Multnomah County has proposed a draft policy to distribute tents and tarps to the homeless, but lacks accountability and ...

Red Ribbon Week (RRW), the nation’s oldest and largest drug prevention awareness campaign takes place every year Oct. 23-31.

He raised some $110,000, easily more than every other candidate combined, campaign finance records show. His top donors were ...

A Multnomah County interim division director and former deputy chief of staff to Chair Jessica Vega Pederson is suing the ...

The latest data shows since drug possession charges took affect on Sept 1, Multnomah county has deflected 89 people, most through mobile units.Since the county ...

The landscape of behavioral health services in Multnomah County has reached a significant milestone with the addition of over 250 new recovery and stabilization beds, thanks to the Board of County ...

PARIS (AP) — Spanish midfielders Rodri and Aitana Bonmatí won the men's and women's Ballon d'Or award on Monday as the world's best soccer players, while Real Madrid snubbed the star-studded ...

Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr, left, and Juvenile Court judge Tarik Sugarmon, right. (The Daily Memphian files) After nearly a year’s worth of disputes, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and ...

Multnomah County has two key races on the ballot that will determine new faces on the Board of Commissioners. Both races are runoff elections because candidates did not achieve more than 50 ...

During this time, a child is isolated in an adult jail without any services. In Baltimore County, where I live, judges routinely refuse to move teens from the adult detention center to a juvenile ...

More and more youth are getting funneled into correctional facilities.” The Clay County government has been proactive in bringing mental health support like therapists and psychiatric services ...

The Juvenile Court measures proposed by Commissioner Erika Sugarmon will advance automatically Monday, Oct. 28, on second reading to third reading at the Nov. 18 commission meeting. (Brad Vest/Special ...