Flat fee resurfaces following defeat of levy
Budget committee will likely recommend reinstatement of fee, but at higher rate Now that a proposed property tax levy failed on the May ballot, the citys budget committee must come up with a plan for...
View ArticleProviding senior care with a heart of gold
Gresham business offers in-home aid to help seniors remain independent Theres a delicate dance required when broaching the subject of age-related limitations with a loved one, especially if signs...
View ArticleGresham man takes on Willamette to empower cancer patients like him
184-mile swim begins in Eugene June 2 and is set to end in north Portland Over the next 18 days, Gresham man Dean Hall will attempt the extraordinary. Starting Monday, June 2, the licensed therapist...
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Sandee Palisades Neighborhood hosts 16th annual yard sale The Sandee Palisades Neighborhood in Troutdale is organizing its 16th annual All-Neighborhood Yard Sale from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and...
View ArticleTroutdale revokes permits for Kight's building
Inspection finds "Shed B" violates codes; permits were issued in error Troutdale officials have sent a letter to former mayor Jim Kight, and his wife, Nina, stating that the city is revoking the...
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Bob Jones University The following students are among the nearly 1,400 Bob Jones University students named to the deans list for the spring 2014 semester. To qualify for the deans list, students must...
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Showcase theater comes to Barlow Barlow High Schools theater department is presenting its Theatre Showcase at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 7, and 3 p.m. Sunday, June 8, at Barlow, 5105 S.E. 302nd Ave.,...
View ArticleCity, CAL partner for projects
Disposal info box, pedestrian safety video highlight work Thanks to manufacturing students at Center for Advanced Learning, the city of Gresham has a Dont pain the drain game to use for city...
View ArticleCorbett Grade School explores the Missoula Flood evidence
Corbett Grade School recently loaded up three buses and six motorhomes with 111 children, 46 chaperones, six teachers, a health assistant and Principal DeeDee Hanes, setting out to find evidence of...
View ArticleWedding announcement
Cameron-Apodaca Haley Cameron of Portland and Ryan Apodaca of San Diego were married Saturday, April 26, at Cedarville Paesano Club in Gresham. Haley is the daughter of Guy and Debbie Cameron of...
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Hunter-Lape Abby Hunter of Gresham and Tyler Lape of Salem are engaged to be married Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014. The couple became engaged March 29, 2014, in Gresham. Abby is the daughter of Kevin and...
View ArticleSunrise, sunset, Saturn topics of planetarium show
Saturn puts on a show for stargazers this month, says Pat Hanrahan, director of the Planetarium Sky Theater at Mt. Hood Community College, 26000 S.E. Stark St. Saturn reached opposition on May 10 and...
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Arts & Culture First Friday ArtWalk From 5-9 p.m. June 6, Troutdale merchants host artists and musicians, as well as offer wine tastings, along Historic Columbia River Highway. Info:...
View ArticleCity reinstates flat fee for police, fire and parks
After hearing testimony from a dozen citizens, city councilors and the mayor, the Gresham City Council voted in a special meeting Tuesday, May 3 to reinstate a flat fee of $7.50 per month to help fund...
View ArticleCity renews flat fee for police, fire and parks
After hearing testimony from a more than a dozen citizens, city councilors and the mayor, the Gresham City Council voted in a special meeting Tuesday, May 3 to reinstate, on first reading, a flat fee...
View ArticleCorbett Children's Theater presents 'Ever After Oz'
Written by Vancouver playwright Kurt Shinn, the play offers a new take on a classic series For many of us, watching "The Wizard of Oz" marked a memorable moment in our childhood. But how many of us...
View ArticleLoose boulders cause landslide in Troutdale
A stretch of the East Historic Columbia River Highway remains closed A rock slide Thursday morning in Troutdale dumped about 1,000 cubic yards of debris over the East Historic Columbia River Highway...
View Article'Superman' swims 23 miles of the Willamette
Out of Eugene, Dean Hall will swim from Harrisburg to Monroe Gresham swimmer and double cancer patient Dean Hall begins his fourth day of swimming the length of the Willamette River today, Thursday...
View ArticleKidnapping suspect pleads guilty
Woman sentenced to 7.5 years One of the people charged with kidnapping and terrorizing a disabled man in February has pleaded guilty, according to KOIN 6News. Ashley Marie Adams, 26, who helped lure...
View ArticleWoman seriously injured in three-car crash on Interstate 84
Corbett fire personnel had to cut open a Honda CRV Thursday afternoon to extract the driver who was trapped inside following a three-vehicle crash on westbound Interstate 84 just east of Rooster Rock....
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