A spate of new initiatives undermines public confidence in the Postal Service, they say, as shipping delays plague businesses and some Portland ballots may have arrived late Lillian Huggins’ salon, Atomic Hair Studio, had been in business just shy of 10 y ...
13 Aug 2020 - Christen McCurdy
In the Portland area, a growing number of students are experiencing some form of homelessness, and COVID-19 has made it harder to balance schoolwork with basic needs Attending college classes online and studying at home doesn’t mean long hours in a home o ...
11 Aug 2020 - Christen McCurdy
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, unhoused students struggled to stay connected, and district officials don’t know how many have fallen through the cracks Portland had 1,217 students experiencing some form of homelessness last fall. With the pandemic and en ...
8 Aug 2020 - Christen McCurdy
Many employers in Oregon are sending healthy workers in for COVID-19 testing when a coworker gets sick. Public health officials wish they’d stop. Debbie Lamberger said it’s becoming a regular occurrence: Coworkers arrive in a group of cars at one of Orego ...
18 Jul 2020 - Christen McCurdy
A $720,000 grant has allowed the county to build on its pilot project During the past year, about 1,600 people have been offered medications such as buprenorphine to assist with their opioid use disorder and withdrawal symptoms while they’ve been in the C ...
2 Jun 2020 - Christen McCurdy
The fees are already suspended during the pandemic, and their fiscal impact is not significant Multnomah County announced in mid-March that, due to COVID-19, individuals who violate parole without committing a new crime during the pandemic would not be ja ...
21 May 2020 - Christen McCurdy
Harbor of Hope intends to build 153 units at 148th and East Burnside The River District Navigation Center opened at the end of August to considerable fanfare from local media and public officials — and some skepticism. Now, the nonprofit behind the shelte ...
6 Mar 2020 - Christen McCurdy
The city wants to add more sites to its Safe Parking pilot, modeled after a decades-old Eugene program The city of Beaverton is looking for more sites that would allow houseless residents to park safely overnight at facilities like churches — and a code c ...
14 Feb 2020 - Christen McCurdy
The U.S. representatives' housing justice forum draws hundreds Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) took his plan to reform U.S. housing policy on tour this past weekend, joined by fellow Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.). Hundreds of people packed the Robert G. ...
31 Jan 2020 - Christen McCurdy
Late mail, wrong addresses, extra hours — ‘consolidated casing’ is drawing criticism as a push toward privatizing mail delivery Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) will hold a Portland forum Jan. 25 to hear constituents’ stories about how they’ve been affecte ...
17 Jan 2020 - Christen McCurdy