The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners proclaimed Thursday, August 26 as “Native American Foster Parent Honoring Day” at the board meeting on the same day.Terry Cross, executive director of th...
The historic exhibit “Those Other County Bridges” was dedicated on Friday, August 6, before a gathering of community members and county officials in the Multnomah Building. The exhibit highlights f...
The first annual PDX Bridge Festival has begun! The two-week event celebrates the bridges that connect us all. The focus of this year’s festival is Multnomah County’s...
Today the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners approved a resolution that would invest $10,000,000 of county funds...
Visit the new CROPS blog.County CROPS (Community Reaps Our Produce and Shares), a Multnomah County initiative led by Chair Cogen, is a two-acre community farm in Troutdale that benefits the...
Chair Jeff Cogen took the all-electric 2010 Nissan Leaf for a spin on August 5. The zero-emissions car goes on the market in Oregon in December 2010. The Nissan Leaf is the wheeled ambass...
In honor of World Breastfeeding Week, the Multnomah County Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program is participating in the Big Latch On.
When he heard about a breakfast for 6,000 people on a bridge in Sydney, Australia, Tucker Teutsch had an idea. Why not try it in Portland? The creative director of the PDX Bridge Festival...
After hours of sniffing, playing and flirting, 46 animals left the Animal House Adoption Party with new families.
With the objective of eradicating obstacles that prevent widespread adoption of energy efficiency, Multnomah County has helped initiate an innovative new pilot program called Clean...
Should the new Sellwood Bridge be tall and slender or low and boxy? Contemporary or classical? Showy or minimalist? It’s not often that we get to design a new bridge across the Willamett...
The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners unanimously proclaimed the week of July 18-24 as Probation, Parole and Community Supervision Week...