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Multnomah County Commission turns down ER doc’s proposal to lower ambulance staffing to speed response times
After nearly three hours of deliberation Thursday, the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners rejected a proposal by Commissioner Sharon Meieran, an emergency room doctor, to improve the County’s ambulance response times by lowering ambulance staffing requirements. Her proposal — which urged County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson to allow an...
Life sentence for man convicted for 2023 stabbing death in Southeast Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. — Rahnique Jackson was sentenced to life in prison Friday for the stabbing death of Colin Smith in July 2023. The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office says Jackson, 25, will be eligible for parole after 25 years. A 12-person jury decided unanimously that Jackson is guilty...
Readers respond: Costly county mission statement is unconscionable
I guess I wasn’t surprised to learn that the Multnomah County Commission spent $250,000 of our tax dollars to write a seven sentence updated statement of mission, vision and values, (“Multnomah County’s new vision, mission statements cost $250,000,” July 21). This expense continues a pattern of dysfunction and waste that the current commission continues to create, to the detriment of our county.
Man stabbed, seriously injured at NE Sandy gas station, deputies say
FAIRVIEW, Ore. — The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a man was found stabbed on NE Sandy early this morning. Deputies were sent to a gas station at the 20800 block of NE Sandy just after 2 a.m. on the report of a stabbing. When they arrived,...
Man found seriously injured after stabbing in Fairview
MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. (KPTV) - The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a stabbing that injured one person in Fairview early Wednesday morning. Just after 2 a.m., deputies responded to the report of a stabbing in the 20800 block of Northeast Sandy Boulevard. Deputies arrived to the scene and found a man with a serious injury.
MultCo Board rejects alternative ambulance resolution amid paramedic shortage
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The resolution to urge the Multnomah County Chair to temporarily change the required personnel for ambulances to address long response times has failed to pass after contentious debating among Multnomah County Commissioners. The county has been facing ambulance response time issues with the company under contract, American Medical Response, due to […]
Person in Multnomah County jail dies, the first in 2024
A person in the custody of the Multnomah County Detention Center died Thursday, according to the county sheriff’s office. The sheriff’s office did not say whether the unnamed person was a man or a woman, but said an adult was found unresponsive in their jail cell about 7:30 a.m. Jail staff soon began performing life-saving measures, the office said, but the adult was pronounced dead by AMR paramedics.
This night market goes where Oregon’s Asian population is: Washington County
This weekend at The Round in Beaverton, about 150 vendors representing a range of Asian identities will gather for the city’s first Legendary Makers Market, offering Himalayan dumplings, baked goods with Korean and Vietnamese influences, Japanese crafts and origami and much more. The three-day festival, expected to draw thousands,...
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