Oregon spends four times the national average on indigent defense yet thousands of cases have not been prosecuted because the ...

Multnomah County is choosing between Christopher Neal, a longtime security director who led the Portland International Airport remodel, and Libra Forde, an established nonprofit director and community ...

Plans are now ramping up for a new animal shelter, a prospect that the Multnomah County estimates could cost anywhere between ...

The county program launched in 2022 with $500,000 in one-time funding as a pilot to assist low-income families in ...

Oregon wineries blame PacifiCorp for starting fires that brought smoke that damages their grapes and wines in 2020.

If you've followed our City in Crisis stories, you've seen Michael Corrie. He has been on a one-man mission to rid the city ...

On top of stiffer penalties for street racing, police can start criminal forfeiture proceedings so that seized vehicles might ...

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered action against sanctuary cities for not following federal immigration laws on ...

The Pearl District neighborhood was awoken by the police response Wednesday morning after police said a suspect fled to a building in the area after assaulting an employee at a bookstore on West ...

Northwest Naito Parkway was shut down, and residents were asked to stay inside with doors locked as officers dealt with a man reportedly wielding a machete.

Board members at Portland Public Schools are weighing a staff recommendation to sever ties with the prominent construction firm contracted to lead the modernization of Jefferson High School, an ...

Three-hundred-25 people stayed in severe weather and all-winter shelters in Multnomah County Tuesday night. The county opened three severe weather shelters because of below ...