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Since taking the reins at the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office in 2020, Mike Schmidt has faced a deluge of crises, and criticism. Schmidt took office in August 2020 amid a global pandemic and nationwide racial justice reckoning that spurred prolonged protests in Portland. Those external factors, coupled with a nationwide rise in crime during the pandemic (that has since fallen) painted the picture for many residents that Multnomah County was in dire straits. Unsurprisingly,...

So far in 2024, Multnomah County is on track to surpass 2023's record-high drug seizures, the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office announced Friday.

The pro-Israel group is funneling money to Susheela Jayapal’s opponent Maxine Dexter through a “pro-science” PAC, according to two members of Congress.

(Portland, OR) -- The Multnomah County Elections Office is working to fix a mistake where the wrong ballots were sent to 92-hundred voters in East County. Their ballots were intended for voters outsi...

An important update for some voters in east Multnomah County, especially Gresham residents.

Vadim Mozyrsky is back. The administrative law judge ran for Portland city council in 2020, coming in just behind then-incumbent Jo Ann Hardesty and eventual winner Rene Gonzalez. Now, he's got his sights set on the Multnomah County Commission in District 1.

The joint 90-day state of emergency was a recommendation of a Portland Central City Task Force convened last fall. Officials pledged further action Friday.

The mistake affects 1.6% of all registered Oregon voters, Multnomah County Elections said.

The Multnomah County Elections Division announced they are sending out replacement ballots for 9,300 voters who were sent a previous version that was incorrect.

Dozens of protesters who were arrested in connection with the pro-Palestinian protests at Portland State University made their first court appearances Friday, m