Oregon spends four times the national average on indigent defense yet thousands of cases have not been prosecuted because the ...

District Attorney Nathan Vasquez claimed last month that instead of a public defender shortage, the crisis of unrepresented ...

In a clear break from his predecessor, Multnomah County District Attorney Nathan Vasquez promised this week that protesters arrested for breaking the law will be prosecuted — period. It was only ...

With the new year, comes new leadership.This is an opportunity to hear from elected leaders in two key offices.

Schmidt, the once-popular District Attorney in Multnomah County – where Portland’s the county seat – was among dozens of prosecutors across the U.S. accused of being "soft on crime” and originally ...

Mike Schmidt, the former Multnomah County district attorney who lost his reelection bid last year to an office insider, started this week as general counsel of the Urban League of Portland, one of ...

Multnomah County’s severe weather shelters closed Saturday after this week's winter storm. The county had activated a total ...

The targeted businesses include Baby Doll Pizza, two Grassa locations, Flattop & Salamander, Old Town Brewing Co., Pizza Roma, Bistro 23, Shamrock Bar & Grill, Flipside Bar & Carts and Sasquatch ...

If you've followed our City in Crisis stories, you've seen Michael Corrie. He has been on a one-man mission to rid the city ...

New Multnomah County District Attorney Nathan Vasquez was officially sworn into office Thursday. Vasquez defeated former DA Mike Schmidt way back in May, winning out over the progressive incumbent ...

PORTLAND, Ore. – Multnomah County Deputy District Attorney Julian Samuels, who specializes in transit, said the office’s first arrest of 2025 related to drug use on public transportation ...

A Portland man is accused of allowing teenage drug use in his home which resulted in the overdose death of a 15-year-old girl ...