Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recent changes to Clatsop County’s deflection program are helping open the door for more people to access treatment. The program, ...

PENDLETON — While the city of Pendleton contends with how to handle social services, the Umatilla County Board of Commissioners approved a grant application for $150,000 to continue a deflection ...

In Clatsop County, seagulls squawk and swoop through the sky as visitors and residents stroll along windswept beaches of the Pacific Ocean. Towering pine trees and craggy peaks dot the landscape. The ...

Baker County is preparing to start a program that gives people cited for possession of relatively small amounts of certain drugs a chance to avoid criminal charges if they complete addiction treatment ...

One way or another, changes are coming for Multnomah County's drug deflection program — though the details may depend on how much the county's district attorney and commissioners can compromise on a ...

OREGON, USA — Counties across Oregon are up against a deadline to launch programs offering treatment instead of jail for people caught with possession of hard drugs, which becomes a crime again in ...

In response to low engagement in Multnomah County’s drug deflection program, District Attorney Nathan Vasquez has announced steep changes. Starting Jan. 5, people that fail to complete the county’s ...

In Clatsop County, seagulls squawk and swoop through the sky as visitors and residents stroll along windswept beaches of the Pacific Ocean. Towering pine trees and craggy peaks dot the landscape. The ...

Police massed in a different part of Portland’s city core each day last week in a concentrated effort to stem illegal drug use. Officers over the week took 78 people suspected of possessing small ...

Recent changes to Clatsop County’s deflection program are helping open the door for more people to access treatment. The program, not quite 6 months old, is a response to House Bill 4002, which ...