Willie Redman is used to being the life of the party as drag queen DeJa Skye. Redman competed twice on “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” in 2021 and 2025. Redman’s appearance on the show was most memorable for ...

Brian Chapman, a homeless Grants Pass resident, helps a friend, Janine Harris move her things. Harris is physically incapable of moving herself due to arthritis and an injured right shoulder from ...

Supporters hold up a Cascade Aids Project banner at an event in Portland in 2002. CAP is the oldest community-based HIV-services provider in Oregon. Credit: Donna Pollach / Oregon Historical Society ...

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Editor’s note: This story contains graphic descriptions of violence. In May, Willamette Week reported the Old Town homeless village was closing. One of the original C3PO (Creating Conscious ...

Attendees of Yakama Nation and Columbia Riverkeeper's May 8 event look southeast out into the Columbia River Gorge, where the John Day River pours into the artificial lake created by John Day Dam. The ...

Award-winning author and cultural critic David Walker explores how film was used to depict and shape society's views of Black people in his new book “Black Film: A History of Black Representation and ...

Lawmakers and advocates have long debated the authority of the state Psychiatric Security Review Board. Critics now say the board’s extreme caution is colliding with Oregon’s strained mental health ...

As far as the benefits of temporary shelter, a little less might be a lot more. The city of Portland’s focus on new shelters may be eroding existing shelters’ ability to transition homeless ...

The massive lake known in English as Crater Lake attracts visitors from all over the world to admire its splendor and beauty. However, what’s lesser known about the lake, called giiwas in the Klamath ...

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. As the city of Portland clawed its way out of the pandemic, it faced a new set of crises: The city’s homeless population was growing ...