More than 200 people who had been taking refuge in a vacant Minneapolis hotel since last week were ordered to leave Tuesday.The former Sheraton Minneapolis Midtown Hotel, on Chicago Avenue near Lake Street, was turned into a shelter during the fires and unrest after the killing of George Floyd. For more than a week, the hotel’s owner had allowed homeless people and activists to occupy the property. But he received notice of lease violations in a letter this week from the property’s management company. Ryan Cos., which manages the Midtown Exchange Project, cited rampant drug use and sales in...…More than 200 people who had been taking refuge in a vacant Minneapolis hotel since last week were ordered to leave Tuesday.The former Sheraton Minneapolis Midtown Hotel, on Chicago Avenue near Lake Street, was turned into a shelter during the fires and unrest after the killing of George Floyd. For more than a week, the hotel’s owner had allowed homeless people and activists to occupy the property. But he received notice of lease violations in a letter this week from the property’s management company. Ryan Cos., which manages the Midtown Exchange Project, cited rampant drug use and sales in...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareSALEM, ORE. — Jonathan Jones named his restaurant Epilogue because it was supposed to be the end of a beginning.Jones, 32, and his wife, Maura Ryan, 31, moved here from Wilmington, N.C., in 2014, to delve into Oregon's wine industry and to try to oNow, he and Ryan, who is White, wonder if this is the city to carry on their new beginning. The two have been targeted by far-right extremists and white-supremacist groups, and the attacks have intensified over the past few months as several of these groups, including those supporting...…This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareSALEM, ORE. — Jonathan Jones named his restaurant Epilogue because it was supposed to be the end of a beginning.Jones, 32, and his wife, Maura Ryan, 31, moved here from Wilmington, N.C., in 2014, to delve into Oregon's wine industry and to try to oNow, he and Ryan, who is White, wonder if this is the city to carry on their new beginning. The two have been targeted by far-right extremists and white-supremacist groups, and the attacks have intensified over the past few months as several of these groups, including those supporting...WW…