By Alex Zielinski, Staff Writer Chills. Hot flashes. Achy muscles. Migraines. A rattling cough on top of a dry, sore throat. This time of year under the gray cloud of the Pacific Northwest, these symptoms are tossed between coworkers, family members and f ...
25 Feb 2013 - Street Roots Staff
‘Domicile unknown’ By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer Laurie Crow would have been 54 on Dec. 27, 2011. Instead, she became one of 47. Only a few weeks before her birthday, she died curled up in her sleeping bag in a meadow near Going Street. Her partner, Claren ...
10 May 2012 - Street Roots
Another political casualty: Needle exchange programs rely on local support after the feds bail on funding By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer For the second time in two years, Congress is reversing its policy on federal funding for syringe exchange programs ...
2 Feb 2012 - Street Roots
Making Portland’s complex food deserts grow green [caption id="attachment_6351" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Fresh vegetables are the star at the new Village Market, a nonprofit grocery store serving low-income ...
20 Dec 2011 - Street Roots