An advocate for the homeless, he was involved with Street Roots for many years Roger Lee Moore was born in West Virginia to parents Charles and Irene Moore. He was blessed to have four sisters and three brothers. Roger worked in the Portland shipyards pai ...
31 May 2017 - Street Roots
This story was updated on March 3, 2015. Multnomah County Sheriff Dan Staton says he will continue in-person, “through the glass” visiting for visitors to Multnomah County jails, bowing to pressure from public concerns over replacing all visits with vide ...
27 Jan 2015 - Street Roots Staff
It was standing room only Jan. 2 at the Street Roots office as vendors crowded to get the first glimpse of the new weekly Street Roots newspaper. It was our inaugural edition on a weekly schedule and vendors were excited to get the paper unloaded and out ...
10 Jan 2015 - Street Roots Staff
When you realize the unique scale of not just American poverty, but American inequality in the 21st century, the fact that France doesn’t have it, Germany doesn’t have it, Canada doesn’t, Australia doesn’t. Even England, which is the closest to us in term ...
30 Dec 2014 -
Join Street Roots and others in supporting Kate Cox and family with a night of music and fun. The event will go to support Kate and her family as they navigate Kate's treatment for breast cancer and the costs incurred with her recovery. The following ...
12 Nov 2014 - Street Roots Staff
-Number of sites in Oregon approved as petroleum-contaminated soil landfills: 16-Number of contaminants found in fish eaten by tribal members in the Columbia River watershed: 92-Number of dams in Oregon: 26-Number of Multnomah County dams classified as a “ ...
19 Oct 2014 - Street Roots Staff
-Number of Oregonians annually diagnosed with HIV: 280-Percentage of Oregonians living with HIV/AIDS living in Multnomah County: 55-Total number of weekly boarding passes for TriMet Buses and MAX in July 2014: 1,955,000-Complaints against public officials ...
6 Oct 2014 - Street Roots Staff
-2013 salary of Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian: $72,000-2013 average salary of principal executive officials in the Bureau of Labor and Industries: $94,685-Percent of Oregon wage and salary workers with union membership in 2012: 15.7-Percent of Ore ...
23 Sep 2014 - Street Roots Staff
-Number of public skateparks in Portland: 7-Estimated number of skateboarders in Portland: 27,250-Cost of fine for skateboarders under age of 16 not wearing a helmet: $25-Number of participants in Portland Sunday Parkways events in 2013: 85,480-Number of S ...
9 Sep 2014 - Street Roots Staff
-Number of farmers markets in the Oregon Famers Market Association: 160-Estimated annual amount farmers markets contribute to Oregon’s farm product sales: $50 million-The year the Oregon Farmers Markets Association was established: 1987-Oregon’s ranking in ...
25 Aug 2014 - Street Roots Staff