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Situated three blocks from the coming Ritz Carlton Hotel and three blocks from Central City Concern Recovery Center on the North Park Blocks, Multnomah County’s pristine Behavioral Health Resource Center

From July 2021 to July 2022, 21 of Oregon’s 36 counties lost residents and the state as a whole saw a population decline of more than 16,000 people, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Oregon's system for people with profound mental illness is broken. We examine two major problems and two promising strategies.

Measure 26-238 is on the May ballot. Portland and county leaders have spoken out against the new tax. Proponents say it will help tenants facing rising rental costs.

The state has signaled its support for allocating an additional $70 million to Gov. Tina Kotek’s initial request of $130 million in emergency funds to help move residents off the streets and keep them housed.

ODOT estimates the average household will pay $575 a year just for its first phase of tolls

Measures in nine statehouses cover maximum and minimum speed limits for motorists and truck drivers on highways and interstates.

The Portland Roadster Show is roaring back after three years off because of the COVID-19 pandemic with its largest exhibition event yet — including a tribute to the 50th anniversary

The location of the Portland Water Bureau’s planned plant to filter Bull Run water continues to be controversial. Neighbors and several local governments in proximity to the rural site near

Homelessness, economic recovery, and community safety are top of mind for three candidates vying for the open Multnomah County Commission seat this May. The district 3 position, left open by Jessica Vega Pederson who was elected County Chair in November, covers a large swath of Southeast Portland—an economically diverse district that’s been impacted by Portland’s rising gun violence, economic downturn during the pandemic, and affordable housing crisis. Whoever is elected to fil...