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Douglas, Coos counties declare states of emergency following floods
Douglas and Coos counties each declared a state of emergency this week in response to the flooding and slides that swamped ...
Portland city councilors looking to pay millions of dollars to add new sidewalks
Councilor Loretta Smith is preparing a plan to expand sidewalk coverage in East Portland, an area that has historically ...
Portland councilors float sweeping plan to add sidewalks, paved streets to long neglected neighborhoods
Two Portland city councilors have started crafting a proposal that would aim to provide $100 million or more to add sidewalks ...
City Council to vote on land transfer for long-anticipated Old Town skate park
At Wednesday’s meeting, the City Council is slated to declare a parcel of land near I-405 Stadium Freeway and Southwest Naito ...
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Councilors in East and West Side Districts Hatch Ambitious Plan to Build Sidewalks
Two city councilors representing opposite ends of Portland are crafting a plan to direct hundreds of millions of dollars to ...
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Trump isn’t alone in his geopolitical aspirations. Some in Illinois and Oregon want change too
As President Donald Trump floats grand ideas like reacquiring the Panama Canal and taking over Greenland, some rural residents of Illinois and Oregon are promoting geopolitical change of their own: Th ...
Multnomah County grew for the first time in years — barely. Here’s how other Oregon counties fared
The population of Multnomah County, the dense urban core of the Portland metro, rose a hair last year, even as it remained ...
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Dysentery cases on the rise in the Portland area: 40 new cases reported in January alone
An uptick in dysentery, the diarrhea-inducing disease often associated with frontier times past, is on the rise in the Portland, Oregon metro ... of 158 in Multnomah County blew past years out ...
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Search on for 2-year-old Oregon boy who disappeared while playing in front yard
Siletz , Ore. — Authorities in Oregon are searching for a 2-year-old boy last seen playing in his home's front yard but out of sight of his parents, the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office says.
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Almost 200 new shelter beds paused as Multnomah County faces deficit
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The Portland City Council and Multnomah County held a joint session Wednesday on the local response to the region's homeless issue. It was the first meeting since the ...