Of the 91 referrals, 19 went through the new Portland deflection center between its Oct. 14 opening and the end of the month, and 13 initiated deflection.

A Multnomah County interim division director and former deputy chief of staff to Chair Jessica Vega Pederson is suing the ...

With little fanfare, Multnomah County has adopted a new policy that lays out rules for how it will distribute tents and tarps ...

He raised some $110,000, easily more than every other candidate combined, campaign finance records show. His top donors were ...

Information KATU obtained through records request shows medical spending in county jails varies widely from county to county.

"Handing out a tent in a person's time of great need is like putting a Band-Aid on gangrene. It's not helping out at all," he said.

Multnomah County commissioners approved a budget modification request from the sheriff's office on Thursday, granting the ...

The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office will be using the funds to help increase recruiting, hiring and retaining the staffing ...

Complicating matters even more is the re-introduction of criminal penalties for people possessing small amounts of hard drugs ...

The two cities in the Pacific Northwest are neighbors on opposite sides of the Columbia River, and it's not clear whether the ...

BRENDAN FINN TO JOIN MULTNOMAH COUNTY: Gresham City Councilor Vince Jones-Dixon ... Jones-Dixon tells WW he’s hired Brendan ...

“So that’s what we’re going to do.” Amber is one of the roughly 70 people who have been deflected in Multnomah County since Oregon recriminalized drug possession. Efforts to connect people ...