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The shelter received almost $2 million in donations over the last five years. It spent less than a third of it.

The states claim the companies, including 3M and DuPont, are directly responsible for contaminating drinking water and natural areas with PFAs.

The states claim the companies, including 3M and DuPont, are directly responsible for contaminating drinking water and natural areas with PFAs.

Portland's Mount Tabor Park has been designated the first Urban Quiet Park in the United States by Quiet Parks International.

Nathan Vasquez, a senior deputy Multnomah County prosecutor, announced on Wednesday that he’s running to unseat his current boss, District Attorney Mike Schmidt. So far, Vasquez is the lone person to challenge Schmidt, who said he plans to run for reelection next year.

Tribal nations harvested hundreds of slippery eel-like fish called lamprey from the Willamette Falls over the weekend for a tribal fish bake and celebration.

In other news, Oregon’s governor signs bills to reduce plastic pollution, the future of Clark County’s needle exchange gets murky, and more.

In other news, Multnomah County creates task forces aimed at thwarting auto and retail theft, toxins along part of the southern Oregon Coast force the closure of commercial crabbing there, and more.

The proposed Measure 15-216 would use tax increment financing to revitalize areas that were devastated by the 2020 Almeda Fire.