Juniper House, the first end-of-life care facility for people dying of AIDS and AIDS-related complexes in Oregon, was ...

Multnomah County’s deflection program, which offers drug users a choice between seeking treatment or serving jail time, has ...

Officials took the 34 people who completed the program as a win, arguing that overcoming addiction is no easy task.

Oregon Republican lawmakers in the Senate are backing a push to get more funding into schools across the state even as many ...

“Demon Copperhead,” by Barbara Kingsolver, is a majestic novel that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2023. Kingsolver was inspired by ...

As of Friday, February 14, a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order to block the withholding of federal funds ...

Some Oregonians received a tough blow over the weekend as they joined thousands of federal workers nationwide that were fired ...

The Pit Bull Pen, a nonprofit organization dedicated to rescuing and fostering pit bulls, has lost its tax-exempt status. This news follows the recent loss of ...

For years, agency officials have struggled to improve well-documented failures in its child-welfare system and long-term care ... the Oregon Senate Committee on Human Services on Oregon foster ...

A woman has filed a $25 million federal lawsuit against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints alleging church ...

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