Opinion
Kaia Sand | As the ice melts, a reckoning
Thick crusts of ice covered the sidewalk. Trees fell on rooftops and trucks. Powerlines snapped, letting loose the deadly currents that killed members of a young family. Others died of hypothermia — at least four deaths are being investigated in Multnomah County. Kaia Sand is the executive director of Street Roots. This column represents her…
Housing
Oregon seniors struggle under the threat of homelessness
Editor's note: This story discusses self-harm. In her late 50s, Laurie depended on $100 a month in food stamps while she lived in her car. She ate cold canned soup and food she could eat without cooking. She took showers when she could at her ex-brother-in-law’s house, where she parked her car. She found temporary…
News
Oregon seniors struggle under the threat of homelessness
Editor's note: This story discusses self-harm. In her late 50s, Laurie depended on $100 a month in food stamps while she lived in her car. She ate cold canned soup and food she could eat without cooking. She took showers when she could at her ex-brother-in-law’s house, where she parked her car. She found temporary…
Cowlitz Tribe plants thousands of camas bulbs
Come spring, thousands of qáwm’, or camas, flowers will blanket Cowlitz Indian Tribe’s tribal land. The tribe is celebrating a successful volunteer campaign planting more than 10,000 camas bulbs. “Native Culture Corner” is a recurring column by Melanie Henshaw sharing uplifting cultural stories from Indigenous communities in Oregon. Donning ponchos and galoshes, a fleet of…
Environment
Cowlitz Tribe plants thousands of camas bulbs
Come spring, thousands of qáwm’, or camas, flowers will blanket Cowlitz Indian Tribe’s tribal land. The tribe is celebrating a successful volunteer campaign planting more than 10,000 camas bulbs. “Native Culture Corner” is a recurring column by Melanie Henshaw sharing uplifting cultural stories from Indigenous communities in Oregon. Donning ponchos and galoshes, a fleet of…
