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Never-Used Wapato Jail Is Now Operating as a Homeless Shelter

Thirty-three people are staying at the Bybee Lakes Hope Center each night.

COVID-19 Put a Touring Production of “Antigone” on Hold, so the Director Decided to Film It Inside Wapato Jail Instead

We Asked City Council Candidates: Should Wapato Jail Be a Shelter?

Spoiler alert: The candidates’ answers may surprise you.

Murmurs: Domestic Violence Allegation Leveled at Lawmaker

In other news: Cameron Smith crosses the aisle for work.

Wapato Jail Again Touted as a Solution, This Time as a Recovery Center for COVID-19 Patients

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

The City Council Plans to Review an Exemption to Portland’s Tree Code—But Too Late to Save Trees at the Star-Crossed Wapato Jail

Owner of Wapato Holding Out Hope for Using Facility to Serve Vulnerable People

The never used jail has long been a focus of efforts to find a solution to homelessness in Portland.

Portland Mayor Ends Hope of Wapato Jail Being Used as a Shelter or Treatment Center

The plan for Wapato is dead (again).

Homer Williams Hedges His Bets in the Portland City Council Race

Williams gives $1,500 to former legislator Jo Ann Hardesty after giving the same amount to her rival in the primary.

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To Some Cannabis Companies, a State Fine Is Devastating. To Cura, It Was a Speed Bump.

CHRONIC TONIC: Sally Alworth owns Luminous Botanicals and has been fighting the OLCC for close to two years. (Sally Alworth)

Fourteen Oregon Counties Have Asked the State to Stop Sending Prime Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine

Vaccine administered at the Oregon Convention Center. (Courtesy of OHSU)

Developer Homer Williams Releases Tentative Plan for Homeless Pod Village

Nasim Pedrad’s Locally Shot Teen Sitcom “Chad” Veers a Cringe Too Far

Chad pilot Nasim Pedrad, Jake Ryan, Alexa Loo CR: Liane Hentscher/TBS

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U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer Says It’s Light Rail Or Bust For Next Columbia River Bridge 97

The Oregon Brothers Accused of Storming the U.S. Capitol Spent Much of Their Lives as the Children of Baptist Missionaries 85

Sorrow, Then Clashes in Portland After Minnesota Police Killing of Daunte Wright 85

Activists Set Portland Police Union Hall on Fire 64

Police Play Cat-and-Mouse With Dueling, Hostile Protesters Around Oregon Capitol 57

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