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Kate Brown: Clackamas County decoupled from Metro neighbors

Sandy Post 11/24 8:00P Sam Stites

Reopening metrics now analyzed independently from Washington and Multnomah counties

Oregon businesses roll out efforts to keep holiday spending local

Portland Business Journal 11/23 11:21A Christopher Bjorke

Rising Covid-19 cases have put the holiday season on ice for Oregon retailers and restaurants. Gov. Kate Brown's freeze on business and social activity bans indoor and outdoor...

Another 1,500-plus Oregon Covid cases, another daily record

Portland Business Journal 11/22 10:13A Andy Giegerich

Oregon's Covid-19 case count rose to yet another new high on Sunday. The Oregon Health Authority reported 1,517 new confirmed and presumptive coronavirus cases in Oregon. It's...

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Most Oregon Counties Will Remain in COVID-19 "Freeze" Until 2021

Portland Mercury 11/25 11:58A Alex Zielinski

by Alex Zielinski A friendly reminder from California's Imperial County. Mario Tama / Getty Images It's likely strict COVID-19 restrictions will remain in place for 21 Oregon counties—including...

Watch Live: Gov. Brown on New Measures That Will Follow the "Freeze"

Portland Mercury 11/25 8:49A Wm. Steven Humphrey

by Wm. Steven Humphrey Governor's Office On Wednesday, November 18, Oregon entered what Governor Kate Brown dubbed a two-week "freeze" in an attempt to slow the surging number of COVID-19 cases and...

Good Morning, News: Congress on Vacation, County Commissioner in Hawaii, But Please Don't Travel for...

Portland Mercury 11/24 4:33A Blair Stenvick

by Blair Stenvick We need your help. The economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis is threatening our ability to keep producing the quality reporting you've come to love. If you’re able, please...

Rules I make but don't follow

Portland Mercury 11/24 3:48A Anonymous

by Anonymous Every multnomah county commissioners gets paid $117 thousand dollars a year. I know that isn't the same as a doctor gets paid, but it is significantly more than...

TriMet Plans Mental Health Crisis Response Team Pilot, Other Transit Safety Reforms

Portland Mercury 11/20 8:29A Blair Stenvick

by Blair Stenvick LAURENT HRYBYK TriMet plans to create a pilot program for a mobile crisis response team, a proposed alternative to sending police or security personnel to respond to transit users...

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What Multnomah County’s Four-Week Freeze Means for Restaurant and Bar Owners & Workers

Portland Monthly (Food) 11/18 6:01A Katherine Chew Hamilton

“After a lifetime of dedicating myself to working, I am finding myself closer to being homeless than I am to ever reaching my dreams,” says one bartender.

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Fall 2020 Grant Partners

Multnomah Athletic Foundation 11/21 1:43P From The Foundation

Every year we award grants in our two cycles, once in the spring and once in the fall, these are the recipients of grants in Fall of 2020. In our spring grant cycle we are...

YGI Decision and Presentation

Multnomah Athletic Foundation 11/18 11:07A From The Foundation

Life is celebrated in amazing moments. One of those moments happen on Sunday Nov 15 with the final presentation the 2020 Youth Grant Initiative cohort. After several months...

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