Multnomah County

For years, the Gresham Fire Department served not just Gresham, but three adjacent cities. When the contract came up for renewal, tensions arose and Troutdale, Fairview and Wood Village shopped around. Now, that may lead to the creation of a new fire district.

AMR and Multnomah County staff have filed dueling slide presentations for a briefing this week that contain what appear to be sometimes conflicting facts.

In a lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Portland, attorneys for Gerson Fernando Molina-Orantes claim the county and 13 sheriff deputies identified as “John Does” intentionally kept him incarcerated for immigration officials.

A violent attack outside the Portland Central Library this week is the second one in less than two months. Multnomah County Director of Libraries Annie Lewis talks about security in and around the facility.

A man found dead in Portland is the third suspected heat-related death this month in the region.

Commissioners want more feedback from a Preschool For All advisory group before making a decision on the program's tax structure.

The National Weather Service has issued an extreme heat watch, with highs between 95 and 100 degrees expected to hit Oregon and Southwest Washington through the weekend.

Heat-related deaths have become more common in Northwest Oregon over the past decade as the climate has warmed.

Temperatures reached the high 80s Wednesday – but were much hotter the previous three days, with the official high peaking at 100 on Tuesday.

A test of the Multnomah County wireless emergency alert system is set to reach nearly a million residents and visitors in the region Thursday.