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When James McKinney walked into Kiggins Village for the first time, he told staff, “This is not going to work.”

Multnomah County announced the Behavioral Health Resource Center is closing for one week in May for fire safety construction and staff training.

The Behavioral Health Resource Center in downtown Portland is shutting down for one week in May for fire safety improvements and staff training, Multnomah County announced Tuesday.

Are churches the new housing developers? Leaders at a North Portland church property, now home to an affordable housing complex for formerly homeless veterans, say they can be part of the solution to Portland's housing crisis. Last Wednesday morning, North Portland’s Portsmouth Union Church (PUC) was abuzz with people celebrating the opening of a new affordable housing development that’s been in the works for nearly a decade. The complex, dubbed Portsmouth Commons, is a 20-unit...

Two years after a deadly heat wave that killed 69 people, Multnomah County says it doesn’t have dedicated emergency shelter space or cooling centers. The Pacific Northwest is at the tail end of a scorching heat wave, with temperatures in the Portland area forecasted to reach triple digits four days in a row—a new August record. For people without access to air conditioning, such heat can be dangerous, or even deadly. Already, the Multnomah County...