Amid serious allegations of misconduct at Urban Alchemy-run temporary homeless sites, new public records show the city spent months coordinating with the nonprofit’s public relations firm to help poli...

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Documents obtained by KATU News show that over the past 12 months Urban Alchemy's own employees processed 26 complaints.

Since 2020, at least nine lawsuits have targeted Urban Alchemy, Portland’s largest homeless services provider, over labor and misconduct claims.

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Two City Council members are asking Portland City Administrator Raymond Lee to look into allegations against its largest homeless service provider, Urban Alchem

Portland’s ombudsman received 85 complaints against Urban Alchemy, with guests alleging misconduct including harassment, drug activity and unfair evictions.

Salem city councilors approved council legislative priorities Monday which include a bill that would change prohibitions within state public meetings law against serial communications. To comment on ...

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Agreements between the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office and the US States Marshals Service reveal that the county has agreed to hold ICE detainees in its jail.

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek's transportation bill could stall yet again.

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

Several students at Hudson's Bay High School in Vancouver are planning a walkout on their first day of classes after the winter break on Monday morning.

A new 2025 law banning statewide the use of Styrofoam to-go containers will come with an added cost to businesses and likely consumers.

A yearly one-time count of people experiencing homelessness nationwide suggests that homelessness is growing much more quickly in rural Oregon.

A teacher has been on administrative leave with the Nestucca Valley School District since the spring when he was charged with allegedly sexually abusing a minor

In a note he was carrying when he was arrested, Luigi Mangione paints himself as a man radicalized by statistics.

Nearly one year after Oregon's Housing Stability Council made a seemingly empty threat to withhold almost $44M in public funds.