Officers said a car belonging to a family member of Commissioner Rene Gonzalez may have been intentionally set on fire. The car was parked outside his home Friday.

The Portland Association of Teachers says that unless COVID-19’s spread can be stopped, it’s not safe to open schools.

Local residents and social service providers had urged the board to fund and launch an around-the-clock emergency sobering center as quickly as possible for people suffering from drug and alcohol...

“We are seeing lots of just blatant open use,” one officer said. “It’s kind of changed the dynamic.”

The deaths continue to be investigated by police and the medical examiner.

Released Monday, the report looks at the demographics of victims in Multnomah County.

"Oregon, for as long as we’ve had cases, is really the top performing state."

First responders had been called to help the woman six times in the past two weeks. She declined services each time.

A Portland nonprofit was paying to house asylum seekers in a motel, but ran out of funds. The city has stepped in to house them for one more week.

Our lack of progress on addressing homelessness reflects the lack of a centralized governance structure or coordinated plan for ending homelessness, writes Multnomah County Commissioner Sharon...

A center is estimated to cost from $20 to $30 million to open and $10 million annually to operate, officials said.

Even with more resources to address homelessness, more and more people are struggling on the streets, often experiencing severe behavioral health challenges, along with repeated exposure to violence...

The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners has asked Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas to prohibit the use of chemical munitions by federal officers in close proximity to schools etc.

Whistling past the graveyard of the homeless crisis

For the third quarter in a row, Multnomah County has spent only about half the amount it budgeted for homeless services. With local leaders now sharing residents' frustration over the millions in...

Interim Portland Fire Chief Ryan Gillespie is joining other officials in asking Multnomah County to shift away from two paramedic ambulance staffing.

At least 31 of 38 residents, as well as three staff members, at the Marquis Hope Village Post-Acute Rehab have tested positive for COVID-19, the facility said in a statement.

The crisis of slow ambulance response times in Multnomah County resulted in an unusual TriMet bus rescue involving the fire department.

Multnomah County's addiction services manager reported to the county board that Unity's extra beds were "delayed due to personnel challenges." A Unity spokesperson later said the center has had no...

Multnomah County's ambulance provider told the chair of the county government on Tuesday that the "system could collapse in a matter of months"

The drop in survival affected a much broader group of patients than the county EMS medical director had said — and could be related to slow ambulance service that year.

Unsatisfied with how the county is handling mental health and addiction, Commissioner Sharon Meieran thinks Gov. Tina Kotek's office should help fix it.

Multnomah county has turned a contracting failure with AMR into an ambulance crisis, writes Stephen Dean, PhD.

COVID-19 in Oregon is about to get a lot worse unless the state’s 4.2 million residents immediately alter their behavior, officials say.