Multnomah County News

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It was an expression of attitude, sure. A clear expression, and one in keeping with many active parts of the base.

Joy, tears and excitement were on display at Multnomah County last Thursday, when the Londer Learning Center held a graduation ceremony for its GED class of 2013.

Sloppy record-keeping is one reason for the uncertain ownership of hundreds of Metro'A A s cemetery plots.

PORTLAND, Ore. For $10 you could win a semi-automatic rifle. The Republican Party of Multnomah County is raffling an AR-15 to raise money.

A fisherman died Tuesday after he dove into the Columbia River trying to retrieve his fishing pole near Lady Island .

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.