Barry Mangold

2 weeks ago | katu.com | Barry Mangold

The board of education at Portland Public Schools is working against the clock to trim the costs of three high school modernization projects, but a discussion on the topic was removed "unilaterally" from its April 22 agenda, according to one board member. Wells, Jefferson, and Cleveland high schools would be modernized if voters approve the $1.8 billion bond question on May 20.

2 weeks ago | katu.com | Barry Mangold

Emergency medical services in Multnomah County are improving, based on data that tracks American Medical Response (AMR) , the company in charge of the county's ambulance service. Multnomah County is roughly 6 months into a temporary staffing requirement change for AMR ambulances that respond to life-threatening calls. Normally the county requires those trucks to have two paramedics.

4 weeks ago | katu.com | Barry Mangold

TOPICS:Ambulance response timesMultnomah CountyTemporary staffing policyAmerican Medical ResponseParamedicsEMTLife-threatening callsCompliance rateUnder a temporary change to staffing policy, ambulance response times in Multnomah County have made steady improvements in response times. The county normally requires AMR to staff all ambulances that respond to life-threatening calls to be operated by two paramedics.

1 month ago | katu.com | Barry Mangold

Top lawmakers of both parties in the Oregon House of Representatives asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation to get to the bottom of the 1989 murder of Michael Francke, the Oregon Department of Corrections director who was fatally stabbed outside his Salem office. "As of today, this case remains unsolved," wrote House Minority Leader Christine Drazan and Majority Leader Ben Bowman on Monday. "Thirty-six years later, we still do not know who killed Michael Francke or why they killed him.

1 month ago | katu.com | Barry Mangold

TOPICS:MissingKayakerWillamette RiverMultnomah CountyBodySearchAgenciesOregon CityAs multiple agencies searched the Willamette River for a kayaker who was last seen near Oregon City, the body of another person was found in the water in North Portland, Multnomah County Sheriff's deputies said on Sunday. "We have our detectives investigating the body," Deputy Alex Jarmer told KATU in an email Sunday night.