As Multnomah County faces questions about a huge shortfall in its upcoming homeless services budget, county officials are defending their spending choices. “I stand by the money that we’ve ...

The Multnomah County jail system’s top doctor left the position last week, records show. It’s not clear whether he was fired or resigned. The county hired Dr. Eleazar Lawson on Aug. 10 ...

The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners plans to vote Thursday on a resolution to take $15 million in unspent money from Metro’s supportive housing services tax and pass it along to the city ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Multnomah County Homeless Services has announced its new leader that will take over as the department continues to address its financial woes. On Tuesday, County Chair ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Could Multnomah County’s overcrowded and understaffed jails prompt officials to release inmates? It’s a harsh reality actively being explored by county officials.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Multnomah County Corrections Deputy Jonathan Lee Taylor, 37, will resign after pleading guilty to one count of official misconduct in Multnomah County Court Friday morning.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Multnomah County is hiring outside help to defend against property tax challenges as more and more non-residential property owners fight their bills. Data KATU obtained ...

But the program's future is uncertain, as it relies on money from Multnomah County's Homeless Services Department, which is facing a massive budget gap in the neighborhood of $100 million ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Multnomah County is seeing a large spike in winter season Shigella infections for the second year in a row, with more cases recorded in January than in any prior month since ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A man is facing 60 years in prison after he was sentenced on Thursday by a Multnomah County judge for kidnapping and raping a woman. This comes a year after he was convicted ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Jesse Lee St. Marie Blankenship has been indicted on 30 total charges in Washington County and Multnomah County after assaulting multiple women. On March 2, the Washington ...

A nascent effort to bring lobbying rules to Multnomah County will go public on March 11, when Commissioners Julia Brim-Edwards and Shannon Singleton bring a draft ordinance describing registration ...