WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. — Come September there will be big changes to rules around drug use in Oregon. That’s when possession of small amounts of hard drugs, such as fentanyl, will become a crime ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Multnomah County District Attorney Nathan Vasquez announced Tuesday that his office may pursue charges against people caught in possession of hard drugs who fail to complete the ...

Several years ago, I went to the Saddle Ranch on Sunset Boulevard and decided it would be a great idea to ride the mechanical bull. Winston Source: Image by Nancy Wong on Wikimedia Commons Once I ...

Frustrated with the performance of Multnomah County’s drug-crime deflection center, Commissioner Shannon Singleton proposed a set of reforms aimed at tying it more closely to county bureaus that ...

Multnomah County is expanding its temporary deflection center in Southeast Portland to include 13 sobering beds, officials announced Wednesday. The Coordinated Care Pathway Center, which opened in ...

We’ve all encountered them – those people who have a special talent for turning the tables when confronted about their behavior. One moment you’re addressing something hurtful they did, and the next ...

Throughout his tenure but certainly more often this season, Tom Crean has cited "deflections," a statistic he says helps measure defensive activity. But what are they exactly? “It’s any time you get a ...

Scene from The hypocrite, engraving from a painting by Robert Smirke (1753-1845), illustration from the magazine The Illustrated London News, volume LIV, January 30, 1869. There is one psychological ...