Blair Best
Reporter at KGW-TV (Portland, OR)
Anchor of ‘The Story’ @KGWNews | Emmy award-winning Reporter | Mainer | NYU Alumna | Tips to [email protected] | Opinions are mine
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3 days ago |
kgw.com | Sabinna Pierre |Blair Best
PORTLAND, Ore. — Blanchet House is planning to open a 75-bed overnight shelter for women in Northwest Portland, according to a statement from the organization. Scott Kerman runs Blanchet House, which is popular place for homeless people to come for meals in Old Town. He's behind the effort to open an emergency shelter for women.
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1 week ago |
kgw.com | Blair Best
PORTLAND, Ore. — The shaded streets around Multnomah County's Central Library in downtown Portland have become a sanctuary for a subset of the people living on the city's streets. Within or without, the library is a place to be — and sometimes a place to use. Tree, as he introduced himself, said he has been homeless for about five or six years. He uses methamphetamine and fentanyl.
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1 week ago |
kgw.com | Blair Best
PORTLAND, Ore. — In an 11-1 vote, Portland City Council last week approved a 6.4% rate hike for customers' water, sewer and stormwater bills. The average single-family household will see their bills jump by about $10 a month. City officials say it's necessary to keep up on critical infrastructure and to comply with water quality regulations. But local businesses, like Mother's Bistro, downtown received the news as yet another increased cost they have to bear.
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1 week ago |
kgw.com | Blair Best
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. — For Ashlie Kanges, the halls of Harmony Academy have become her path to recovery — allowing her to proudly say that she's reached 18 months of sobriety. When she first enrolled at the Lake Oswego school, she was 16 years old, a sophomore fighting a methamphetamine addiction. "I was previously at Tigard High School and needed some more support in my recovery," Kanges said. "I was definitely lonely. I didn't have many friends.
To preserve homeless services, Multnomah County commissioner proposes slashing sustainability office
1 week ago |
kgw.com | Blair Best
PORTLAND, Ore. — With Multnomah County in the midst of significant budget cuts, one commissioner has proposed slashing the county's Office of Sustainability in order to preserve funding for homeless services. Environmental advocates argue that this would be a crippling blow to a small but mighty agency. "If we lose that, we're losing that proactive, effective work to protect our community from the climate crisis that we're in," said Mary Peveto.
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The director of Welcome Home Coalition, a critic of Mayor Keith Wilson’s $24M plan to end unsheltered homelessness, says the city instead needs a “holistic system that’s efficient and not just growing a system that’s not actually ending people’s homelessness.” @KGWNews https://t.co/A7HgOVFDZn
Multnomah County Commissioner Meghan Moyer has “mixed feelings” about some of the county’s harm reduction practices including handing out tents and safe smoking supplies. In her budget, the county chair is proposing $6M for these efforts. @KGWNews https://t.co/xiXlmWlceJ
Results of a city-wide survey show homelessness, cost of living, and safety as top challenges for Portlanders. This comes as the city is in the middle of filling a $93M budget gap. Hear from the city administrator and police chief warning against cuts to PPB tonight @KGWNews. https://t.co/WBHDacpXpJ