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MONDAY, FEB. 4 Damascus City Council 7 p.m., City Hall, 19920 S.E. Highway 212. Presentation by Shirley Craddick, Metro councilor; review of comprehensive plan and city newsletter; and executive...
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Childrens health fair coming Feb. 9 The Multnomah Dental Society will hold its annual Free Childrens Health Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, at Lynch View Elementary School, 1546 S.E....
View ArticleOregon Association Chiefs of Police speak about guns
OACP list ways to help prevent mass shootings The Oregon Association Chiefs of Police released a statement concerning the recent gun-control debate and its commitment to working with Oregonians to...
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Robotics team honors mentors
As FIRST Robotics Team 1571 of the Center for Advanced Learning (CAL) in Gresham prepares for regionals, the team gets together Tuesday and Thursday evenings and all day Saturday. The nine students on...
View ArticleDriver in Old Town death faces charges
Brent Warstler indicted by grand jury A Gresham woman is dead. A Fairview woman soon will start learning to walk again. And a Cornelius man, accused of striking both women while driving drunk last...
View ArticleFairview modestly raises water rates
Residents will see slight increase in March utility bill Fairview residents soon will see a slight increase in their water rates. Beginning Friday, March 1, water rates for an average single family...
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East County woman named Oregon National Guard Spouse of the Year
Mindy Rocha-Barella, a funeral director at Bateman Carroll and the Battalion Family Readiness coordinator for the 2-218th FA of the Oregon National Guard, has been voted Military Spouse of the Year for...
View ArticleColumbia River Highway and Vista House reopen
The Historic Columbia River Highway and Vista House reopened Friday, Feb. 1, after closing for a highway restoration project. The year-long project started by closing lanes of the highway in August...
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Gresham-Barlow considers $210 million school bond
After a series of community forums, the school board will vote in March whether to go after a bond in 2013 Students overflow into the cafeteria during assemblies because theres not enough room in the...
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Feb. 1 obituaries
Alton Robert Bailey May 31, 1920-Jan. 25, 2013 Gresham resident Alton Robert Bailey died Friday, Jan. 25. He was 92. A viewing was held Thursday, Jan. 31, and also is scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon...
View ArticleSongwriter finally comes out of her Schell
Troutdale resident Kristina Schell, 31, has been pregnant with expectation of a music career for some time. In the fall of 2004, as a married student at Portland State University pursuing a bachelors...
View ArticleGresham man sentenced in home-invasion robbery
A Gresham man who beat two men including an elderly man in his 70s in a home-invasion robbery in Damascus on Christmas Eve of 2011 will spend almost six years in prison. Clackamas County Circuit...
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Shooter gets 20 years for paralyzing tattoo artist
A man who shot and paralyzed a man who was giving him a tattoo will spend 20 years in prison. After a six-day trial ending last week, jurors found Russell Alan Clemo, 29, of outer Southeast Portland...
View ArticleMan who crashed car into crowd indicted on attempted murder charges
Racist remark sparks fight that led to crash, but driver claims it was an accident A Multnomah County grand jury on Friday, Feb. 1, indicted a Gresham man on three counts of attempted murder one week...
View ArticleGresham business refuses to serve same-sex couple
A Gresham business owner, who refused service to a same-sex couple, is now facing possible fines after allegedly violating an Oregon anti-discrimination law. Aaron Klein, owner of Sweet Cakes by...
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Gophers attack from close range to down Reynolds
The Gresham boys win 52-48 and sit in third place at the halfway point of the league season TROUTDALE Whenever it needed points Friday night, the Gresham boys basketball team knew exactly where to...
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Centennial gets defensive to beat Gophers
The Eagles move to 5-2 in league play after Fridays six-point road win The Centennial girls basketball team kept its playoff hopes on track Friday night with a 31-25 win over Gresham. Hit with the flu...
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Hot shooting lands Saints a win over Lane
The Mt. Hood CC mens team connects on better than 60 percent of its shots to beat the Titans 84-72 The Mt. Hood CC mens basketball team relied on accurate scoring to pick up a key 84-72 win over the...
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WHL-Winterhawks saga continues, with Portland still hoping to plead its case
Owner Bill Gallacher, president Doug Piper and general manager/head coach Mike Johnston will converge on Las Vegas for the semi-annual Western Hockey League Board of Governors meeting (what, you...
View ArticleCanine officer finds 7 pounds of pot during traffic stop
An Estacada man is behind bars accused of being in possession of nearly 7 pounds of marijuana. Brandon Jon Stavenjord, 39, of Estacada, and Thomas Daniel Salinas, 30, of Bend, are each being held on...
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