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Portlanders had their say Wednesday on two competing ordinances that would govern enforcement of homeless camps on city property.

The officials were not going to take this one away from Carter Oakenfold.

Portland and Gresham fire officials said replacing a medic with an EMT on AMR rigs will boost response times.

GAA president Larry McCarthy made yet another blunder on Wednesday night when handing the Sigerson Cup trophy over to winning captain Ryan Magill

Despite being safe from a citywide 5 percent spending cut, Portland’s fire chief says the fire bureau is still staring down an $11 million budget shortfall. As a result, Portland Street Response could lose a third of its already constrained budget. During a budget workshop last Tuesday, Portland Fire Chief Ryan Gillespie said Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R) expects to overspend its roughly $175 million budget by about $11 million in the 2024-25 fiscal year,...

Leaders throughout Central Florida can be rightfully proud of the rapid, effective and efficient response to the Wednesday-afternoon blaze that left the area’s biggest overnight homeless shelter a soggy, scorched mess. By the time firefighters cleared the scene at the 237-bed downtown shelter, operated by the Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida, local homeless advocates and community ...

The future is uncertain for Portland Street Response, a program currently providing assistance citywide to people experiencing mental health and behavioral health crises.

AMR Operations Manager Rob McDonald finds it impossible to maintain Multnomah County's dual paramedic requirement right now.

SW Jefferson and Broadway is Portland’s latest drug hub. First responders have new ways to address addiction. It’s up to state legislators if those ideas will work.

As Multnomah County and American Medical Response continue their deliberations over how to adapt to an ongoing shortage of paramedics in the area, Portland’s interim fire chief has chosen to intervene.