PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Multnomah County Animal Services announced that it is holding a summer adoption sale as its kennels are at capacity. Multnomah County spokesperson Alicia Mendez told KOIN 6 News that Animal Services currently has the ability to fill five more dog kennels and 14 more cat kennels. However, workers have already started […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland City Commissioner Rene Gonzalez is voicing his criticisms of the nearly $4 billion budget recently approved by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. The county budget included funds for distributing two million tents to the homeless and five million syringes. Gonzalez took umbrage with the syringe funds, which a Multnomah […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Multnomah County Health Department announced Friday that over 1,000 people may have had their private information accessed in a data breach. While the county assures Social Security and drivers’ license numbers of their Health Center clients were not breached, information on their Medicaid ID, medical record number, race, ethnicity, gender […]
The company behind new parking fees for a notoriously busy lot across from Multnomah Falls said their plan will make the Columbia River Gorge safer, even as visitors complain and federal officials are reviewing its legality. Last week Sasquatch Shuttles, which provides rides and tours in the gorge, installed payment machines that require up to […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Multnomah County is stepping in to help prevent 80 asylum seekers in Portland from winding up homeless on the street. The county will give money to a program that provides shelter for asylum seekers. The group Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice was paying for them to stay in a hotel in […]
GRESHAM, Ore. (KOIN) — On the same day the Multnomah County chair re-iterated the county was not about to change its 2-paramedic policy, the Gresham City Council voted unanimously to demand the county adopt a one paramedic-one EMT model. The Gresham City Council wants Multnomah County to change temporarily but immediately to the model used […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Many local winemakers were hit hard by the impact of smoke from the 2020 Labor Day wildfires on their crops, leading many to file suit against Pacific Power for their alleged role in the fires. Years later, the state’s wine industry is still working to recover. Now, Oregon State University researchers […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — When it comes to banning flavored tobacco and vaping products in Multnomah County, the battle continues. The ban was passed by county commissioners back in late 2022 and it is expected to take effect on Jan. 1. However, an emergency motion for a stay was filed in the Oregon Court of […]