To celebrate his 100th Birthday Kurt Messerschmidt bought a car. This optimism is typical of a man who survived one of the darkest chapters in human history - being held for three years in a German Concentration Camp.

Haroun Adam waited almost five years to be reunited with his wife and four sons. He left Sudan in 2010 because he had become a target of government troops after complaining about conditions in a refugee camp. His family arrived in Portland in December to a joyous welcome.

Jim Hughes fought in the battle of the Chosin Reservoir, one of the most brutal battles of the Korean War. Hughes has made it his life's work not to close the door on those memories, but to share the story.

Brian Walker is using a new robotic exoskeleton to help him walk again after a devastating injury

A new program helps people with developmental disabilities improve their reading skills by reading to cats at a local animal shelter