With little fanfare, Multnomah County has adopted a new policy that lays out rules for how it will distribute tents and tarps to people living outside. “Tents and tarps are life-saving supplies ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – With winter weather around the corner, Multnomah County has unveiled its first draft policy on distributing tents and tarps to the homeless. Some county commissioners ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Mayor-Elect Keith Wilson told KATU News in an interview that a Multnomah County policy to provide tents and tarps to people who are homeless is not helping the problem.

MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. (KPTV) - Commissioners in Multnomah County are once again talking about handing out tents and tarps to those experiencing homelessness after pausing the program earlier this ...

The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday to review the county’s tents and tarps policy, after Portland Commissioner Rene Gonzalez called for accountability on distribution.

Hazem Hassouna, who said his family has been displaced six times, was waiting for aid groups like UNRWA to provide blankets, tarps and tents. He does not yet know what, if anything, they will receive.

For adventurous campers, which no doubt includes more than a few Toyota 4Runner owners out there, rooftop tents can take the experience to new heights—quite literally. The raised design can help ...

The eels become more active, and their electricity increases. Scientists have long known that electric eels are indeed electric. But in the wild, they are elusive and difficult to study. New habitats ...