This easy, two-ingredient cocktail combines Cognac and amaretto to create the perfect after-dinner cocktail. Cognac and amaretto, served over ice with no garnish, make up the French Connection, a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — One way or another, changes are coming for Multnomah County's drug deflection program — though the details may depend on how much the county's district attorney and commissioners can ...

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I don’t know how one can describe the Multnomah County drug deflection center’s first year operating results as anything other than an absolute failure and a colossal waste of money, (“With annual ...

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In response to low engagement in Multnomah County’s drug deflection program, District Attorney Nathan Vasquez has announced steep changes. Starting Jan. 5, people that fail to complete the county’s ...

An annual report released last week showed that police dropped people off at the new Multnomah County deflection center just 606 times – less than two a day – during its entire first year of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A Multnomah County commissioner is proposing a suite of changes to the county's drug deflection program, just days after the board received an unflattering report on the program's ...

Eight beds for a new deflection center are seen in the men’s dorm at the Austin Street Center, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in Dallas. Elías Valverde II / Staff Photographer The man was far from his former ...