Dozens of people have agreed to deflection rather than going to jail for possessing small amounts of hard drugs in the first two months of Multnomah County's new program.

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

It's been two and a half months since Multnomah County began offering people who are caught with a small amount of drugs the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — More immigrant families are migrating to Portland at an unsustainable rate. Mothers like Jamie, who has a 4-month-old daughter, said they were told Portland is a city where they could ...

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has paused Zenith Energy’s air quality permitting process, officials announced ...

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

He's been the only leader of the office tasked with expanding freeways to solve congestion in the Portland region.

Democrat Janelle Bynum has flipped Oregon’s 5th Congressional District. The U.S. House race was one of the country’s most ...

Hundreds of ballots were destroyed or damaged across three fires reported at drop boxes in Vancouver, Washington and Portland ...

The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) is investigating a deadly crash involving a MAX light-rail train and a construction worker.

A former deputy chief of staff to Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson is suing the county, alleging retaliation ...