Multnomah County’s severe weather shelters closed Saturday after this week's winter storm. The county had activated a total ...

This is the work of an outreach team, of which there are now dozens across the Portland area, funded almost entirely by money ...

With snow on the ground and temperatures below freezing, outreach workers from Portland Rescue Mission went from tent to tent to make offers of shelter.

It has enough, flat acreage to spread tarps and receive hazardous waste from the fire zone. “The Lario Staging Area was chosen because it was owned by the Army Corps of Engineers,” McCoy ...

I had firewood covered by a tarp that was all torn up and was allowing stuff to get wet. This is a great improvement." The normal price tag of $500 is eminently reasonable for a shed like this ...

Scherf tells us it’s not up to the city to run a homeless shelter but they will act as a conduit between federal funds and local organizations to find solutions moving forward. Dec. 8, 2024: City ...

The Seizeen 6-by-4-foot Plastic Waterproof Outdoor Storage Shed is on sale for $339, which is a remarkable 66% off the original $990 price tag. This all-weather shed boasts over 220 five-star ...

(Andrew Lupton/CBC News) A man who asked to only be identified as J.T. lives in a shelter built with bits of scrap lumber. Sections of tarp have been stretched and nailed over the top of the struc ...

With temperatures hovering around 36 degrees, it marked the threshold for the area’s new winter shelter response. This change comes as part of a new protocol from the Severe Weather Task Force ...

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But that increasing number of rescues has put a strain on shelter resources, especially dog food, and the shelter is asking for the community’s help. “As a humane society, we can kind of gauge ...

Herrera, who has been homeless for the past seven years, said she is grateful to have this option on nights like these and not to have to use blankets, sleeping bags, tarps and cardboard to stay warm.