Richard Harris takes on Oregon's mental health and addictions division Post Oct. 24, 2008 By Amanda Waldroupe Contributing Writer The Oregon office of Addictions and Mental Health Division is moving and shaking. On September 12, it was announced that ...
24 Oct 2008 - Street Roots
The story behind the Lone Fir cemetery (P hoto by Leah Nash) Grace Heckenberg stands in Lone Fir Cemetery. Nearby, more than 100 residents of Oregon’s landmark Hawthorne Asylum lie buried in unmarked graves. “That portion of the cemetery set apart for the ...
27 Nov 2008 - Street Roots
"We're not crazy": Gulf War illness is real — deal with it, veterans tell national panel By Cydney Gillis, Street News Service In the final days of the first Gulf War in Iraq, Mark Nieves was a soldier in a unit assigned to destroying munit ...
19 Feb 2009 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! In like a lion, as they say- March as definitely arrived! Why not celebrate this weekend with the latest edition of Street Roots, hot off the press and in your neighborhood vendor’s hands on Friday morning. Here’s what you will be enjoying s ...
5 Mar 2009 - Street Roots
Mental health care funds left behind in the recovery In February, Chris Bouneff got a phone call from a man whose wife has bipolar disorder. She had been managing it well with private health care, the caller said, but then the couple both lost their jobs, ...
19 Mar 2009 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! One minute it’s warm and sunny, the next it’s cold, foggy and grey. It’s tough to know what to wear these days. But you always know what to read! And starting tomorrow, you’ll have a fresh copy of Street Roots to keep your mind warm and toas ...
18 Feb 2010 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! Hot stuff coming your way, and not just that sultry Mother Nature. The new Street Roots just went to press and will be on the streets Friday morning, cradled by the hardworking hands of your local neighborhood vendor. Give him or her a smile ...
8 Jul 2010 - Street Roots
Navigating the inequities of mental health system By Jenny Westberg, Contributing Columnist Keaton Otis died on May 12. We know police shot at him 32 times. We know the other victim, Officer Christopher Burley, and we know he’ll survive. We know so much a ...
15 Jul 2010 - Street Roots
Protesters say Gov's cuts sending us 'back to the 1970s' About 200 people rallied at noon today to protest Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s budget cuts to human services, saying the cuts will have a devastating effect on the state’s most vulnerable po ...
15 Jul 2010 - Street Roots
Breakdown: Proposed budget cuts could drastically alter local services By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer Homeless and low-income advocates, service providers, and policymakers were put on notice when the Republican-controlled — and Tea Party infused — Hou ...
28 Mar 2011 - Street Roots