PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A Multnomah County deflection center that will serve as a touch point for drug users who wish to avoid jail time and instead opt for addiction treatment is set to open its ...

Rescue teams save individual stranded in marsh near Highway 47 in Forest Grove Forest Grove Fire and Rescue said they responded to a water rescue near Highway 47 between Oak Street and Sunset Drive ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – It’s been three days since Oregon’s new drug possession law went into effect, leaving the Portland community to wonder: “Is it working?” The new law, House Bill 4002, ...

Earlier this year, Oregon lawmakers passed a bill to implement new criminal penalties for drug possession and end the state’s three-year experiment with drug decriminalization. The legislation also ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Dozens of people have agreed to deflection rather than going to jail for possessing small amounts of hard drugs in the first two months of Multnomah County’s new program. The ...

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — With new drug possession charges scheduled to take effect on Sept 1, Multnomah County officials promise a sobering center will be operational and ready to give people caught with ...