Twice the number of prisoners in county jails have died in the last three months than in all of 2021 and 2022 A 36-year-old prisoner in Portland’s downtown Multnomah County Detention Center, or MCDC, died Aug. 1, according to the Multnomah County Sherif ...
3 Aug 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
Transportation activists say the crisis should be treated as a public health emergency 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 adviso ...
2 Aug 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
After public outcry, Multnomah County Commissioners paused a new pilot program that would distribute safe smoking supplies, including foil and straws Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson abruptly paused a Multnomah County Health Department harm re ...
19 Jul 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
Vague communication from city causes concern among homeless Portlanders and service providers Portland’s ‘daytime camping ban’ went into effect July 7, but the city has not communicated a rollout timeline, a map of allowed sleeping spots or when exactly P ...
12 Jul 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden