JM Simpson’s day starts at 5 a.m. He typically picks up a bag of donuts and a few packs of cigarettes and grabs his camera. By 6:15, he’s on the streets of Olympia, Washington, introducing himself to ...

For many housed people, there is a tendency to conflate unhoused populations with violent crime and danger, but crime rates tell a different story. Editor's note: This story contains graphic ...

Nearly half of all property taxes paid by Portlanders go to an unusual — and costly — pension program for police and fire personnel. For those who pay property taxes in Portland, their tax bill has a ...

Buried secrets lie beneath Portland’s Northwest Industrial District. Wander between Northwest St. Helens Road and the Willamette River and you’ll come across asphalt manufacturing, petroleum tank ...

"It’s all about providing the resources. It’s all about income disparity, and it’s about making the decision as a society that we need to help people who can’t manage to participate in the way that ...

I catch her in the early evening. Two black bears cross the road just before turning onto her driveway. It’s light out, but I swear I saw two barn owls swooping into a stand of apple trees. After I am ...

Zenith Energy’s fossil fuel storage and transport facility faces criticism for potential environmental dangers, particularly in the event of an earthquake. Portland City Council and a fossil fuel ...

A Grants Pass case before the Supreme Court will decide if punishing homeless residents is cruel and unusual ...

In his new book, “Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs,” London-based journalist Johann Hari argues that the very problems the war on drugs aims to eradicate — cartels, ...

Anti-homeless policy has been a staple of cities the world over, whether those policies be forthright, like loitering laws and sit-lie ordinances, or peppered into a city’s infrastructure and public ...

The legality of Grants Pass’ homelessness policies is once again under fire. A judge halted enforcement of the city’s latest rules on March 28 while a lawsuit to toss them permanently moves forward.

Portland faces record levels of gun violence and homicide. As of July 21, there have been 91 homicides in Portland in the past year, and from January through July 27 there were 688 shootings according ...