On August 4, the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners will proclaim August as Local Breastfeeding Month. County services have long supported breastfeeding, but this year the Health Department is...
The National Association of Counties’ (NACo) annual conference and exposition kicked off July 15, drawing over 2,000 county leaders, administrators and staff from...
The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners has proclaimed July 17- 23 Probation, Parole and Community Supervision Week....
A teacher once told Multnomah County Chair Jeff Cogen he was a loser who would never amount to anything.Speaking to 55 graduates of SE Works’ Class of 2011 who’ve overcome dropping out, being in ja...
On June 20, Multnomah County Chair Jeff Cogen spoke at the opening of the Crisis Assessment and Treatment Center (CATC) for people experiencing a mental health crisis....
Consumer advocate Ashleigh Brenton knows first-hand the difference the new Multnomah County Crisis Assessment and Treatment Center (CATC) can make....
On June 20, Multnomah County and its partners celebrated the opening of the Crisis Assessment and Treatment Center (CATC). The facility will serve vulnerable people who are in the midst of a mental...
Ashleigh Brenton knows first-hand the difference the new Multnomah County Crisis Assessment and Treatment Center can make.Earlier this month, Ashleigh graduated from Portland State University with...
What’s new? Starting on Tuesday, June 21, the Crisis Assessment and Treatment Center (CATC) will be available at 55 N.E. Grand Ave. for people having a mental health crisis who don’t need a ...
Multnomah County’s Board of Commissioners has approved a proposal that will allow the new Sellwood Bridge to be built faster and for less money. The innovative proposal involves moving the existing...
A quick refresher, please. What's the issue?Multnomah County’s 85-year-old Sellwood Bridge has serious structural problems and needs to be replaced. The project to replace the bridge is in the fin...
With construction of the new Sellwood Bridge scheduled to begin in July 2012, Multnomah County is taking steps to eliminate the project’s $42 million funding shortfall. On June 16, the Board of Cou...