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Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. Murmurs: Kotek Wants to Bolster DEQ’s Authority In other news: Vaccines for most by April 21. NW Metals in 2018. (Sam Gehrke) Updated March 10 KOTEK WANTS TO BOLSTER DEQ's AUTHORITY: House Speaker Tina Kotek (D-Portland) reacted strongly to the catastrophic 2018 fire at NW Metals, a car scrapping business located in her district. Now she wants to prevent the scrapper from operating at a new location. As  WW reported las...

COVID jail outbreak in Portland followed months of warnings February 09 2021 As 109 inmates test positive, critics blast jail safety, say Sheriff Reese needs to beef up response For months, Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese's employees have told him and his managers he wasn't doing enough to fight COVID-19 in the jails he oversees. Weeks after the outbreak at Inverness Jail in Northeast Portland began, Reese announced somewhat improved safeguards. But employee unions and inmate advocates say he still hasn't gone far enough. Since the start of 2021, the outbreak has reached 109...

Flower, pre-rolls, edibles, carts and more. These 4 Days of 420 are for you. The jail, like any congregate facility, is not built for a viral outbreak. With dorms comprised of single cells and dozens of beds separated by half-walls, an infected cough can quickly travel through the unit, which typically holds 40 people. The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office (MCSO), which oversees the county's two adult jails, had tried to avoid the transmission of COVID-19 by opening up an extra dorm in Inverness, holding incoming inmates 14 days in a quarantined dorm before transferring them into the jail's g...

Multnomah County battles workplace outbreaks, complaints Employees complain of notification failures and shortcuts. Management says they're doing their best. At the headquarters of the Multnomah County Department of Health, nine workers at the county's HIV clinic tested positive for COVID-19, forcing numerous others to quarantine and the clinic to shutter its doors for a four-day stretch in mid-December. At the county's Donald E. Long Detention Center for juveniles, nine workers and three youth tested positive since the end of November, and jails operated by the Multnomah County Sher...

Multnomah County battles workplace outbreaks, complaints Employees complain of notification failures and shortcuts. Management says they're doing their best. At the headquarters of the Multnomah County Department of Health, nine workers at the county's HIV clinic tested positive for COVID-19, forcing numerous others to quarantine and the clinic to shutter its doors for a four-day stretch in mid-December. At the county's Donald E. Long Detention Center for juveniles, nine workers and three youth tested positive since the end of November, and jails operated by the Multnomah County Sher...