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Portland man accused of barricading self in St. Johns home for 10+ hours identified
The suspect accused of barricading himself inside a St. Johns home for more than 10 hours during a police standoff in ...
Domestic violence pushes women to life on the streets, survey shows
Faced with a homeless services system largely built for men, women experiencing domestic abuse may find themselves choosing between violence and the street.
How we did it: Data on domestic violence and housing
The Lee Enterprises Public Service Journalism Team surveyed 150 women from July through October 2024 across eleven women’s daytime and overnight shelters throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Federal funding freeze sends Portland refugee organizations scrambling
Portland Police Bureau's Jami Resch greeting refugees arriving at the Portland International Airport in 2020. Refugee-focused ...
Women on the brink of homelessness left alone to face abusers, investigation shows
Forcing survivors to litigate their restraining order hearings is a regular reality — and a gaping fault in a system that ...
Oregon sees 32% increase in shelter beds over past year
Thursday was the start of the Point In Time Count, it’s a snapshot of the number of homeless people in a county on a given ...
19-year-old man arrested in fatal shooting in Old Town, Portland police say
Malachai Martin is accused of second-degree murder in the Sept. 4 shooting of 21-year-old Malik Wilkerson. Court records show ...
Portland nonprofits say Trump’s funding freeze could be 'a huge hit' to operations
If federal funding goes away, it's a "a huge hit in the amount of people we can feed," said the CEO of Meals on Wheels People ...
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On brink of homelessness, Pacific Northwest women left alone to face abusers, survey shows
In 2024, Oregon ranked fourth in the nation ... programs manager at Portland nonprofit Raphael House, a domestic violence shelter. “And after all that, the restraining order is often not ...