As temperatures plummet, Washington County has activated inclement weather shelters to provide refuge for those in need.

With overnight low temperatures forecasted in the Portland Metro area, there’s concern for the houseless community and what shelters will be available to them.

Sisters resident Ty Godfrey says he’s an animal lover, so when he found a dog lying motionless on a snowy forest road while ...

Kaleb E. Fleck pleaded guilty to one count of deliberate homicide on Tuesday, according to Flathead County District Court ...

For many years, this column ran stories about Rimas Meleshyus, Astoria’s wayward aspiring around-the-world Russian sailor and ...

New chief medical officer at longtime homeless nonprofit says there's no silver bullet for a "multi-factoral" problem.

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson announced the city will use about $1.5 million in opioid settlement funds to create the new recovery shelter beds.

As Portland’s newly-elected mayor takes office, the city is transitioning to a new form of government. The Rose City left ...

The transitional shelter in rural Polk County was proposed in 2023 by Church at the Park — a Salem-based nonprofit that helps ...

Homeless people in Grants Pass can’t be cited, arrested or prosecuted for camping during the next two weeks. A Josephine ...

A woman from New Zealand has filed three civil lawsuits against best-selling British author Neil Gaiman and his wife, accusing Gaiman of repeatedly sexually assaulting her ...

The city of Battle Ground is the latest Southwest Washington jurisdiction to ban unlawful camping on public property since a June U.S. Supreme Court ruling made it easier to do so.