Multnomah County's Central Library adds position to aid patrons with mental-health needs Multnomah County Library is preparing to hire its first full-time social worker to aid library staff in defusing on-premise mental health crises and to better se ...
19 Jun 2015 - Emily Green
Gov. Kate Brown signed House Bill 3400 Tuesday, adding a long list of new provisions and amendments to ballot Measure 91. However, missing from this extensive, 111-page document, or any other bill that’s been signed into law to date, is a provision to re ...
6 Jul 2015 - Emily Green
Indie-rock drummer turned chile roaster, Jesse Sandoval, tells how his brush with death brought him back to life "You have three months to live.” Jesse Sandoval knew his lifestyle would catch up with him eventually, but this soon? The doctor’s words ...
7 Jul 2015 - Emily Green
Individual instances of profiling are difficult to prove, so the state will rely on patterns A bill prohibiting profiling by law enforcement in Oregon is on its way to becoming law after passing Oregon’s house and senate. It doesn’t criminalize profiling, ...
10 Jul 2015 - Emily Green
Scientist Dominick DellaSala says that when it comes to forest fires, we’ve got it all wrong July 2015: On the tail of back-to-back, historically severe fire seasons, drought-stricken Oregon has lit up once again as fires began raging across the state a m ...
20 Jul 2015 - Emily Green
Despite veterans’ access to vouchers and funding, finding landlords willing to rent to them has been a challenge With approximately 360 Portland-area veterans still in need of housing, city and county officials are pleading with landlords to consider taki ...
24 Jul 2015 - Emily Green
Oregon’s agency responsible for monitoring water polluters hopes added positions will help it catch up on expired permits Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) grabbed the lifeline it sorely needed when legislators approved a $1.5 million pac ...
28 Jul 2015 - Emily Green
With a broad smile and welcoming tone, Bertony Faustin cheerfully greeted two young women from Beaverton who say they go wine tasting frequently. The women both carried Coach bags, both had medium-long, dark blond hair, and when asked, both — without hesi ...
30 Jul 2015 - Emily Green
Before emigrating from Liberia, Apala Barclay was targeted by authorities for his work The mere sight of the cartoon sent a shiver through Apala Barclay. He hadn’t laid eyes on it in decades. It was a black-and-white caricature of a Liberian man sitting a ...
6 Aug 2015 - Emily Green
The Department of Justice’s statement could affect the future of Portland’s camping ban People experiencing homelessness and their advocates got a powerful new ally in their corner when it comes to decriminalizing sleeping outdoors — the U.S. Department ...
14 Aug 2015 - Emily Green