MEDFORD, Ore. – Senate passes critical affordable housing and transportation infrastructure investments for Oregon. This included the city of North Bend receiving $4 million. According to Senator Jeff Merkley’s office, the funding will go towards demolishing the old Coos County ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – Grants Pass Police believe the homeless situation is improving at city parks this fall. Police are still posting advisories to move tents in city parks. But city leadership still holds out hope that the supreme court will ...
ASHLAND, Ore. — The new Ashland Emergency Homeless Shelter held an open house yesterday. At a City Council meeting in August, the Ashland City Council approved the purchase of a new property for an emergency shelter. The property is located ...
ASHLAND, Ore. – Oregon has recently approved the City of Ashland’s Housing Production Strategy, marking a first for the state when it comes to the homeless crisis. “Although the city of Ashland has had a long history of adopting housing ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – Medford’s city council voted to approve a new camping ordinance that would prevent people from camping near schools and waterways. The US Department of Environment Quality recently voiced concerns to the city over how camping near places ...
MEDFORD, Ore.– The Medford City Council is looking at a new camping ordinance that would prevent people from camping near schools and waterways. The DEQ recently voiced concerns to the city, over how camping near places like Bear Creek is ...
Author: Blair Best (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Vern and his friend pulled shopping carts filled with cans and blankets across the train tracks under Portland’s Morrison Bridge on Wednesday morning. They had just learned their camp was being cleared ...
Author: Pat Dooris, Jamie Parfitt (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Tens of millions of dollars each year flow through the Joint Office of Homeless Services, the Multnomah County-helmed agency tasked with spearheading the response to homelessness throughout the Portland area. ...
Author: Blair Best (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — In a tent on a small side street off Southeast Powell Boulevard, Jinai Record finds protection. She lathers pieces of bread in milk and cinnamon to make French toast, one of her ...
Author: Jamie Parfitt, Colten Weekley (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. — When the Portland City Council voted earlier this summer to institute a new ordinance governing where and how homeless people can camp in the city, the form of the daytime camping ...