Oregon spends four times the national average on indigent defense yet thousands of cases have not been prosecuted because the ...

On top of stiffer penalties for street racing, police can start criminal forfeiture proceedings so that seized vehicles might ...

This latest move — aimed at freezing funding — is a continuation of similar efforts from the Trump Administration to override ...

Metro’s 1% homelessness tax kicks in on any income above $125,000 for individuals and $200,000 for married couples. The ...

New legislation sponsored in Salem could affect the land-use battle over Portland's multi-billion-dollar water filtration ...

Multnomah County is choosing between Christopher Neal, a longtime security director who led the Portland International Airport remodel, and Libra Forde, an established nonprofit director and community ...

Peterson declared an emergency on Tuesday, announcing that three emergency shelters will open starting at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Mike Schmidt, the former Multnomah County district attorney who lost his reelection bid last year to an office insider, ...

Multnomah County is closing emergency shelters as weather improves but remains prepared for future cold snaps.

Do Good Multnomah, a homeless services nonprofit funded by Multnomah County, plans to close the shelter it operates in the ...

(All slides courtesy of Multnomah County) Cramped conditions at Multnomah County’s current animal shelter. In the fall of 2024, the Oregon Department of Agriculture issued a warning notice regarding ...

The Multnomah County Justice Center in downtown Portland, which houses a jail and four courtrooms, as well as Portland Police Bureau' central precinct. Amanda Troxler / OPB Oregon has failed to ...