Local meetings
MONDAY, JAN. 7 Damascus City Council 7 p.m., City Hall, 19920 S.E. Highway 212. Call 503-658-8545 or visit damascusoregon.gov for more information. TUESDAY, JAN. 8 Gresham City Council Business...
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Columbia University Jeffrey S. Meisner, son of Dwight and Teresa Meisner of Troutdale and a class of 2000 graduate of Barlow High School, recently received his doctorate degree in chemistry from...
View ArticleVista House closed off until Feb. 1
The Historic Columbia River Highway viaduct reconstruction at Crown Point will continue to close off access to the Vista House through Friday, Feb. 1. The Historic Highway is closed from Larch Mountain...
View ArticleWorkshop offered for sexual abuse survivors
Women who have survived sexual abuse are invited to sign up for an eight-week workshop offered at Grace Community Church in Gresham. The workshop, Taking Back Control: Restructuring Your Life After...
View ArticleWoman rescued from house fire
Firefighters rescued a woman from a house fire on Thursday evening. The crew responded to the fire in a duplex in the 3000 block of Northeast 18th Court at 6:29 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 3. They saw fire...
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Dressing room pervert pleads guilty
A Gresham man will spend the next four months in jail and must register as a sex offender for using his cell phone to take picturea of a woman and her 8-year-old daughter in a local dressing room. Carl...
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Mayor Doug Daoust takes his seat
Jim Kight and the budget among issues facing new Troutdale mayor Doug Daoust walks along the Marino block in downtown Troutdale, not looking at the buildings that stand, but rather seeing beyond to the...
View ArticleTruck driver stabbed along I-84
CORBETT, Ore. -- Parked at a viewpoint along I-84 just east of Corbett shortly after midnight, a commercial truck driver from Nebraska was approached by two men asking for money and cigarettes. Edwin...
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Jan. 4 obituaries
Roger Lee Blumer Dec. 16, 1939-Dec. 22, 2012 Portland resident Roger Lee Blumer died suddenly Saturday, Dec. 22. He was 73. A private service will be held at Gresham Memorial Chapel. Roger was born...
View ArticleMissing man and puppy found safe
A medically endangered local man who disappeared on Dec. 29 has been found. Police on Wednesday, Jan. 2, issued an alert to the media asking for the public's help finding Eric Gigliotti, a 34-year-old...
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Sheriffs deputies recover stolen car, arrest driver and passengers
Clackamas County sheriff's deputies recovered a stolen car and arrested two people in Boring after a short pursuit that all began with an unworn seatbelt. At about 10:50 a.m. Friday, Dec. 28, a deputy...
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Man who killed girlfriend to get 8 years
A 46-year-old Gresham man will be sentenced next week to more than eight years in prison for killing his girlfriend. John C. Hardaway pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter and first-degree...
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Man in Gresham arrested for strip-club shooting
Gresham police arrested a man accused of a shooting in a strip club parking lot. At 12:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, Portland police officers assigned to East Precinct responded to a report of a shooting...
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Damascus girls go overtime to win clash of top-10 teams
Karissa Cox sends the game to overtime by hitting a runner in the lane in the final minute Damascus Christians Karissa Cox came up with some clutch baskets down the stretch to help the Eagles to a...
View ArticleWinterhawks respond to challenge, down Everett 5-3
When the Everett Silvertips scored a pair of second period goals 40 seconds apart to steal away the lead, it looked like Portland was in trouble. That lasted for all of about one line change. The...
View ArticleHikers safely rescued from Nesmith Point
Two female hikers were safely rescued before dawn on Sunday, Jan. 6, after spending more than 12 hours lost at the top of Nesmith Point in the Columbia River Gorge. Multnomah County Sheriff's Office...
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Man pleads guilty for taking pictures in dressing room
A Gresham man will spend the next four months in jail and must register as a sex offender for using his cell phone to take picture a of a woman and her 8-year-old daughter in a local dressing room....
View ArticleResidents banned from Damascus City Hall get $9,000 from city
Two Damascus residents who were banned, albeit it briefly, from Damascus City Hall have each settled with the city for $4,500. On Monday, Jan. 7, Judith Landis and John Fewkes agreed to drop their...
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Gresham police catch bank robber
Gresham police have arrested a man accused of robbing a local bank. Andrew Bassett, 36, of Portland is being held on a zero-bail United States Marshal's hold at the Multnomah County Detention Center....
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