With available funding nearly gone, the future is unclear for publicly funded affordable housing projects in the Portland area ...

The fund is also intended to keep Sotelo’s small business afloat throughout this ordeal. Sotelo’s protégée, Victoria Reader, is currently running Novo Start, according to Hoffman. Reader came to ...

Diverse interests come together to support the state’s promising program for criminal justice reform On May 14, Oregon’s Office of Economic Analysis released its March 2015 quarterly review of the ...

Immigrant rights advocates from across the Northwest rally for those held in the immigration detention center, calling for the release of Jorge Luis Reinaldo and others Minutes after immigration ...

ICE agents in Portland told 22-year-old Jorge Luis Reinaldo he needed to sign papers. When he arrived, they detained him, despite previously scheduled legal proceedings. Note: Street Roots’ interview ...

One 2023 death reveals a complicated web of policy and procedures impacting the efficacy of the city’s emergency response systems It takes about seven minutes for Portland Street Response to get ...

Oregonians use thousands of single-use beverage containers every day. Recycling them is a low-barrier job for Portlanders known as ‘canners.’ Scott Atkins started collecting and recycling cans and ...

It was a festive day at Friends of Trees. A crowd celebrated the planting of the one millionth tree in the urban canopies of the Willamette Valley with music, food and old friends. But behind the ...

Portland would normally collect up front from developers unwilling to meet the city’s affordable housing standards. Block 216’s switcheroo delayed its payment. Now, it may never pay. When developers ...

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.

A cutout image of Ronald. Ronalds gives a thumbs up and holds an issue of Street Roots in his other hand. Text next to the image says, "Ronald seeks what he wants — including natural beauty, personal ...

Liv Osthus promises to bring “an artist’s eye, an advocate’s heart and a dancer’s work ethic” if the iconic Portland stripper (known professionally as Viva Las Vegas) is elected mayor in November.