Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega-Peterson declared an emergency on Tuesday, announcing that three emergency shelters will ...

Michael Cooper, a 75-year-old inmate at Oregon State Penitentiary, died on February 4, 2025, at a local hospital, according ...

Hospital and medical care deaths were included ... This report is the second in Multnomah County to include kinds of deaths. “This is a moment for our community to grieve alongside more than ...

Multnomah County officials discuss progress on replacing the outdated Animal Services Facility and the challenges faced due ...

Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson will declare a state of emergency due to potential snow. Warming shelters will ...

Multnomah County has identified a potential permanent location for a 24-hour sobering and deflection center meant to move drug users toward addiction treatment and keep them out of jail ...

Gresham police are now investigating a shooting as a homicide after the victim died from his injuries on Wednesday.

Nguyen was released from the hospital on Monday and booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center, officials said. Andrea J. Doering, 46, died of her injuries the same night of the crash after ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Multnomah County plans to buy a building in Southeast Portland to serve as a permanent 24-hour sobering center to help connect people to treatment and recovery services ...

Multnomah County says its new 24-hour sobering center ... allowing intoxicated people to avoid jails or hospital emergency rooms. Law enforcement officers and first responders will transport ...