multnomah county Archive
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TriMet Diversity Success
Posted on December 22, 2010 | No CommentsJulio Rodriguez of R&R General Contractors works on the Civic Drive MAX station in Gresham. Construction workforce set record A local construction contracting firm has garnered the highest minority participation... -
Armed Bank Robbery Arrests
Posted on November 17, 2010 | No CommentsPortland police have made three arrests in connection with the two takeover-style bank robberies. Stanley Noel Ames, 31, Pamela Marie McGowan, 25, and Eric Steven Wilcoxson, 27, are charged in... -
Rose Court Grows Again
Posted on November 17, 2010 | No CommentsApplications are out and recruiting is under way for the 2011 Portland Rose Festival Court program presented by Pacific Power. After expanding the court in 2009 to accept metro area... -
Career Path Success Initiative
Posted on November 17, 2010 | No CommentsLeaders announce sweeping effort Hundreds of education, business, and community leaders have launched a new “cradle to career” initiative that creates a new path to success for local young people.... -
Portland Puts Kitzhaber on Top
Posted on November 10, 2010 | No CommentsSmith wins county commission seat Multnomah County voters turned out in high numbers and voted overwhelmingly for former Gov. John Kitzhaber in the Nov. 2 election, enough to overcome Republican... -
A Mother’s Plea
Posted on October 20, 2010 | No CommentsSalina Harris (center) speaks out against youth gang violence. Harris, the mother of gang-violence shooting victim Andre Payton, was joined at Friday’s news conference by Mayor Sam Adams, Police Chief... -
No Jail for Minor Charges
Posted on October 13, 2010 | No CommentsMultnomah County District Attorney Mike Schrunk says some people convicted of minor drug possession, hit-and-run, and shoplifting will no longer face the threat of jail. Schrunk told KGW that budget... -
New ‘one-stop’ domestic abuse center opens
Posted on September 7, 2010 | 2 CommentsSurvivors of domestic violence no longer have to trek from place to place to access the resources they need to escape their abusers and establish new lives, a process that can be vexing as it is time consuming. -
County asks vendors to go ‘green’
Posted on July 27, 2010 | No CommentsSupporting healthy, local communities Multnomah County’s Sophia Cavalli (from left), Jeff Cogen, and Kat West kick off a Sustainable Purchasing Policy celebration. Less than a month into the implementation of... -
Urban renewal advisory committee members miffed about crisis center funding
Posted on July 6, 2010 | No CommentsJake Thomas jthomas@portlandobserver.com Last month, the Portland Development Commission forked over $2 million for a mental health crisis unit on the second floor of Multnomah County’s Hooper Detoxification Center at... -
Better know a candidate: Paul Van Orden
Posted on March 25, 2010 | 1 CommentIf you’ve been kept up late by a loud night club or obnoxious neighbor, Paul Van Orden, the city’s noise control officer, is there to help as the city's noise control officer. But Van Orden, a 40-year-old transplant from the East Coast, is looking for a new job replacing Jeff Cogen as county commissioner representing north and northeast Portland. In 2006, Van Orden ran an insurgent write-in campaign for sheriff against the scandal-ridden Bernie Giusto that captured 10 percent of the vote. -
Deputy Tases man at bar, gets probation
Posted on December 31, 2009 | 1 CommentA Multnomah County corrections deputy suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder is in hot water after Tasering a man at a northeast Portland strip club. -
Oregon’s population grows at slower rate
Posted on November 17, 2009 | 1 CommentNew data released by Portland State University’s Population Research Center reveals that Oregon’s population continues to increase, but is doing so at a decreasing rate. -
Urban League calls on county to address inequity
Posted on November 12, 2009 | 1 CommentEarlier today, representatives from the Urban League of Portland appeared before the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners to urge them to take bold action to address the disparities facing black Oregonians. -
Officials take look at social services
Posted on November 2, 2009 | 3 CommentsOn Thursday, at a public forum on equitable access to social services, a panel of city and county officials got a glimpse at what’s working and not working with Portland’s safety net, as well as the region’s changing social landscape.
