Multnomah County Health Department warns of fatal heroin overdoses From the County Health Department. A handful of overdose deaths in the last few weeks, along with a steady rise in heroin-related deaths over the past year, have raised concerns among coun ...
18 Jul 2008 - Street Roots
Multnomah County Forum to Save Our Human Services Human Services Multnomah County Print ...
20 Apr 2009 - Street Roots
Speak your mind on County Motor Vehicle Rental Tax Tomorrow morning is the first hearing for a proposed Multnomah County rental car tax increase. The extra revenue raised by the tax could help patch the $42 million county budget shortfall and potentially ...
6 May 2009 - Street Roots
A talk with Multnomah County Chairman Jeff Cogen on what’s wrong, what’s right, and what could be By Israel Bayer, Staff Writer From “Shakedown Street” at Grateful Dead shows to creating the first certified organic bakery in Portland with the Portland Pre ...
15 Sep 2011 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! What an exciting time to be a Portlander! Spring is in full stride, election buzz is in the air, and the new Street Roots arrives tomorrow morning! Don’t forget to tuck a buck in your purse, wallet or back pocket to trade for the finest news ...
26 Apr 2012 - Street Roots
Street Roots, Multnomah County release homeless deaths report This morning, Multnomah County released a new report, co-authored by Street Roots on the number of homeless people who died on the streets last year. The county medical examiner’s office count ...
27 Apr 2012 - Street Roots
‘Domicile unknown’ By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer Laurie Crow would have been 54 on Dec. 27, 2011. Instead, she became one of 47. Only a few weeks before her birthday, she died curled up in her sleeping bag in a meadow near Going Street. Her partner, Claren ...
10 May 2012 - Street Roots
Staff reports Outreach workers from organizations throughout Portland and Multnomah County will be out at the end of January trying to determine exactly how many people are homeless in this area. The work is in partnership with Portland and Multnomah Coun ...
28 Jan 2013 - Street Roots Staff
The second annual report on homeless deaths shines a light on the toll taken by the streets By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer He was one of a kind — the man in the white tuxedo and Mickey Mouse ears, playing his trumpet from a corner perch on the Hawthorne Bri ...
10 May 2013 - Joanne Zuhl
By Israel Bayer, Staff Writer Street Roots has been very busy on the homeless advocacy and policy front as of late. Street Roots, along with many of our partners are helping lead the, “We are the Safety Net” campaign. The campaign has worked very hard to ...
17 May 2013 - Israel Bayer