Reynolds hosts book battle
The Reynolds School District hosted the Elementary Battle of the Books Championship on Saturday, May 3, at Salish Ponds Elementary School. Oregon Battle of the Books is a statewide reading program for...
View ArticleVolunteers gives Columbia Park some TLC
More than 100 volunteers from Comcast, the city of Troutdale and Reynolds High School JROTC recently spruced up Troutdales Columbia Park through Comcast Cares Day. All together, 1,900 volunteers...
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Friday, May 9 Allegri Wine Shop and Art Gallery, 44 N. Main Ave., Gresham, will host a wine tasting of Francis Ford Coppola wines with Casey Boshae, Coppolas district manager, from 5-8:30 p.m....
View ArticleApartment fire displaces 17 people from Gresham four-plex
Fire apparently started in kitchen An apartment fire in a four-plex at about 9:30 Thursday, May 8 in the 1900 block of Northeast Division Street displaced 10 adults and seven children from all four...
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Fairview offers free self-defense class for kids The Fairview Police Department is offering a free self-defense class for kids Saturday, May 31, at the Fairview City Hall council chambers, 1300 N.E....
View ArticleTroutdale votes Tuesday on police merger with sheriff
Councilors weigh pros and cons of consolidation The Troutdale City Council will vote Tuesday, May 13, on a resolution to contract police services with the Multnomah County Sheriffs Office. Following a...
View ArticleFootgolf hits the green at Glendoveer
East Portland course is first of its kind in Pacific Northwest With brightly-colored soccer balls at their feet, a group of Metro employees are stretching and putzing around the green at Glendoveer...
View ArticleMount Hood's wilderness sawyers are a cut above
2014 marks the 50th anniversary of The Wilderness Act Though trail crews hike into the Mount Hood National Forest every spring to maintain trails before droves of hikers arrive by summer, this year...
View ArticleCounty Clerk Sherry Hall debunks election accusations
Clackamas County Democrats were upset to find that their official primary nominating ballot called them the Democrat Party rather than the Democratic Party, a mistake often perpetuated by...
View ArticleDeputies save dog stranded in Sandy River
Mazy, a two-year-old Brittany spaniel mix, jumped out of a pontoon boat Clackamas County Sheriff's deputies saved a dog who jumped out of his owner's boat on the Sandy River near the rapids at Dodge...
View ArticleCity of Gresham to address gang activity at its roots
Only collaboration and community involvement can solve the problem It may take a village to raise a child, but its going to take an entire city to keep gang activity in Gresham from getting worse. The...
View ArticleMayor's mom, Cory Williamson, wins Dancing With the Elks
Mayor Shane Bemis danced as Elvis Even though he was dressed as Elvis and threw down some pretty good moves, Mayor Shane Bemis and his partner Dory Durrell didn't win Dancing With the Elks. They lost...
View ArticleRockwood cops form special neighborhood team
Trouble spots, abandoned houses, targeted Gresham Police Officers Jim Leake and Dan Estes are taking a new approach to police work in the Rockwood neighborhood. They're members of the new Neighborhood...
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Bank posts gains for seven straight quarters Riverview Community Bank recently reported earnings of $16.6 million for the fourth fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2014. The news marks the seventh...
View ArticlePhysical therapist gets to the core of healthy joints, muscles
A love of science, anatomy and people is a perfect career for Emily Rust Editors note: Who to Watch is a periodic column that recognizes up and coming young professionals, age 35 and younger. They...
View ArticleLynch View celebrates SMART Reading Matters
SMART (Start Making A Reader Today) celebrated its statewide campaign Reading Matters with an event at Lynch View Elementary on Friday, May 2. A small group of community leaders and elected officials...
View ArticleEast Gresham Elementary becomes 'focus' school
District receives $1.8 million grant to focus on school that needs support The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the Gresham-Barlow School District a $1.8 million School Improvement Grant for...
View ArticleLions Club honors student achievement
Group awards scholarships to more than 150 recipients Gresham Breakfast Lions Club recently held its annual scholarship dessert at Guide Dogs for the Blinds campus in Boring, awarding $7,650 in...
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Salem Singers to perform in Wood Village The Salem Singers will present an evening of music at 6 p.m. Sunday, May 18, at Wood Village Baptist Church, 23601 N.E. Arata Road. Local and global performers...
View ArticleMayor sums up Troutdale town hall meeting topics
Potential bike-hub locations discussed About 25 people showed up at the town hall meeting held Wednesday, May 7, in Troutdale, according to Mayor Doug Daoust. Led by Daoust and Claude Cruz, owner of...
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