11-29-2024  4:12 pm   •   PDX and SEA Weather

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The city admits no one checked to see if the lot was in a flood plain before publicly announcing it as a site for Safe Rest Villages

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Experts say a non-police first-response unit in Portland, Oregon, has the potential to be a “citywide solution” for an alternative to non-emergency calls regarding people experiencing a mental health crisis or homelessness.

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Justice Rajee, Executive Director Reimagine Oregon 

Group continues to push for criminal justice and housing reform in Legislature

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U.S. officials on Tuesday approved a long-lasting fire retardant that could significantly aid in fighting increasingly destructive wildfires.

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CIty of Portland Commissioner Dan Ryan 

Commissioner Dan Ryan announced new sites to be located downtown, and in the Brentwood-Darlington and Hazelwood neighorhoods.

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(AP Photo/Anne M. Peterson, File) 

Following the resignation of the NWSL commissioner amid a sexual harassment and misconduct scandal involving a longtime coach, a three-woman executive committee has been formed to oversee league operations.

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Oregon's attorney general filed lawsuits Friday against two counties that had adopted ordinances that sought to nullify new statewide gun safety laws and declaring themselves “Second Amendment Sanctuaries.”

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County officials pledge more than $5 million in response to widespread shootings.

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(Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian via AP) 

An Oregon school board that acted last month to ban educators from displaying Black Lives Matter and gay pride symbols has broadened the policy to include all types of political symbols.

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(Photo Felipe Galvan) 

The Seattle City Council approved two bills on Monday. They are the latest of new landlord-tenant regulations including bans on some evictions and the right to a lawyer for low-income tenants facing eviction

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