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Portland City Council heard strong opposition Wednesday to a proposal to ban homeless camping on public property. More than 100 Portlanders shared testimony with commissioners — virtually and in-person — during the course of a five-hour council meeting. “This proposition, it will immediately make your life criminal for...

Portland camping ban proposal draws strong opposition in marathon meeting

Vancouver, WA

Longview, WA

Until recently, a street corner near downtown Longview, Washington, was a patch of gravel, sucking mud and sprouting tents. It was a city-run campsite, meant to help unhoused people. But to Nichole Castro, who used to stay in one of the tents, there wasn’t much help. Few services visited with...

Northwest states spend on homelessness, but local politics imperiled this Longview shelter

Eight months after giving the go-ahead for a gunshot detection pilot project, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler announced Thursday that the city won’t pursue installing the technology. “It really came down to resources: time, money, bandwidth and personnel,” Wheeler said at a press conference announcing new violence intervention and outreach...

Portland will not pursue gunshot detection technology in favor of ‘better strategies’ to address gun violence

Your browser does not support the audio element. We’ve gotten a taste of some sunny weather in the last couple of weeks, which means summer is just around the corner — and a new season brings more arts and culture events to add to our calendars. OPB producer Donald Orr sat down with “All Things Considered” co-host Crystal Ligori to preview a few things to look forward to in June.

Juneteenth, retro games and Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: Oregon arts and culture events in June

Downtown Portland has seen better days. Its recovery from the pandemic’s economic downturn and resulting vandalism has been uneven at best. The area continues to grapple with high numbers of homeless campers. In some areas, open drug use and gun violence threaten the survival of some local businesses. We’re joined in studio by Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell to discuss how strained local law enforcement officers are trying to stay on top of the high demand, and his plans for responding to crime downtown more broadly.

Responding to drug trade, crime in downtown Portland

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued policies for the agency’s body-worn camera program last week which are at odds with those supported by federal civil rights prosecutors in Portland. The policies, which set the minimum standard for the nine law enforcement agencies under Homeland Security, allow for what’s...

Homeland Security’s body camera policies diverge from federal proposals for Portland police

Vancouver Police Chief Jeff Mori says his agency will release body camera footage that officers wore this week when they shot and killed a man at a shopping center, though the release date is unclear. Video captured by a bystander has already surfaced on social media showing multiple armed officers...

Vancouver police will release body camera footage of fatal shooting, but no date set

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Your browser does not support the audio element. On this episode of “Literary Arts: The Archive Project,” we are celebrating the kickoff of National Poetry Month with a special event, recorded in front of a live audience at Literary Arts event space in downtown Portland on September 17, 2022. This event was part of a partnership with the Alano Club of Portland and their Artists in Recovery series, about the intersections of mental health and substance use recovery, creativity, and building community. Learn more at PortlandAlano.org.

The Archive Project - Hanif Abdurraqib, Kaveh Akbar, Leslie Jamison

Police in Vancouver shot and killed a man Tuesday who they say was wanted in connection with multiple armed robberies. A detective from the Vancouver Police Department’s Neighborhood Response Team spotted the suspect at about 5:30 p.m. and saw him go into the Safeway store at Mill Plain Boulevard and Andresen Road.

Vancouver police shoot and kill suspect reportedly tied to multiple robberies

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Reading debate highlights broader battle over who controls what’s taught in Oregon public schools

Your browser does not support the audio element. Like lots of parents in West Linn, Maggie Traverso moved to this affluent city south of Portland for...

Reading debate highlights broader battle over who controls what’s taught in Oregon public schools

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