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Last Monday, before a shooting outside closed the library, a man had pulled a knife inside the building, using homophobic ...
The Kenton Library has been renovated with new furniture, shelves, and a tech hub, and the Albina Library is set to reopen on ...
A fatal shooting Tuesday afternoon in downtown Portland prompted police to scramble across eight city blocks in order to ...
Police identified the man who was shot and killed outside of the downtown Portland library last Tuesday.The medical examiner ...
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.
Multnomah County commissioners will decide over the next few days whether to ask voters to establish a library district in November, potentially tacking another tax increase onto Portland ballots ...
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 Library’s downtown Portland location will remain closed through the Fourth of July after a shooting near the ...
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 ...
Multnomah County’s biggest library, the central branch in downtown Portland, will close for renovations on March 11. Then it will likely remain closed through the rest of 2023.
If Measure 26-211 for library funding passes, Multnomah County library space could increase by 50%, including a new facility in Gresham ...
Libraries and publishers are at odds over the future of e-books. Libraries across the country, including Multnomah County, say publishers are charging prices that are too high and instituting ...