Seventeen teachers at Rosa Parks Elementary say PPS appointed a new principal without community input and delivered a no‑confidence letter. The dispute centers on leadership at a high‑need North Portland school.

Clark County's 2026 Point‑in‑Time count shows an 18% overall decline, but family households with children rose about 16%, exposing a split in local progress.

After years of stabilization and grants, Portland’s Billy Webb Elks Lodge is entering Phase Two of restoration and organizers expect to reopen in the building’s centennial year.

State records show Oregon’s 2025 maltreatment-in-care rate hit a record 24.7 incidents per 100,000 care days, prompting renewed oversight and reviews. Advocates say the numbers demand tangible action.

Longtime Portland organizer Cayle Tern, 49, has died. He was known for defending Laotian and Southeast Asian families during a period of intensified enforcement.

A volunteer courthouse clinic is helping Portland tenants fend off eviction during morning dockets as filings rise and prevention funding tightens.

Salem‑Keizer’s superintendent presented a plan that would cut about $23M from the 2026‑27 budget, with roughly 120 school‑based roles on the line as enrollment and state funding slide.

Portland police are staffing up as thousands gather downtown and near the ICE facility for May Day rallies that could affect commutes all day and into the evening.

Students, alumni and teachers are pressing Portland Public Schools after the metals shop was removed from Ida B. Wells’ modernization plan. Organizers collected signatures and say the change shrinks trade pathways.

A new Portland State report of 541 people finds rent assistance, food access and fewer involuntary displacements are the top supports residents say they need to get—and keep—housing.

The Khao Niew food cart at Portland State University is closing after owner Nong Phimmoungkhoun was detained by ICE, the business said in an Instagram post.

Clark County’s Point‑In‑Time count reached about 1,530 people. Officials say rising rents and lack of affordable homes — not addiction — explain much of the increase.

Central Catholic's baseball team apologized after an athlete used racial hate speech; the school forfeited a game and scheduled digital learning days while it investigates.