Multnomah County News

Residents are voting to keep Portland, Ore., as the largest U.S. city without fluoride in the water or any plans to add it.

At a September 2012 meeting, a protester interrupts the Portland City Council vote on adding fluoride to the Portland water supply.

Ballots are due by 8:00pm for today's special election. It's too late to mail. Among the hot issues are the fluoride vote in Portland, light rail and schools.

The goal: 884 new families, enough to provide safe and healthy placement for every foster child in the metro area.

Jerry Dean Guess, 69, of Gresham was arrested on Friday and booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on one count of Luring a Minor.

As of the end of day Friday, only 21.5 percent of registered voters had turned in their ballots for this month's election.

Upstream Public Health Co-Director Mel Rader said the pro-fluoride group did not pressure the state about Smile Survey results.

With one day to go before the May 21 special election, only around 22 percent of Multnomah County voters have returned their ballots.

Sundown for most people is a time to unwind and spend time with family and friends.

Peninsula Dog & Cat Clinic in Portland, OR announced that the Portland veterinary hospital gives away free exams for pets that are adopted from the Oregon Humane Society or the Multnomah County Animal Services.

Allen Say, the great children's book author and illustrator, rarely does public events.

Thomas Joseph Berndt II tells Judge Cheryl Albrecht, who was about to sentence him Friday, that he hadn't realized until just then the impact identity theft has on people, not just financial institutions.

Washington County Commissioner Greg Malinowski is among a slew of statewide county officials opposing a bill that would automatically register an estimated 500,000 potential Oregon voters.

MAX operators and other members of the ATU had wanted the union's negotiations with TriMet management to be open to the public.

Last week Multnomah County and Street Roots released their second annual report on homeless deaths in Multnomah County.

A large number of people unhappy about Portland Mayor Charlie Hales' proposal to cut $272,000 in city "pass-through" money to several area SUN schools are expected to turn out tonight for the first of three public hearings on the mayor's proposed budget.

Former Beaverton middle school teacher Logan Storm was arraigned Wednesday in Portland on sex abuse charges dating back to 2007.

The substance is still being analyzed at the Oregon State Public Health Lab , but preliminary results show it is not a biothreat or anything toxic, said Beth Anne Steele, an FBI spokeswoman in Portland .

The first six poodles rescued last week from a Southeast Portland home are going up for adoption on Wednesday at Multnomah County Animal Services in Troutdale.

Recent emergency repairs on Northwest Cornelius Pass Road proves motorists are creating their own version of the Westside Bypass, the name given a proposed freeway project through the county that was killed by environmentalists and mass transit advocates in the 1990s.