Albany Planning Commissioner Remi Hill worries that local shoppers could find what’s really for sale is their privacy. “Customers should simply be the customers,” Hill told city councilors July 7.

On any given night, thousands of people sleep on the streets in Portland, Oregon. They seek shelter in tents, bushes and overpasses in a city that has struggled with one of the worst housing crises in ...

Lichen is 34-weeks pregnant and worried about where he’s going to live. His partner left abruptly last month, leaving Lichen with a month-to-month rental agreement he can’t afford. He was a ...

In March 2024, Oregon lawmakers voted to recriminalize the simple possession of small amounts of opioids, heroin, fentanyl and other drugs, reversing Measure 110, the landmark 2020 voter initiative ...

The starving artist is cliche. So is choosing between supporting the arts and paying your bills. The broad art world still has a reputation for being elitist and exclusionary. While plenty of the ...

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. As the city of Portland clawed its way out of the pandemic, it faced a new set of crises: The city’s homeless population was growing ...

Planters have been placed under bridges along Naito Parkway, where people experiencing homelessness go for respite from the elements. Credit: Photo by Joanne Zuhl Anti-homeless policy has been a ...

The Oregon Governor is a statewide elected position serving a four-year term. As Oregon’s chief executive, the governor is responsible for executing laws, leading and coordinating the executive branch ...

State data shows, patients ready for discharge typically spend months occupying desperately in-demand beds for care that mental health professionals and authorities say they don’t need. Credit: Design ...

Editor’s note: This story contains graphic descriptions of violence. In May, Willamette Week reported the Old Town homeless village was closing. One of the original C3PO (Creating Conscious ...

A legal loophole allows former law enforcement officers with a lifetime ban from Oregon’s Department of Public Safety Standards and Training, or DPSST, to work as campus officers with many of the same ...

Researchers propose a solution to curb the toxic bacteria blooms that occur in the Ross Island lagoon, and make the Willamette River a no-go for people and pets. Credit: David Baker An effort to fight ...