Multnomah County commissioners Thursday voted unanimously to approve $965,885 to add background investigators and recruiters ...

This story has been updated to note that this week's Council discussion has been canceled. A day after an election showing ...

The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office will be using the funds to help increase recruiting, hiring and retaining the staffing ...

WILLIAMSPORT — A juvenile justice center with 170 beds is planned in Lycoming County that would accept troubled youngsters ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — After more than a month of delays, Multnomah County's drug deflection center opened in Southeast Portland on Monday. The center is an alternative to jail time for individuals ...

MULTNOMAH CO., Ore. (KATU) — This week Multnomah County started mailing approximately 300,000 real and personal property tax statements and value notices to property owners. Officials say ...

Multnomah County’s much-awaited drug deflection center is set to open Oct. 14 in inner southeast Portland, officials announced Monday. The facility – officially dubbed the “Coordinated Care ...

Portland voters elected Shannon Singleton, a social worker representing District 2, and Meghan Moyer, a public policy ...

With the anticipated launch date for a drug deflection center just over two weeks away, Multnomah County leaders are looking ...

Multnomah County elections officials projected that the county has yet to receive about half of all ballots that will be cast this election. The county received 43% of registered voters’ ballots ...

So you get treatment. It’s like a treatment option instead of going to jail.” In Multnomah County, you can only get into deflection if drug possession is your only charge and you don’t have ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — KATU News crews stationed outside Multnomah County's newly opened deflection center for most of the day saw no police drop-offs, however, security vehicles came and went ...