PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Julia Brim Edwards occupies a unique position in local politics. She’s a Multnomah County Commissioner representing Southeast Portland’s District 3. She’s also been on the ...

As I write this, Multnomah County stands just over a month away from opening a voluntary drug deflection center in the heart of the central eastside (“$2 million approved for improvements at Portland ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — On Thursday, Multnomah County commissioners voted unanimously on a resolution that aims to increase accountability and transparency for the county's embattled drug deflection program.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Multnomah County commissioners voted unanimously to pass a resolution Thursday making significant changes to how its deflection program works. Deflection programs aim to deter ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The tightening of Multnomah County’s drug deflection program comes amid what District Attorney Nathan Vasquez describes as low participation — and an even lower level of ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - On Thursday, Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pedersen presented her plan for a drug deflection program to the other commissioners. The plan is in response to House Bill 4002 ...

Multnomah County’s sobering center won’t be a sobering center, at least for a while. Until mid-2025, no one who arrives intoxicated at the sobering center—known more formally as the deflection ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Multnomah County District Attorney Nathan Vasquez said he is “certainly not satisfied” with the way the county’s deflection centers are working. In a late afternoon press ...