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*UPDATE - Cooling centers will remain open Friday, September 6.

Starting today, Thursday, September 5, Multnomah County will open two cooling centers at noon due to the excessive heat.

-Cook Plaza, 19421 S.E. Stark St., Gresham (staffed by Cultivate Initiatives)
-Portland Covenant Church, 4046 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Portland (staffed by Do Good Multnomah)

TriMet won't turn away anyone riding to or from a cooling center who cannot pay fare between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 5.

On Thursday and Friday, Multnomah County Library will extend hours at the Central (801 S.W. 10th Ave., Portland) and Gresham (385 N.W. Miller Ave., Gresham) libraries until 8 p.m., with bottled water on hand, to provide additional places where people can go during the hottest parts of the day and evening.

For more information and additional resources, visit http://multco.us/hot or call 2-1-1.