Portland Police Bureau's Jami Resch greeting refugees arriving at the Portland International Airport in 2020. Refugee-focused nonprofits in the Portland area are scrambling to gauge the impact a federal freeze on grant funding could have on their work.

Many local non-profit organizations say they are concerned after the U.S. Office of Management and Budget attempted to freeze specific grants and funding as they look to cut federal spending, a move that was later blocked by a federal judge until Feb.

If federal funding goes away, it's a "a huge hit in the amount of people we can feed," said the CEO of Meals on Wheels People, which fed 11,000 residents last year.

President Donald Trump's plans to pause trillions of dollars in federal spending sent shockwaves to federally-funded programs in Maine.

Malachai Martin is accused of second-degree murder in the Sept. 4 shooting of 21-year-old Malik Wilkerson. Court records show officers arrested Martin on Jan. 9 in an unrelated domestic violence assault case in Multnomah County and then identified him as the suspect in the killing.

Forcing survivors to litigate their restraining order hearings is a regular reality — and a gaping fault in a system that continues to fail battered women, advocates say.

Thursday was the start of the Point In Time Count, it’s a snapshot of the number of homeless people in a county on a given night.

To break free from the domestic abuse and to protect her children, Rachel experienced homelessness in hopes of something safer on the other side. Skip to main content Skip to main content Register for more free articles. Sign up for our ...

The City of Portland, and its new 12-member City Council, is facing a growing budget gap that will require more than $100 million in budget cuts, according to a memo released Friday.

If federal funding goes away, it's a "a huge hit in the amount of people we can feed," said the CEO of Meals on Wheels People, which fed 11,000 residents last year.

Property managers say more tenants aren't paying rent on time. Housing advocates say rising rents and stagnant wages make it harder to do so.

Local nonprofits are sounding the alarm about how President Trump's plan to pause federal grants and loans could affect Portland residents. A pair of Portland-area nonprofits