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Clackamas County
A costly decision: Clackamas County will lose out on $8M after abandoning transitional housing project
Homeless
Clackamas County halts purchase of hotel after Chair Tootie Smith reverses her vote for the planned transitional housing facility
Smith cast the deciding vote in a 3-2 decision to buy the hotel in February. The transitional housing plan drew pushback from nearby business owners.
Homeless
Tootie Smith explains about-face on hotel shelter vote
The Clackamas County chair cast the deciding vote to purchase a hotel for transitional housing last month, but reversed her vote and halted the plan this week.
Homeless
Warming shelters open again Friday night; officials ask for more volunteers
Multnomah county opened six emergency shelters Thursday night, and they collectively reached 96% capacity with 656 people using the beds.
Clackamas County
Clackamas County leaders vote 'yes' on turning hotel into temporary shelter
Commissioners voted 3-2 in favor of the project. The meeting went over 3 hours long — with nearly 90 people signed up to testify.
Clackamas County
Clackamas County leaders to vote on turning hotel into temporary shelter: 'A historic investment'
The county is seeking to purchase a Quality Inn near I-205 and Sunnyside Road in hopes of transforming it into 100 units of transitional housing for the homeless.
Weather
Amid cold snap, some Portland metro warming shelters stay open Monday
The region will see a few more days of bone-chilling cold. Here are the severe weather shelters that will remain open through Tuesday morning.
Clackamas County
Oregon City to see new 170-unit affordable housing complex open this summer
More affordable housing is under construction to try to give some relief to the housing crisis. The apartments are expected to open in Oregon City this summer.
Crime
Suspect in Clackamas homicides injured in Wash. shootout with police
A suspect involved in a carjacking and shooting with police in Washington earlier this week is also linked to an October double homicide in Oregon.
Community
The Canby Center gets big expansion donation
A nonprofit food bank and community center in Canby just got a boost from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. A $600,000 grant will go to help expand its facilities.
Wicked West
The 'Ax Murderess' who became Oregon’s first female convicted murderer
KGW’s latest six-episode podcast series, Wicked West, explores the Pacific Northwest’s folklore and legends.
Wicked West
Wicked West Ep. 1: Oregon's 'Ax Murderess'
In 1854, Charity Lamb killed her husband with an ax. She became the first woman to go on trial for murder in the Oregon Territory, and the first female prison inmate
Homeless
Clackamas County halts purchase of hotel after Chair Tootie Smith reverses her vote for the planned transitional housing facility
Smith cast the deciding vote in a 3-2 decision to buy the hotel in February. The transitional housing plan drew pushback from nearby business owners.
Homeless
Tootie Smith explains about-face on hotel shelter vote
The Clackamas County chair cast the deciding vote to purchase a hotel for transitional housing last month, but reversed her vote and halted the plan this week.
Homeless
Warming shelters open again Friday night; officials ask for more volunteers
Multnomah county opened six emergency shelters Thursday night, and they collectively reached 96% capacity with 656 people using the beds.
Clackamas County
Clackamas County leaders vote 'yes' on turning hotel into temporary shelter
Commissioners voted 3-2 in favor of the project. The meeting went over 3 hours long — with nearly 90 people signed up to testify.
Clackamas County
Clackamas County leaders to vote on turning hotel into temporary shelter: 'A historic investment'
The county is seeking to purchase a Quality Inn near I-205 and Sunnyside Road in hopes of transforming it into 100 units of transitional housing for the homeless.
Weather
Amid cold snap, some Portland metro warming shelters stay open Monday
The region will see a few more days of bone-chilling cold. Here are the severe weather shelters that will remain open through Tuesday morning.
Clackamas County
Oregon City to see new 170-unit affordable housing complex open this summer
More affordable housing is under construction to try to give some relief to the housing crisis. The apartments are expected to open in Oregon City this summer.
Crime
Suspect in Clackamas homicides injured in Wash. shootout with police
A suspect involved in a carjacking and shooting with police in Washington earlier this week is also linked to an October double homicide in Oregon.
Community
The Canby Center gets big expansion donation
A nonprofit food bank and community center in Canby just got a boost from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. A $600,000 grant will go to help expand its facilities.
Wicked West
The 'Ax Murderess' who became Oregon’s first female convicted murderer
KGW’s latest six-episode podcast series, Wicked West, explores the Pacific Northwest’s folklore and legends.
Wicked West
Wicked West Ep. 1: Oregon's 'Ax Murderess'
In 1854, Charity Lamb killed her husband with an ax. She became the first woman to go on trial for murder in the Oregon Territory, and the first female prison inmate
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