The executive director of Blanchet House writes about how communities can create the conditions of success for people struggling with addiction and homelessness. Given the widespread frustration and ...

When used in structural engineering, the term deflection refers to load-induced displacement, which typically affects beam designs. It can be an extremely complicated value to calculate when ...

After weeks of work, a group of civic leaders and law enforcement officials working to set up an alternative to the criminal justice system for drug users has come up with a plan. Under guidelines ...

The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners is scheduled to vote July 25 on whether to retrofit a vacant building on Southeast Sandy Boulevard to turn it into a deflection center where people arrested ...

Pointing a finger at the other is a curious and persistent defense mechanism for the guilty. We try to teach our kids not to tattle, but also to be true to themselves. But sometimes the tattling is a ...