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CULTIVATE INITIATIVES CO-DIRECTOR Y’ISHIA ROSBOROUGH OF PORTLAND COOLS OFF WITH DOG “HADES” AT A COOLING STATION PUT ON BY CULTIVATE INITIATIVES AT SUNRISE CENTER IN PORTLAND, JUNE 28, 2021./KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB

Multnomah County Officials Offer Cooling Shelters

Tuesday is expected to bring the hottest temperatures during this heat wave, when several places in the Willamette Valley could hit triple-digit temperatures.

Jul 26, 2022

MULTNOMAH COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY 72 PEOPLE DIED FROM HEAT ILLNESS DURING A MASSIVE HEATWAVE IN JUNE LAST YEAR./APRIL EHRLICH / OPB

One Year Since ‘Heat Dome,’ Portland Remembers Those Lost

Multnomah County officials also release final report on 2021′s heat-related deaths.

Jun 28, 2022

Families shown waiting last November for their turn at a pediatric COVID-19 vaccine clinic for children ages 5 through11 years old at Clackamas Town Center./Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPB

Why Federal Approval Of A COVID Vaccine For Infants, Toddlers Took This Long

Federal health advisors last week authorized COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as six months old, the last age group to gain access to the vaccine.

Jun 21, 2022