A Formerly Homeless Man From the Oregon Coast Has a Plan to Save Wapato Jail

Portland Developer Suggests Defecating on Mayor’s Porch

“People should be bused up to his mansion to pee and poop on his front porch.”

Pharmaceutical Companies Flooded the Oregon Coast With an Ocean of Pain Pills

The Oregon Coast fits the demographic profile most commonly associated with opioid addiction.

A Multnomah County Health Official Tries to Stop the Spread of HIV Via Used Needles

Needle use is up. Meth deaths are up. And HIV is on the rise again.

Needle Exchanges Save Lives—and Infuriate Neighbors. Now, They Face Budget Cuts at the Edge of Portland.

If the county’s 2020 budget is passed without change, the Gresham mobile exchange will shut down in June.

One Day With the Squad That Removes Needles and Feces From Downtown Portland Streets

Every weekday morning, shortly before dawn, a squadron of men arrives downtown to serve as an alarm clock.

An Oregon Civil Rights Watchdog Says a Jail for the Homeless Is a Disastrous Plan

Bob Joondeph of Disability Rights Oregon says opening Wapato for the homeless would be a disaster.

After a Sudden Death in Portland, Friends Remember Gigi Eugene-Pierce for Her Vivacious Spirit

Last week, she became the 11th transgender person violently killed in the U.S. this year.