Part 2: Urban Alchemy settled a $1 million lawsuit days after Portland opened a UA-operated shelter site in July. The class action suit, brought by an employee in California, speaks to concerns about the organization’s model. Two days after the Clinton Tr ...
27 Dec 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
Adult and youth day passes, among other tickets see fare increase in the new year Certain TriMet fares will increase Jan. 1, 2024. The increases, approved by a board vote in May, will range from 15 to 60 cents depending on the type of ticket purchased. Be ...
27 Dec 2023 - Bruno Crolla
Multnomah County’s 2022 Domicile Unknown report finds 315 homeless residents died amid surge in overdoses, homicides, self-harm deaths and traffic fatalities Editor’s note: This story discusses drug overdoses, self-harm and violence. A record of at least ...
20 Dec 2023 - K. Rambo
The sister of one homeless Portlander who died in 2022 says her brother struggled but brought beauty into his world Editor’s note: This story discusses sexual abuse. Jeremy Hofmann was just seven years old when his life changed forever. “That’s, I think, ...
20 Dec 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
The bridge to Sauvie Island now honors wapato, an important first food for many regional tribes Travelers headed to Sauvie Island will now cross the newly renamed Wapato Bridge after Multnomah County Commissioners approved the change proposed by a Native- ...
20 Dec 2023 - Melanie Henshaw
Kids wrote letters and gave up their stuffed animals in hopes of getting the Congressman to take a stand against the violence in Gaza at the Dec. 2 march Over 1,000 protesters descended on Rep. Earl Blumenauer’s Portland house to demand he call for a ceas ...
13 Dec 2023 - Kevin Foster
Part 1: Portland brought in a California nonprofit to run its temporary shelter sites amid criticism. Homeless Portlanders find hope and disappointment in the promise of a sanctioned space to live. When Mayor Ted Wheeler's then-senior advisor, Sam Ad ...
13 Dec 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
Four county commissioners signed a letter asking DEQ to use its authority to reassess the legal sufficiency of Portland’s land use approval The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners sent a Dec. 7 letter asking Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, ...
7 Dec 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
The future education building will host events, honor Indigenous cultures Beginning next June, visitors to Tryon Creek State Natural Area will be able to gaze into the forest from inside the tall windows of a new Education Pavilion built in the style of a ...
6 Dec 2023 - Melanie Henshaw
How PHAME creates room for Portlanders with intellectual and developmental disabilities to produce, challenge and advance their art The audience responded with a resounding standing ovation when Aaron Hobson sang “Psycho Killer" at the Tomorrow Theat ...
6 Dec 2023 - Ellen Clarke