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The Kenton Library has been renovated with new furniture, shelves, and a tech hub, and the Albina Library is set to reopen on ...
Last Monday, before a shooting outside closed the library, a man had pulled a knife inside the building, using homophobic ...
The library currently receives about two-thirds of its total funding from the three-year levy, which collects 89 cents per $1,000 of valuation from county property owners.
An audit of the county’s library system published Thursday found that nearly 75% of surveyed library staff who work directly with the public don’t feel safe at their job.
It’s been three months since the main branch of the Multnomah County Library reopened after being closed for nearly a year for renovations.
Starting July 1, all 19 branches of the county library will be closed on Mondays and hours on other days will be shortened, despite the voter approval of the local option levy in the May primary ...
Multnomah County’s Central Library Is Getting a Makeover. Not Everybody Is Pleased Patrons will see far fewer books and more open, flexible space in the 110-year-old building.
Multnomah County has agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a former library employee who alleged she and others experienced racial discrimination in the workplace, records show ...
Multnomah County residents could vote to expand seven library branches and build a new library in Gresham.
In April, Multnomah County entered into a five-year, $40 million contract with InterCon. Now, 170 guards will be available to patrol county buildings.
Loud cheering and applause erupted as the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to put a $405.5 million library bond on the November ballot, part of which will be used to build … ...
Multnomah County Librarians Say They’re No Longer Willing to Work as De Facto Security Guards Their union says the model used to staff libraries for the past two decades puts library workers ...