Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega-Peterson declared an emergency on Tuesday, announcing that three emergency shelters will open starting at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

James Brauckmiller was sentenced to six months bench probation. He must surrender his police certification and resign from the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office.

It’s cold out there. With the exception of one night when the low was 33, downtown Portland temperatures have dipped to at or ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Jessica Vega Pederson was elected to a four-year term as Chair of the Multnomah County Commission back in 2022. As chief executive of the state’s largest county ...

Perhaps that’s what Multnomah County Animal Services officials thought when they responded to an odd call from Gresham neighbors last week who reported seeing a large hog wandering their streets.

Mike Schmidt, the former Multnomah County district attorney who lost his reelection bid last year to an office insider, started this week as general counsel of the Urban League of Portland ...

If you see an immigration raid going down in Pima County, Sheriff Chris Nanos wants you to know it’s not deputies in his department doing the rounding-up. Nanos reached out directly on social ...

“The Odyssey” is due in theaters on July 17, 2026. Nolan is set to write and will produce with Emma Thomas under their Syncopy banner. Comedian and actor Leguizamo’s career spans four ...

While a lot has been said about the friendship between Robin Williams and Christopher Reeve, the famed pair’s bond illustrates a very basic and instrumental type of kindness, according to Reeve ...

Chris McKoy, a rideshare driver from Douglas County, has been missing since Jan. 7. His family says they've been extorted for $10,000 by someone claiming to have information about him. The ...

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