PORTLAND, Ore. — One way or another, changes are coming for Multnomah County's drug deflection program — though the details may depend on how much the county's district attorney and commissioners can ...

Power outage forces Gervais School District to close on Friday A power outage in Marion County has prompted the Gervais School District to start two hours late. Former Washington fire battalion chief ...

I don’t know how one can describe the Multnomah County drug deflection center’s first year operating results as anything other than an absolute failure and a colossal waste of money, (“With annual ...

In response to low engagement in Multnomah County’s drug deflection program, District Attorney Nathan Vasquez has announced steep changes. Starting Jan. 5, people that fail to complete the county’s ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Multnomah County District Attorney Nathan Vasquez announced Tuesday that his office may pursue charges against people caught in possession of hard drugs who fail to complete the ...

The amount of noise The Row’s annual sample sale generated last weekend was perhaps antithetical to the brand’s ultimate quiet luxury status. But what else could be expected? The brand’s legions of ...

After NASA smashed a spacecraft into an asteroid, its orbit slowly but surely changed over the next month, and astronomers can’t explain why. In 2022, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) flew ...

Oregon recriminalized drugs on Sept. 1, 2024, after the passage of House Bill 4002. Most counties set up deflection programs to refer people to treatment rather than incarceration. Data shows counties ...

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Crescendo is throwing out the old customer service playbook. By combining human expertise with its expanded agentic AI platform, the company is turning customer experience (CX) from a cost center into ...