Homeless
Portland bans daytime camping, imposes other restrictions
PORTLAND — Portland’s City Council voted Wednesday to pass an ordinance prohibiting camping during daytime hours in most…
Bend
Deschutes County sheriff proposes homelessness camping ordinance
Homeless people would only be allowed to camp on Deschutes County land for 24 hours before having to…
Bend
Deschutes County to consider removing people from Juniper Ridge, citing health, safety hazards
Deschutes County plans to remove homeless people from a section of Juniper Ridge, after realizing it violated its…
Homeless
Portland considers ban on daytime homeless camping
PORTLAND — City Council members in Portland were expected on Wednesday to consider whether to ban homeless camping…
Bend
Cheyenne Purrington resigns as director of region’s effort to combat homelessness
Cheyenne Purrington, who was hired in September to lead a countywide effort to battle homelessness, resigned Tuesday, citing…
Bend
Students are building a mobile kitchen trailer for a Bend homeless village
Five students who attend Forge School, a small private school in Bend, are leading the build of a…
Bend
To help solve homelessness, Central Oregon Villages thinks big with tiny homes
Central Oregon Villages is approaching homelessness differently. Instead of large homeless shelters where everyone gathers in a single…
Homeless
Safe parking program expands to two sites off Highway 97
REDMOND — Two new safe parking sites will be coming to Redmond. The Redmond City Council approved Mountain…
Homeless
Redmond’s first low-barrier homeless shelter to open this fall
REDMOND — Fresh coats of calming blue paint covered the walls of Redmond’s first low-barrier homeless shelter, which…
Bend
DeBone, Kebler take to the skies for perspective on homelessness
Tension between the elected city and county officials came to a head in March after an agreement to…
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