The open mayoral race in Oregon's most populous city features 19 candidates — all vying to lead after years of growing ...

The downtown Portland homeless camp was so well known, it even had its own informal name: The Pit. The makeshift neighborhood ...

Danny Contreras Martinez is a care coordinator for Urban Alchemy’s Clinton Triangle location. He's on a mission to give back ...

The Multnomah Board of Commissioners and the Portland City Council gathered for a joint meeting on Oct. 8 to discuss whether ...

Portland officials are mulling a proposal to ban daytime homeless camps in most public spaces as the West Coast city struggles to get a handle on the ballooning number of people living on the streets.

Many of the city and county leaders’ longstanding disagreements boil down to which agency is responsible for which task.

Ben Hufford: Portland needs shelters where people living on the street can go. Portland can’t just tell homeless people where they can’t go. But no one gets better on the street, and most ...

KGW and The Oregonian hosted Rene Gonzalez, Carmen Rubio, Keith Wilson, Mingus Mapps and Liv Osthus in a live in-studio debate Tuesday night.

PORTLAND (WGME) -- A first-of-its-kind safety alert has been issued in Portland. Because of encampments, needles and ...

Regional Long-Term Rent Assistance vouchers are helping dig people out of homelessness. They're one of the most successful ...

The Marie Equi Center, named for the famous doctor and women’s rights activist, opened Tuesday, offering wound care, connection to health services and eventually showers for low-income and homeless ...