Downtown’s new office-to-housing conversion may include … As the City of Portland tackles its lack of housing and growing vacancies in downtown office buildings, the city passed two ordinances this week to incentivize converting commercial office space into residences.
‘There’s more work to do’: Lawmakers approve $100M+ … A bipartisan step in addressing the homeless crisis as lawmakers approve hundreds of millions of dollars in Salem.
‘A Portland renaissance’: PSU’s new president plans … At the beginning of the school year, Portland State University will have a new president, with plans to work with the city to revitalize downtown.
PBOT: Traffic fatalities remain historically high The deaths remained high despite increased spending on traffic safety improvements funded by the city’s 10 cent a gallon gas tax.
‘Action starts today’: Wheeler announces first homeless … Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, alongside other city leaders, announced the first possible location of a temporary alternative shelter site during a Thursday press conference, as part of his plan to build six mass homeless camps across the city.
Video shows altercation between protester, security … Chaos erupted at Portland City Hall Wednesday morning as heckling and protests over homeless policy led to a physical attack.
MultCo. warming shelter thresholds in question after … Two people are suspected to have died from hypothermia during Multnomah County’s recent winter storm, and while it is currently unknown if they were homeless, with the number of people living on the streets, people are wondering if the county should change its threshold for opening warming shelters.
State of emergency, shake-ups, state lines in Kotek’s … Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek talked about her vision for the state during Eye on Northwest Politics.
Los Angeles area still blanketed by snow in rare … LOS ANGELES (AP) — A powerful winter storm that swept down the West Coast with flooding and frigid temperatures shifted its focus to southern California on Saturday, swelling rivers to dangerous levels and dropping snow in even low-lying areas around Los Angeles. The National Weather Service said it was one of the strongest storms to […]
Central City Concern fights homelessness, government … A well-known local organization is having trouble getting the doors open on its new shelter meant to help people with addiction and mental health problems. KOIN 6 News wanted to find out why the City of Portland does not make projects like it a priority in the permitting process.
