Service providers say the new guidelines bring uncertainty as the city becomes more aggressive with sweeps of houseless camps P ortland city leaders adopted a code change in April intended to get houseless people off streets and into shelters. But with ca ...
9 Jun 2021 - Christen McCurdy
A long-sought memorial honoring hundreds of Chinese immigrants and people with mental illness whose graves were paved over is coming to fruition S ixteen years ago, officials discovered what some people had long suspected: a neglected corner of Southeast ...
26 May 2021 - Christen McCurdy
Citing racist origins, justices struck down Oregon's law allowing such convictions, but the state isn't applying the ruling retroactively Update: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday, May 17, in Edwards v. Vannoy that its 2020 decision in Ramos ...
12 May 2021 - Christen McCurdy
But mental health advocates critical of legislation that would roll back restrictions say the system needs a holistic fix O regon lawmakers are mulling over two bills that would make it easier to commit people to in-patient mental health treatment involun ...
14 Apr 2021 - Christen McCurdy
Part of the decrease is attributed to less accurate counting while students are learning remotely The number of students identified as homeless in Portland Public Schools is nearly half what it was this time last year — but district officials say those nu ...
23 Dec 2020 - Christen McCurdy
The Portland school, now in its third decade educating students experiencing homelessness, is working to keep students connected It was a cool, rainy Portland morning when Trisha Olson boarded the small school bus she drives every morning. It’s decorated ...
2 Dec 2020 - Christen McCurdy
Officials attribute the flat numbers to emergency preparedness and good luck The number of new cases of COVID-19 among Portland’s unhoused population has remained flat even as overall case counts have climbed upward, Multnomah County health officials say. ...
4 Nov 2020 - Christen McCurdy
Measure 109 supporters anticipate ‘a huge societal shift’ if magic mushrooms are legalized for medical use On the morning of July 19, a Sunday, Neal drove from his home in Portland to a cabin in a remote part of Oregon. The person he traveled to meet gree ...
30 Sep 2020 - Christen McCurdy
Adam Allen was walking home from a bar when police knocked him down in North Portland, says tort claim Adam Allen had just moved back to Portland after spending five years on the East Coast when he decided to meet an old friend for a drink on Aug. 9. He h ...
19 Aug 2020 - Christen McCurdy
But, according to the office’s director, the county — not USPS — is to blame The Multnomah County Elections Office has confirmed earlier reports from letter carriers that some Portland voters received ballots late in this week’s special election. Tim Sco ...
14 Aug 2020 - Christen McCurdy