Faced with a homeless services system largely built for men, women experiencing domestic abuse may find themselves choosing between violence and the street.

Forcing survivors to litigate their restraining order hearings is a regular reality — and a gaping fault in a system that continues to fail battered women, advocates say.

To understand the impact of domestic violence on women’s housing stability, the Lee Enterprises Public Service Journalism Team surveyed 150 women from July through October 2024 across eleven women’s daytime and overnight shelters throughout the Pacific Northwest.

A man in Salem was arrested after his domestic partner, who had been reported missing, was found dead in a parking lot with a gunshot wound to the head.

Often, domestic ... in Salem, and Mary’s Place in Seattle. The survey questions were created after conducting listening sessions at Rose Haven, a women’s day shelter in Portland, Oregon.

To break free from the domestic abuse and to protect her children, Rachel experienced homelessness in hopes of something safer on the other side.

Faced with a homeless services system largely built for men, women experiencing domestic abuse may find themselves choosing between violence and the street.

A man has been arrested after his missing girlfriend’s body was found in an abandoned lot, Oregon police say. Erik Mauricio Meza was booked into jail Thursday, Jan. 9, in relation to the death of Priscilla Joann Aldana,

Eventually, she stayed at three different domestic violence shelters in the years to come after ... The surveys were conducted at women’s shelters in Salem, Oregon, about 25 miles north of Albany and Corvallis, as well as nine other shelters located ...

A 17-year-old West Salem teen faces felony charges for allegedly forcing sexual intercourse on a female. Read about the details and court proceedings.

The Pacific Northwest became fertile ground for groups bent on political violence during the first Trump administration.

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