Another Portland-area county warns of fiscal woes with anticipated $20.5M shortfall
Washington County officials said they are weighing heavy cuts, similar to Multnomah County and the city of Portland.
KOIN21h
$20.5 million budget deficit looms over Washington County’s next fiscal year
On Friday, Washington County revealed it is facing a $20.5 million deficit for the upcoming fiscal year starting on July 1. Officials have until late April to develop and share their 2025-26 financial ...
KTVZ1d
Central Oregon has been state’s growth pace-setter this pandemic-challenged decade, Census Bureau estimates show
Central Oregon has been the state’s growth engine so far this pandemic-challenged decade, accounting for nearly half of the ...
Multnomah County grew for the first time in years — barely. Here’s how other Oregon counties fared
The population of Multnomah County, the dense urban core of the Portland metro, rose a hair last year, even as it remained ...
Trump isn’t alone in his geopolitical aspirations. Some in Illinois and Oregon want change too
The U.S. hasn't seen a major realignment of state boundaries since the Civil War. It's unlikely to happen now.
KGW822d
Homeless services in Multnomah County face cuts as officials anticipate $104M shortfall
"And Multnomah County’s challenges are real, and they serve among the largest homeless population in Oregon. Elected leaders have to make hard choices every single budget cycle based on the ...
KGW822d
Why Portland may be in an 'urban doom loop,' according to a new economic report
Across the river, Clark County is booming. On the Oregon side of the metro, only Washington County had a natural population increase of note, although it's still losing more to domestic migration.
Hosted on MSN24d
Environmental nonprofit says Trump cuts could threaten Oregon's spotted owl population
The federal freeze prevents the hiring of seasonal staff to conduct annual monitoring of the endangered species, according to the Center for Biological Diversity. American fans lightly boo `O ...
foxweather24d
2 dead after avalanche buries skiers in Oregon mountains
BEND, Ore. – Authorities in Central Oregon announced Tuesday the discovery of two missing skiers believed to have been buried by an avalanche in the Cascade Mountains. According to the Deschutes ...
Los Angeles Times25d
A dozen wolves collared in California as officials seek to track the growing population
Five wolves were captured from the Beyem Seyo pack in Sierra County ... Oregon ventured over state lines. He didn’t stay, and the first verified pack didn’t take hold until 2015. The ...
Newsweek25d
Map Reveals States With Highest Population Growth Since COVID
Population growth has since started to recover from this, although often through immigration, expanding by 0.77 percent, 2.6 million people, in the 2023-2024 year. Newsweek has created a map to ...
OPB26d
New data confirms contaminated wells in Crook County, but doesn’t point to source
Knife River VP of its South Central Division Chris Doan and Technical Services Manager Matt Ropp tour the Woodward site in Crook County, Oregon on April 12, 2023. Emily Cureton Cook / OPB The ...