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News from March 2023

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Board updated on County departments’ efforts to combat gun violence

By Portland Courant Reports | Mar 22, 2023

The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 28 was briefed on the County’s efforts to fight an ongoing rise in gun violence, including the impacts of investments made in the fiscal year 2023 budget.

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NEWS RELEASE: Joint Office of Homeless Services contracts with nonprofit Straightway Services to manage new ‘safe park’ alternative shelter in Montavilla

By Portland Courant Reports | Mar 22, 2023

Continuing its work to add shelter capacity in Multnomah County while also building programs through the Supportive Housing Services Measure, the Joint Office of Homeless Services has selected nonprofit provider Straightway Services to manage a new services-focused alternative shelter in Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood.

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Multnomah County Community Health Center Board appoints Darnell “DJ” Rhodes as Executive Director

By Portland Courant Reports | Mar 22, 2023

After an extensive nationwide search, the Community Health Center Board has appointed Darnell “DJ” Rhodes to serve as the next Executive Director of Multnomah County Community Health Center. Rhodes will officially start April 11.

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Portland City Council adopts two ordinances to assist in office-to-residential conversions

By Portland Courant Reports | Mar 21, 2023

One ordinance provides a limited exemption from system development charges when commercial buildings that convert to residential uses undertake seismic retrofits to make them safer in an earthquake

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Worship & Fellowship – In Person & YouTube on Mar 26

By Portland Courant Reports | Mar 21, 2023

Worship & Fellowship – In Person & YouTube on Mar 26

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Men’s Breakfast- Hybrid on Apr 1

By Portland Courant Reports | Mar 21, 2023

Men’s Breakfast- Hybrid on Apr 1

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Zoom Social Time Directly After Worship on Mar 26

By Portland Courant Reports | Mar 21, 2023

Zoom Social Time Directly After Worship on Mar 26

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PBOT invites Portlanders to step into spring with SW Strolls community walks every first Saturday of the month

By Portland Courant Reports | Mar 21, 2023

The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) invites Portlanders to take a stroll through Southwest Portland as part of a new monthly series of community walks through the Multnomah neighborhood starting on Saturday, April 1 called SW Strolls.

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Join the next Clean & Efficient Buildings Business Opportunities Workshop

By Portland Courant Reports | Mar 21, 2023

Join the next Clean & Efficient Buildings Business Opportunities Workshop

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Portland Courant area weekly mass times

By Portland Courant | Mar 18, 2023

The following parishes in the Portland Courant coverage area hold weekly mass at these designated times.

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Death Investigation Underway In Hazelwood Neighborhood

By Portland Courant Reports | Mar 14, 2023

On Monday, March 13, 2023 at 3:33 a.m., officers from the East Precinct responded to a call for welfare check for a person lying in the street near the intersection of Southeast 141st Avenue and Southeast Harrison Street. Officers arrived to find an adult male who was deceased.

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Commissioner Mingus Mapps announces Bureau of Environmental Services Director

By Portland Courant Reports | Mar 14, 2023

On Wednesday, March 8, Commissioner Mingus Mapps announced Dawn Uchiyama, who has served as the Bureau of Environmental Services’ Interim Bureau Director for the past ten months, and previously as the Deputy Director since 2016, has accepted the position as permanent Bureau Director.

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Portland City Council selects first Salary Commission in a unanimous vote

By Portland Courant Reports | Mar 14, 2023

Earlier today, Portland City Council voted unanimously to approve five commissioners and two alternates with human resources expertise to Portland’s first Salary Commission.

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Commissioners honor abortion providers, vow to continue protecting reproductive rights

By Portland Courant Reports | Mar 14, 2023

Commissioners honor abortion providers, vow to continue protecting reproductive rights

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NEWS RELEASE: Medical Examiner confirms five heat deaths during summer 2022

By Portland Courant Reports | Mar 14, 2023

The Multnomah County Medical Examiner reported today that five people died as a result of extreme heat waves that baked the Portland metro region for multiple days in July and then in August 2022.

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Central Library closing March 11 for major improvements; Albina Library, Isom Operations Center and North Portland Library next up for transformations

By Portland Courant Reports | Mar 14, 2023

Central Library will close to the public beginning March 11 to complete a series of major bond-funded improvements and other related projects

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Scam Alert

By Press release submission | Mar 13, 2023

Scam Alert

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Portland Courant area weekly mass times

By Portland Courant | Mar 11, 2023

The following parishes in the Portland Courant coverage area hold weekly mass at these designated times.

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Portland Business Alliance and Downtown Portland Clean & Safe Release 2023 State of the Economy and State of Downtown & Central City Reports

By Press release submission | Mar 10, 2023

The Portland Business Alliance and Downtown Portland Clean & Safe released its State of the Economy and State of Downtown & Central City reports.

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UP Nursing Student Jasmine Yee Selected as a Truman Scholar Finalist

By Press release submission | Mar 10, 2023

COVID-19 health precautions kept Jasmine Yee and her Class of 2024 from getting the full, in-person experience when they joined the University of Portland community in the fall of 2020.