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The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners voted 4-1 to adjust the 2024 year budget to include more than $60 million to fund solutions for the housing crisis and homelessness on Thursday.

As universities leave the PAC-12 Conference, Oregon State University leaders held a meeting in Salem Thursday to talk about what the future means for both OSU and UO.

Governor Tina Kotek signed a bill Thursday that expands the statute of limitations to prosecute first-degree sex crimes from 12 years to 20 years within Oregon.

A comic and book collection estimated to be worth millions of dollars was stolen from the home of a Portland collector days after his death.

Portland’s drug crisis is hitting a new level, and the city’s first responders are seeing it firsthand.

A Beaverton middle-school student says a man tried to abduct them while waiting for a bus on Wednesday, according to a Beaverton School District spokesperson.

Decriminalization of drugs in Oregon and Washington has not led to more deadly drug overdoses, according to a new study by the New York University School of Medicine.

The Portland Police Bureau says 10 juvenile drug overdoses since June are under investigation. Of the 10 overdoses, nine are believed to involve fentanyl, police say.

After months of being understaffed, Washington State Patrol is trying out a new recruitment method.

Portland Fire & Rescue Station 1 in downtown Portland is one of the busiest in the city.

Tualatin and Hillsboro police are investigating how so-called contractors may have ripped off customers using the directory website Angi, formerly known as Angie's List.

The Portland City Council unanimously approved the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund on Wednesday evening.

A 15-year-old Portland girl died Sunday of a suspected fentanyl overdose, according to Portland police on Wednesday.

The Hillsboro Police Department is requesting that members of the public keep an eye out for a suspect in a sexual assault and home invasion.

Former President Barack Obama made an under-the-radar visit to the Nike campus in Beaverton on Wednesday.

The Portland Trail Blazers are trading guard Damian Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks, according to reports.

A student who identifies as non-binary received a big settlement from the Greater Albany Public School District after accusing the district of not doing enough to stop bullying.

A barbershop that’s been in business for going on a decade says this last year has been one of their most difficult.

Providence Health recently celebrated the 3rd anniversary of its heart transplant program.

On Tuesday, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek announced Oregon State Police will be launching new statewide fentanyl strategic enforcement and disruption strategies.

The Washington County Sheriff Pat Garrett announced announced his retirement on Tuesday.

For the past couple of years, cities like Portland, Beaverton and Hillsboro have been able to compost food scraps. Now, with the exception of the city of Banks, all of Washington County will be able to compost beginning October 1.

31 states saw increases in fentanyl deaths in 2023.

On Sunday, Oct. 1 the annual Portland Marathon will impact traffic on multiple bridges maintained by Multnomah County.

During the operation, 22 women were offered services and help, according to police.

Three Target stores will be closing in Portland due to an increase in crime.

OR lawmakers are barred from re-election if they accumulate 10 or more unexcused absences.

The six-year-old boy was abducted from Vallejo, California nearly 40 years ago.

Landlords in Oregon can raise rent by as much as 10% next year.

The Portland Bureau of Transportation says they will present a budget to city council that will include tens of millions of dollars in budget cuts.