Saints ready for another run at the title
The tournament opens Thursday with the title match set for 3 p.m. Sunday The Mt. Hood CC volleyball team is on a roll heading into this weeks Northwest championship tournament. The Saints are riding a...
View ArticleSaints sweep through first round in a hurry
Mt. Hood CC rushes through the first two sets and wins a tight third game over Everett TROUTDALE Mt. Hood CC made quick work of its first-round opponent during the Northwest championship tournament...
View ArticleGirl, 9, dies in SUV roll-over near Troutdale
All seven occupants of vehicle taken to local hospitals A 9-year-old girl died and a 7-year-old boy was taken by Life Flight to a local hospital following a roll-over wreck at about 7:20 p.m. Thursday,...
View ArticleSchool briefs
Barlow hosts parent conferences Sam Barlow High School will hold its parent-teacher conferences 4:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26, and 7:30-11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27, at the school. Parents should...
View ArticleSandy Kiwanis collects food, donations for holiday baskets
This is the 58th year Sandy schools, youth organizations, businesses and citizens have pulled together to collect canned food and gifts for those in need. Kiwanis Sandy Community Christmas Basket...
View ArticleSpirit of Christmas is Nov. 30
Gresham will sing in the holiday season with the 22nd annual Spirit of Christmas tree lighting Saturday, Nov. 30, in the Arts Plaza, 401 N.E. Second St. The event starts at 5 p.m., with the 60-foot...
View ArticleMilitary news
Army Choppin Army Pvt. Joshua R. Choppin has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history,...
View ArticleBarlow student elected to state board
Parvankin to preside over two statewide conferences Barlow High School junior Ana Parvankin has been elected to serve a one-year term on the executive board of the Oregon Association of Student...
View ArticleGresham woman gets the royal Pillsbury treatment
Carolyn Westerback competes in 46th bake-off in Las Vegas Carolyn Westerback of Gresham may not have won $1 million, but Pillsbury treated her like a million bucks during its 46th bake-off contest in...
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Turkey questions? Call OSUs hotline Did you know that turkey is done when an internal thermometer in the thigh registers 165 degrees F? With Thanksgiving around the corner, the Oregon State University...
View ArticleGresham Soroptimists collect bras to help survivors of sex trafficking
Members of Soroptimist International of Gresham collected 2,265 bras for its Free the Girls bra collection project. The bras recently were sent to the Free the Girls warehouse in Indiana and will be...
View ArticleKeep fighting local hunger
A variety of churches, community groups offer meals and holiday fixings during Thanksgiving With Thanksgiving on the horizon, there is no shortage of churches and groups striving to fill the bellies of...
View ArticleWood Village robbery suspect was packing fake explosive device
Man faces five charges for armed robbery attempt A man police arrested early Tuesday morning for an armed robbery attempt at a Wood Village deli was also packing an improvised explosive device, or an...
View ArticleWashington woman arrested following fatal wreck near Troutdale
Girl, 9, dies in SUV roll-over The driver in a fatal single-vehicle wreck near Troutdale has been arrested and faces multiple accusations, including first-degree manslaughter and driving under the...
View ArticleBeisa's builds community from the ground up
Construction company lends hand to people in need Beisas Legacy Construction, a general contractor in Wood Village, is setting an example for the community by making a tradition out of doing good....
View ArticleBend woman, 71, crashes car into tree
A 71-year-old motorist who told police she passed out while driving walked away from a collision with a tree at 9:31 a.m. Monday, Nov. 11. Fairview police officers responded to the report of a car...
View ArticleTroutdale cop log
Based on Troutdale police reports. Aggravated Theft 11:31 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8. The manager of McMenamins Edgefield called police to report a theft of a business trailer, valued at $15,000. The custom...
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Fifty years later, readers remember where they were when news broke of President Kennedy's assassination Longtime Gresham resident Gary Knutson was a fifth-grader at Kenton Elementary School in...
View ArticleFeeding the hungry — one bag at a time
Organizers for the annual SnowCap food drive hope to collect 1 million pounds of food Most of us will never have to decide between feeding our children or paying the heat bill. Yet last year, SnowCap...
View ArticleSetting the standard for retirement living
Founders of The Village Retirement Center were trendsetters 50 years ago On a blustery November day in 1963, the collective vision of a group of local businessmen came to fruition when The Village...
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