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Feds Charge Trail Blazers Coach Chauncey Billups With Rigging Poker Games Run by the Mafia
A second indictment describes a NBA coach matching Billups’ description passing along information about the Blazers’ star players sitting out a game.
Kulongoski Lends His Name to New Ballot Initiatives Pushing for Open Primaries
The former governor was a key architect of Democrats’ dominance of Oregon. He says the current system isn’t working.
Developers Break Ground on New Lloyd Center Music Venue
Monqui and AEG Presents’ 4,000 seat venue will open in early 2027.
Even After Appeals Court Ruling, Oregon Troop Limbo Drags On
A legalistic hang-up is looming large.
State Officials Continue to Make Subsidized Housing More Expensive
As the rainy season begins, two statewide elected officials made conflicting statements last week about the shortage of roofs over Oregonians’ heads.
Catholic Church Pays for Sexual Abuse Victim’s Psilocybin Therapy in Oregon
Chuck Lovett had to fight for it, but he got a Pennsylvania diocese to cover psychedelics.
He Battled the State for a Year. For Many Low-Income Oregonians, His Case May Portend What’s To Come.
Keyontay Wallace’s situation is unique. But in the coming months and years, more people who interact with government assistance programs could find themselves in similar bureaucratic quagmires.
Murmurs: Mayor’s Shelter Beds Often Lie Empty
“I’m a dog with a bone,” Wilson said, ever positive. “I’m not a quitter.”
Amid Federal Shutdown, SNAP Payments Set to Lapse for 750,000 Oregonians
The Oregon Department of Human Services on Monday began sending notices of the looming freeze to the Oregonians who receive benefits through the federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Boys Volleyball Faces Obstacles in Inaugural Year
Some of the state’s largest districts don’t appear poised to play.
City Alleges Vancouver Clinic Put Elderly Homeless Woman in a Cab and Sent Her to a Portland Shelter
The city of Portland in September sent a cease-and-desist letter to a PeaceHealth clinic in Vancouver, alleging that the hospital discharged a 70-year old disabled homeless woman from its care, stuck her in a cab and sent her to a homeless shelter in Portland.
Mayor Wilson Says City’s Emergency Shelter Bed Utilization Rate Is Between 50% and 60% Nightly
One important nugget revealed during Wilson’s presentation: between 50% and 60% of the 810 emergency beds opened since the beginning of the year are occupied on a nightly basis. That’s low compared to utilization rates at county shelters, which hover around 92% on a nightly basis.