In November 2023 in Josephine County, an 18-month law enforcement investigation was able to shut down a major drug operation.

Naloxone saves lives and the state should fully fund what’s needed; reversing overdoses is an absolute good and also helps ...

District attorneys say many charges could be dismissed due to a lack of public defenders that has been plaguing the state ...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The small Oregon city at the heart of a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that allowed cities ...

As President Donald Trump vows to tackle the fentanyl crisis at the border, Lane County aims to fight its local fentanyl ...

An Oregon judge on Monday ordered the city at the heart of a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling on homeless encampments to ...

The number of people sentenced to prison each month in Oregon has climbed since the pandemic but isn’t expected to return to pre-pandemic levels until 2029, according to a state forecast. For about ...

If waitlist emergency housing is replicated throughout Oregon, it would potentially fill a gap in the system of care for unsheltered Oregonians in drug addiction. Oregon is short 3,700 treatment ...

In one of her first acts just hours after being sworn in on Wednesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi signed a memorandum ...

According to the county, 52 people have initiated deflection since the program began Sept. 1, 2024, when recriminalization of drug possession became effective in Oregon.

A new mayor with no political experience in Portland has an audacious plan — some say naive — to end street homelessness, writes Danny Westneat.

Oregon’s next legislative session is set to begin on Tuesday, with at least two new bills already in motion to address aspects of the homelessness crisis ... to weapons or drugs; those would ...