Multnomah County apologizes for historic harm to Chinese Americans, allocating $1 million for a cemetery memorial.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Multnomah County leaders are acknowledging and apologizing for the historic harm caused to Chinese ...

The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners has formally apologized for the harm caused to Chinese American families. In 1953, the county built on part of the Lone Fir Cemetery ...

Earlier this month, the county approved the funding for a $1 million memorial project at the Lone Fir Cemetery’s former Block ...

The story of the site has come to public attention as its history has been unraveled piecemeal by research and reports.

Oregon counties have eased into the state’s new approach to addressing fentanyl overdoses and drug addiction. In its first four days, eight people in Oregon’s largest county agreed to participate in a ...

New bites, new business: The Oregon District’s recipe for renewal. Minds behind Meadowlark and Wheat Penny announce latest concept Minds behind Meadowlark and Wheat Penny announce latest concept.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A man was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Tuesday after a December 2021 police chase ended in gunfire. The incident began in the Lents neighborhood on Dec. 11, 2021 ...

Since 2023, Leigh Richards has supported first-time mothers navigating one of the most challenging times of their lives. As a registered nurse with Multnomah County’s Nurse-Family Partnership ...

But although the city spent roughly $200,000 per homeless resident throughout that time, deaths of homeless people recorded in the county quadrupled, climbing from 113 in 2019 to more than 450 in ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Authorities have publicly released the name of the Multnomah County deputy who shot and injured a man in Northeast Portland on Friday, June 6. Deputy Matt Hansen, 32, was ...

A Multnomah County Sheriff’s deputy shot and injured a man in northeast Portland on Friday afternoon, according to the Portland Police Bureau.