The City Council ordered one of the only two sites for legal camping closed in the middle of January, in the middle of bitterly cold weather, without any regard for where people would live,” the suit says.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The small Oregon city at the heart of a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that allowed cities across the country to enforce homeless camping bans is facing a fresh lawsuit over its camping rules as advocates find new ways to challenge them.

Two advocacy groups and five homeless people sued Grants Pass on Thursday in a bid to force the southern Oregon city to change its restrictions on homeless camping that put people with disabilities and others in peril.

OREGON -- Four southern Oregon and two northern California arts and community organizations are receiving grant funding from the Pacific Power Foundation. The foundation is donating a total of $175,450 to local organizations in Oregon, Washington and California. Grant recipients in southern Oregon include:

Last week, a new Grants Pass city council closed the larger of two city-owned properties that had been designated as sanctioned campsites for homeless people.

One of San Francisco’s lesser-known islands has a regional preserve, a lone inhabitant and incredible 360-degree views of the Bay.

While nearly 75% of the city voted to outlaw camping within 1,000 feet of a school, park and daycare in 2023, Spokane’s state legislators are now

It’s also emblematic of the increasingly tense disputes over how to handle street homelessness in American communities. If the old canard about mayors is that the job is to shovel snow, pick up trash,

The looming TikTok ban sparked commentary critical of U.S. politics and policy, including treatment of the homeless.

A furious comeback in the fourth quarter fell short for the Beavers, as Oregon State dropped their rematch against the San Francisco Dons 54-52, splitting the s

A Washington state woman was ordered held without bail Thursday in connection with the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in a case that has grown to

The school district says Grants Pass High School reached a 93.9% four-year graduation rate -- which is significantly more than Oregon's average of 81.8%. At the district level, the 4-year graduation rate was 79.4%, which was "the highest on record, with a 4-year completer rate of 88.4%."