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Clark, Clackamas counties open overnight shelters ahead of near-freezing temps
Clark, Clackamas counties open overnight shelters ahead of near-freezing temps
Clark, Clackamas counties open overnight shelters ahead of near-freezing temps

Published on: 12/29/2025

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County governments and their nonprofit partners in Clark and Clackamas counties will open severe weather shelters Monday night as the Portland metro area’s overnight temperature is expected to dip near freezing.

Clark County’s Council for the Homeless issued a severe weather alert Dec. 26 that lasts through Dec. 30. During that time, the council is opening an overnight shelter at Living Hope Church on Anderson Road in Vancouver.

FILE: A Multnomah County warming center pictured in a February 2025 file photo.

County governments and their nonprofit partners in Clark and Clackamas counties will open severe weather shelters Monday night as the Portland metro area’s overnight temperature is expected to dip near freezing.

Clark County’s Council for the Homeless issued a severe weather alert Dec. 26 that lasts through Dec. 30. During that time, the council is opening an overnight shelter at Living Hope Church on Anderson Road in Vancouver.

In Clackamas County, Father’s Heart Ministry, which usually operates as a daytime shelter, will remain open overnight. Father’s Heart is located on 12th Street in Oregon City.

Other counties in the region, like Multnomah and Washington, are not planning to open emergency overnight shelters this week because the current forecast does not meet their requirements for such a response.

“However, if forecasts did show conditions potentially meeting our thresholds, we would have shelters ready to go with essentially a flip of the switch,” Multnomah County Health Department Communications Coordinator Sarah Dean told OPB.

Multnomah County will open its emergency shelters if temperatures are at or below 25 degrees, if an inch or more of snow is expected or if it’s below freezing with an inch or more of rain and sustained winds greater than 10 miles per hour. Washington County uses the same measures in determining whether to open shelters.

Both counties have shelter beds available at several year-round facilities in the region.

Multnomah County and the city of Portland combined have roughly 3,000 beds available. That does not include the nearly 900 overnight-only shelter beds opened this year, many of which are unused most nights.

News Source : https://www.opb.org/article/2025/12/29/clark-clackamas-counties-open-overnight-shelters-ahead-of-freezing-temps/

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From the desk of SHERIFF JOHN WARD CURRY COUNTY, OREGON 94235 MOORE STREET, SUITE 311 29808 Colvin Street (Physical) GOLD BEACH, OR 97444 (541) 247-3221 - FAX: 541-247-6893 Wardj@co.curry.or.us Press Release 12-29-25 On Saturday December 27, 2025 at about12:07pm, Sheriff’s Dispatch received a call regarding a white Dodge Ram pulling a Cargo trailer that was off the side of Airport Road, Sixes area north of Port Orford, and the engine had been running for over an hour and a half. Dispatch notified the Sixes River Fire Department and a volunteer, Ashley Moore, of that fire department arrived on scene first and then called 911 to report that there were two subjects in the vehicle and were unresponsive. Cal Ore Life Flight Ambulance were paged while Moore started providing CPR to the male driver after she was able to get him out of the truck and onto the ground. Moore saw that the female passenger, later identified as fifty-year-old Sandra Lewis, was gasping for air so Moore and a couple people driving by helped get Lewis out of the truck and into a recovery position. Moore then continued providing CPR to the male driver, later identified as forty-seven-year-old Anthony Carlson. Cal Ore Life Flight arrived shortly after that and took over CPR. Carlson was pronounced deceased at 12:55pm. Lewis was transported to Southern Coos Hospital in Bandon and then was transferred to River Bend Hospital in Springfield. We were told today that Lewis is in stable condition. Upon a visual search of Carlson’s truck, drug items were seized by CCSO and later tested. Some items tested positive for methamphetamine, and one item tested positive for fentanyl. The Curry County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank all those who responded from the Sixes River Fire Department, Cal Ore Life Flight, Bay Cities Ambulance, Oregon State Police and Port Orford Police. It is so unfortunate that a life was lost. Our condolences to the family. All information was provided to the Curry County District Attorney. The next of KIN was notified and the Curry County Sheriff’s Office is continuing the investigation.
From the desk of SHERIFF JOHN WARD CURRY COUNTY, OREGON 94235 MOORE STREET, SUITE 311 29808 Colvin Street (Physical) GOLD BEACH, OR 97444 (541) 247-3221 - FAX: 541-247-6893 [email protected] Press Release 12-29-25 On Saturday December 27, 2025 at about12:07pm, Sheriff’s Dispatch received a call regarding a white Dodge Ram pulling a Cargo trailer that was off the side of Airport Road, Sixes area north of Port Orford, and the engine had been running for over an hour and a half. Dispatch notified the Sixes River Fire Department and a volunteer, Ashley Moore, of that fire department arrived on scene first and then called 911 to report that there were two subjects in the vehicle and were unresponsive. Cal Ore Life Flight Ambulance were paged while Moore started providing CPR to the male driver after she was able to get him out of the truck and onto the ground. Moore saw that the female passenger, later identified as fifty-year-old Sandra Lewis, was gasping for air so Moore and a couple people driving by helped get Lewis out of the truck and into a recovery position. Moore then continued providing CPR to the male driver, later identified as forty-seven-year-old Anthony Carlson. Cal Ore Life Flight arrived shortly after that and took over CPR. Carlson was pronounced deceased at 12:55pm. Lewis was transported to Southern Coos Hospital in Bandon and then was transferred to River Bend Hospital in Springfield. We were told today that Lewis is in stable condition. Upon a visual search of Carlson’s truck, drug items were seized by CCSO and later tested. Some items tested positive for methamphetamine, and one item tested positive for fentanyl. The Curry County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank all those who responded from the Sixes River Fire Department, Cal Ore Life Flight, Bay Cities Ambulance, Oregon State Police and Port Orford Police. It is so unfortunate that a life was lost. Our condolences to the family. All information was provided to the Curry County District Attorney. The next of KIN was notified and the Curry County Sheriff’s Office is continuing the investigation.

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