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Multnomah County jails have reported 6 deaths in 3 months
A 36-year-old prisoner in Portland’s downtown Multnomah County Detention Center, or MCDC, died Aug. 1, according to the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office. Few details are available as the investigation is ongoing. The latest death is the sixth in MCSO jails this year, all happening since May 2 — twice the three total deaths in Multnomah County…
Federal audit finds financial issues at Chemawa Indian School
Chemawa Indian School, Oregon’s only off-reservation boarding school, mismanaged hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal and donated funds, a federal audit released July 17 found. The Office of the Inspector General of the Department of the Interior conducted the report after Oregon’s Democratic Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley requested an audit in 2021…
Vehicle crashes killed 43 people in Portland this year
An 11-year-old boy. A county librarian and mother of two. A 26-year-old living in an RV with his dad. The July Portland Bureau of Transportation, or PBOT, budget advisory committee meeting began by reading the names of people killed in vehicle crashes since the prior month's meeting. For the next 40 minutes, committee members squabbled…
Commissioner Rene Gonzalez said his decision to halt tent distribution was for fire safety. Emails tell a different story.
Foreshadowing things to come, Portland Commissioner Rene Gonzalez halted tent distribution by Portland Fire and Rescue personnel, including Portland Street Response, shortly after taking office, saying an uptick in tent fires drove the decision. “It has become clear that tent and tarp-related fires are a grave public safety emergency for our city,” Gonzalez said in…
Last Month in Oregon Labor | July 2023
Oregon saw at least one union election win, eight new workplaces file for elections or launch union campaigns and four labor actions in July. This was a dip in elections and labor actions but an increase in filings from June. Bargaining continues for several workplaces across the state, with a few preparing for potential strikes.…
Opinion
Kaia Sand | New Rose City Resource guides are now available
GET YOUR ROSE CITY RESOURCE GUIDES Pick up Rose City Resource guides by visiting our office at 211 NW Davis St. in Old Town. We are open 8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and 8:30 a.m. – noon on Saturdays. Kaia Sand is the executive director of Street Roots. This column…
Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile | Passion for the pursuit of justice
How do you tell the story of life on the streets? How do you tell the story of those who are homeless, those who develop deadly addictions with no support, those who are on the very lowest rungs of our society and bridge the gap with those who are much more fortunate? Joshua believes that’s…
