We rode TriMet’s Line 72 to find out if services have suffered and if COVID-19 safety measures are working “ MASKS REQUIRED” reads the orange electronic sign on the side of one of TriMet’s signature blue buses, reminding the riders of Line 72 that even af ...
9 Sep 2020 - Henry Latourett...
They join a citywide effort among grocery store employees demanding increased pay and better safety precautions during the pandemic When the coronavirus pandemic spurred citywide closures in early March, New Seasons Market provided its employees with “Tha ...
21 Aug 2020 - Jessica Pollard
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, unhoused students struggled to stay connected, and district officials don’t know how many have fallen through the cracks Portland had 1,217 students experiencing some form of homelessness last fall. With the pandemic and en ...
8 Aug 2020 - Christen McCurdy
Parents concerned about safety and academic uncertainty are exploring a range of options for the fall As Oregon schools scramble to plan a hybrid model for the fall, mixing in-person classes with virtual programming, many parents feel anxious sending thei ...
26 Jul 2020 - Hanna Merzbach
Blanchet House in Old Town needs donations of water bottles to distribute to people experiencing homelessness as temperatures near 100 degrees over the next two days For the first time in the 130 days since Multnomah County commissioners declared a state ...
25 Jul 2020 - Jessica Pollard
Many employers in Oregon are sending healthy workers in for COVID-19 testing when a coworker gets sick. Public health officials wish they’d stop. Debbie Lamberger said it’s becoming a regular occurrence: Coworkers arrive in a group of cars at one of Orego ...
18 Jul 2020 - Christen McCurdy
A bill passed during the special session could help the state's farmers while also sending fewer livestock to the Midwest for slaughter Food and meat processing plants are among workplaces seeing the greatest concentration of COVID-19 cases, both nat ...
12 Jul 2020 - Jessica Pollard
The city's Healthy Business permit was intended to prioritize minority-owned restaurants and bars during COVID-19, but gentrification has made that difficult With a temporary permit from the city, more than 200 restaurants and bars in Portland are ex ...
1 Jul 2020 - Henry Latourett...
Check back for updates on the status of these important pieces of legislation The Oregon Legislature adjourned its special session late Friday, June 26. Bills specifically addressing homelessness — an issue Speaker of the House Tina Kotek wanted to decla ...
26 Jun 2020 - Tom Henderson
Vulnerable Oregonians take center stage during Legislature's emergency session, likely to extend into next week He went to the hospital in Corvallis with pneumonia, but the physician who saw him thought the 64-year-old quadriplegic man with developme ...
26 Jun 2020 - Tom Henderson