started Dave's Killer Bread, recently gave them a huge ...

In July, 2013, Will Shortz, the New York Times’ longtime puzzle editor, asked me to be his assistant. I had just graduated from college, and, to my mind, the invitation had little rationale. It ...