As the Oregon Legislature considers how best to respond to a crisis in public defense they'd hoped to have solved two years ago, nonprofit public defenders in Marion County are bracing for the ...

Asked about the immigration court cases that are ongoing, including one in which the Supreme Court ordered President Donald ...

Judge Rebecca Guptill told the publicly funded Metropolitan Public Defender, which operates offices in Washington and ...

It should send a clear message that “retaliation against those who report misconduct is unacceptable," said the lawyer who ...

In Washington ... Okanogan County reported in its grant application. “In addition, we continue to lack affordable housing.” Related: Oregon public defenders warn of ongoing crisis as ...

We’re going to get two perspectives on this persistent crisis right ... work throughout Oregon and even in the Metro area. We have those lawyers in Washington County. They’re here in Multnomah ...

The roughly 1,100 people who pick up the phone at the Veterans Crisis Line comfort Americans who are in the midst of life’s darkest moments. The Afghanistan war veteran who wakes up with ...

Power outages were reported early Saturday morning as a possible tornado touched down in Washington County.According to Power Outage U.S., more than 500 people were without power in Benton and ...

In Cowlitz County, and most of the state, Volunteers of America Western Washington staff 988 calls ... 60-90 calls a month originate from the 988 crisis line, while the rest directly call the ...

Unable to afford an attorney and facing a dwindling roster of Yakima County public defenders ... that this ongoing crisis will continue unabated.” The Washington State Bar Association asked ...

When they plotted the points with onX Maps, the maps showed the locations were north of the Washington-Oregon border. In October , the Columbia County prosecutor’s office brought charges against ...

Washington County representatives applauded funding for local projects but expressed concern over increased taxes and spending. New Maryland taxes include a $5 per tire fee and increases in ...