A counselor advocating for the homeless community in Portland says tough love and outreach are the keys to helping solve the crisis. For 28 years, Kevin Dahlgren has been working as a drug and alcohol ...
Portland is set to add 280 new “recovery-oriented,” overnight-only shelter beds at two locations in the next several weeks. When those beds – all located in the Buckman neighborhood of Southeast ...
Dr. Robert Marbut, President Donald Trump’s senior advisor on homelessness, visited Portland on Tuesday.
Campbell Larson seemed omnipresent one January night under the Burnside Bridge. One second she was at a bicycle repair ...
Approaching his first anniversary in office, Portland Mayor Keith Wilson, who ran most prominently on grappling seriously with the city’s homelessness troubles, just made a major course shift. It may, ...
Whether purposeful or accidental, some business owners say the damage done by Portland's homeless has become a burden they ...
PORTLAND, Oregon — The Portland City Council voted against a measure to halt homeless encampment sweeps during a contentious meeting, following a week of jabs between the Portland mayor and ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The homeless population in Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties surged by 61% over two years, according to new data. The latest Point-In-Time Count, conducted by ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland officers responding to homeless camps blocking a sidewalk arrested a suspect who they said was armed and had multiple drugs on him packaged for sale. On Wednesday, officers ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The City of Portland announced Thursday it will resume enforcement of its camping ban, following a pause as the city built more shelter space. Enforcement of the camping ban ...