The city of Portland’s top three leaders—Mayor Keith Wilson, city administrator Michael Jordan and Council President Elana ...

Nevertheless, the county has handed out a significant amount of cold weather supplies since Jan. 10, including “3,100 tarps, 689 tents, 692 sleeping bags.” ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The city of Portland resumed its efforts to clear homeless camps after a temporary halt last week. The seven day pause was implemented to allow volunteers to conduct a ...

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The City of Portland is resuming sweeps of homeless camps. They paused last week for the point-in-time count of homeless people. It's done every year to determine how many ...

Portland Police Chief Bob Day released an open letter to the public to address some of the “fear and uncertainty” surrounding ...

In a letter addressed to the community, PPB Chief Bob Day said his agency is committed to serving all Portland residents ...

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson made homelessness the hallmark of his campaign, vowing to end unsheltered homelessness in ...

Engaged citizens packed McDaniel High School in Portland Sunday afternoon for a town hall with Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, Rep.

For years, as Seattle’s street scene frayed with rising homelessness and drug abuse, there was a bitter joke that went around: At least we’re not as bad as Portland.

Friday's visit to a temporary shelter site could raise questions about how the solutions could survive the budget crunch.

A resident of the central Oregon city of Bend says he was the person behind some of the googly eyes that appeared on ...