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Police, FBI investigating multiple weekend shootings in Portland By AP News Staff Photo credit: Portland Police Bureau PORTLAND, Ore. - Police on Sunday were getting help from the FBI in investigating the latest round of shootings in Portland amid a "cycle of violence" that the city’s police chief believes is gang-related. At least three shootings were reported over the weekend. A woman was killed in a shooting Sunday morning about an hour after a man suffered serious gunshot injuries in another shooting, police said. The man was expected to recover. On Saturday morning, a woman was shot i...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police on Sunday were getting help from the FBI in investigating...

Since Aug. 31, just one resident from the Laurelhurst encampment has been housed through the city's Navigation Team

A meeting of a community board that helps guide regional solutions to homelessness underscored concerns last week around a shelter proposal pitched by Multnomah County Commissioner Sharon Meieran. The virtual Wednesday meeting of the A Home For Everyone (AHFE) Coordinating Board—which oversees the collaborative work being done by governments in the Portland metro region to address homelessness—centered on Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury's proposed county budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year. That budget suggests using...

Legal costs for Portland law enforcement climb Tim Gruver, The Center Square © Provided by Washington Examiner Portland police are costing taxpayers millions of dollars in legal fees. Based on documents obtained by The Center Square, legal settlements involving the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) have cost more than $5.06 million in total since 2012. Annual payouts have climbed almost every year since then, police records show. In 2020, the PPB saw a record 12 payouts totaling $1.56 million or nearly double the $803,000 it lost to court battles in 2019. The PPB did not supply...