Oregon spends four times the national average on indigent defense yet thousands of cases have not been prosecuted because the ...

District Attorney Nathan Vasquez claimed last month that instead of a public defender shortage, the crisis of unrepresented ...

With the new year, comes new leadership.This is an opportunity to hear from elected leaders in two key offices.

In a clear break from his predecessor, Multnomah County District Attorney Nathan Vasquez promised this week that protesters arrested for breaking the law will be prosecuted — period. It was only ...

Schmidt, the once-popular District Attorney in Multnomah County – where Portland’s the county seat – was among dozens of prosecutors across the U.S. accused of being "soft on crime” and originally ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Multnomah County District Attorney Nathan Vasquez is reversing course on the position of his predecessor, former DA Mike Schmidt, by opposing an early release petition of ...

MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. — The Multnomah County District Attorney's Office announced Wednesday that is has withdrawn its consent to modify the sentencing of Frank Swopes, a man convicted of ...

The targeted businesses include Baby Doll Pizza, two Grassa locations, Flattop & Salamander, Old Town Brewing Co., Pizza Roma, Bistro 23, Shamrock Bar & Grill, Flipside Bar & Carts and Sasquatch ...

If you've followed our City in Crisis stories, you've seen Michael Corrie. He has been on a one-man mission to rid the city ...

A mother and her two daughters were forced from their home following an early morning fire on Sunday, according to Clackamas Fire. One person was hurt in a two-alarm fire that burned one home and ...

A Portland man is accused of allowing teenage drug use in his home which resulted in the overdose death of a 15-year-old girl ...