Multnomah County News

One person died in a head-on crash between a car and a truck on U.S. 30 west of Scappoose Tuesday, according to the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office.

A drunken driver who crashed onto an Old Town Portland sidewalk and slammed into two young women -- killing one of them -- pleaded no contest Tuesday to second-degree manslaughter.

The Portland School Board plans on using about $25,000 next year to help the district develop an affirmative action plan to recruit more teachers of color and men to the workforce to more accurately reflect the student population.

Pregnant women exposed to heavy diesel pollution are twice as likely to have a child with autism as those living in areas with low pollution, according to a study published today.

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Portland city commissioner Dan Saltzman, who was recently given the Bureau of Housing to administer by Portland's mayor, Charlie Hales, has indicated that he is in lock step with mayor Hales' housing policy.

About 40 people gathered at Quartet Restaurant, June 6. The event offered an opportunity to strengthen the network of people working to overcome the many disparities that still afflict Portland's communities of color.

The Oregon House narrowly approved a bill that would allow counties to tax tobacco products.

Summer and reading have gone hand in hand for me for as long as I can remember. As children, my sister and I regularly walked with our mother to our local Multnomah County Public Library branch in North Portland.

A neighbor passing through the area saw the dead dog and called animal control around 1:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon.

Over the nearly 10 years she's worked at the Rockwood branch of the Multnomah County Library, Kylie Park has noticed something about its summer customers.

The big, green metal-roofed building along Southeast Stark Street still gleams in the sunlight and the big rock fountain in front still bubbles with water.

June 06, 2013 -- Krystal Stockam, 29, a GED graduate from Donald H. Londer Center for Learning, carries her 9-year-old daughter Jasmine who had supported her through the program by saying "Mom, you can do it!" during the 20th Annual GED Graduation ceremony at Multnomah County building.

A Tigard man was indicted Monday on more than a dozen charges related to the sexual abuse of children, and investigators are asking the public for information about other possible victims.

The Multnomah County Republican Party, looking to raise some money for the party while making a point about gun rights, is raffling off an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle later this month.

Two years ago, in the waning months of a terrible recession, Portland and Multnomah County released a snapshot count of the region's homeless population that's been cited as gospel by politicians and service providers and advocates ever since - revealing some 1,700 people living on the streets, with hundreds more in transitional housing or ... (more)

For many, Sauvie Island is the perfect place to spend a summer day. It's close to area population centers, has miles of welcoming beaches and offers endless emerald fields that make urban realities seem a world away.

In a move that could help him avoid criminal charges, the former principal at Reynolds High School this week agreed to pay back more than $17,000 the district says he stole from a student fund.

Great news from the best state in the country, Oregon! Multnomah County, which includes Portland , just became one of the first in the country to require gender-neutral, single-occupancy restrooms in all future construction projects.

A 23-year-old woman is accused of tampering with a witness to Sunday's gang-related homicide outside a Gresham apartment complex.