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EXAIR’s VariBlast Precision Safety Air Gun has won the 2022 People’s Choice award from Professional Tool and Equipment News (PTEN). These safety air guns

About a dozen Salem-area attorneys are calling for a public apology from Marion County District Attorney Paige Clarkson.

This article was produced as a collaboration between Bolts and Portland Mercury. ——— In a new campaign video for Washington County District Attorney Kevin Barton, a narrator asks: “Why does safety matter?” Several people then give vague answers about family and community until a woman with a worried expression delivers perhaps the most direct response: “Because I don’t want our county turning into Portland.” Although more than a thousand Portlanders live within Washington County, Oregon’s...

With contributions capped, big players with names like Goodman, Kafoury, and Jubitz are writing small checks to candidates for city commissioner.

The former Wapato Correctional Facility is transformed into a homeless shelter and services center. Multnomah County Commission Chair Deborah Kafoury is proposing to spend $150 million next fiscal year to reduce homelessness, including creating more shelter capacity and supportive services. That does not yet include any funding for the county's former unused Wapato Jail, which is currently sheltering and serving the homeless, even as it is still being transformed into the Bybee Lakes Hope Center. The remote North Portland facility opened last October with 76 shelter beds and 56 residential...