Dozens of people have agreed to deflection rather than going to jail for possessing small amounts of hard drugs in the first ...

It's been two and a half months since Multnomah County began offering people who are caught with a small amount of drugs the ...

Of the 91 referrals, 19 went through the new Portland deflection center between its Oct. 14 opening and the end of the month, ...

A former deputy chief of staff to Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson is suing the county, alleging retaliation ...

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has paused Zenith Energy’s air quality permitting process, officials announced ...

The Oregon Department of Human Services failed to act when alerted that a 2-year-old was treated for narcotics poisoning, but ...

St. Helens High School has closed its doors early Thursday and will remain closed through Monday after protesters gathered ...

Information KATU obtained through records request shows medical spending in county jails varies widely from county to county.

He's been the only leader of the office tasked with expanding freeways to solve congestion in the Portland region.

Officials have released the name of the man hit and killed by a MAX train in the Hazelwood neighborhood and provided new ...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Democrat Janelle Bynum has flipped Oregon’s 5th Congressional District and will become the state’s first ...