Anthony Effinger

Two animal rights groups sent written complaints to government agencies today, alleging that the committee overseeing the Oregon National Primate Research Center is overstaffed with members who work for the center, which if true is a violation of the Anim... See more

When Multnomah County sought to keep people out of jail for possessing drugs, it spent $3.8 million to turn an old print warehouse on Southeast Sandy Boulevard into a depotlike clinic where cops could drop off the people they picked up. In a suite of meas... See more

Willamette Falls might be the most spectacular sight in Oregon that most people never see. It’s the second-largest waterfall, by volume, in the U.S., behind Niagara Falls, but here, there are no kitschy hotels nearby, no wax museums, heart-shaped tubs, or... See more

Multnomah County is struggling to replace shelter space lost when accounting discrepancies prompted it to stop paying rent for homeless families at Rockwood Tower, an old Best Western in Gresham that became a family shelter thanks to a $6.8 million grant ... See more

Unionized employees at Sunstone Way saw billboards advertising the nonprofit’s services at an awkward time: when their leaders were negotiating severance agreements for workers at the 120-bed Market Street Shelter, scheduled to close at the end of this mo... See more