A coalition of business interests and Oregon cities are moving toward the November 2026 ballot with an initiative that would allow cities to broadly criminalize homeless camping.

Instead of a zero-tolerance policy on fires at homeless camps, Portland Fire & Rescue is now evaluating them on a case-by-case basis.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The City of Portland is preparing to remove a homeless camp that has built up outside the former Assembly Brewing location on Southeast Foster Road. On Thursday, clean-up crews ...

In May, local business Assembly Brewing shut down its location off Southeast Foster Road — the first of two locations to shutter this year. Since then, what was once a neighborhood brewery has become ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A neighborhood group in Portland is in opposition to a proposal to cut $4.3 million from the city’s Impact Reduction Program, which supports the clean-up of homeless camps, ...