West Orient student competes in Miss Jr. Teen Portland
With reality TV portrayals such as Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and Toddlers in Tiaras, pageantry can get a bad rap. But for Danielle Whitlock, a West Orient Middle School eighth-grader, the experience...
View ArticleHeart attack contributed to crash
A woman who died after her car crashed Tuesday, Feb. 5, had a cardiac event just before the accident. Jan Wiles, 60, of Portland was driving south on Southeast 162nd Avenue approaching Division Street...
View ArticleGresham gets funding for children's fountain
The city of Gresham has secured funding for a childrens fountain downtown, but dont go shopping for swimsuits just yet. Although the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has approved the...
View ArticleLocal meetings
MONDAY, FEB. 11 East Multnomah County Transportation Committee 3 p.m., Gresham City Hall, 1333 N.W. Eastman Parkway. Gresham Planning Commission 6:30 p.m., City Hall, Springwater Trail Room, 1333...
View ArticleDrug-dealing mom sentenced to prison
A Gresham woman will spend more than five years in prison for heroin trafficking and food stamp fraud. U.S. District Court Judge Marco A. Hernandez has sentenced Maria Gonzalez-Torres, 31, to 63 months...
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Johnson gets win 500 in a blowout
Barlow held a 20-point lead with two minutes to play Friday night usually time to head to the parking lot early and beat traffic. But no one was leaving the gym early on this night. The crowd was on...
View ArticleDamascus responds to objections to disincorporation ballot title
After a month-long wait, city of Damascus legal representatives have responded to a political activists complaint that a proposed ballot title doesnt do a good enough job explaining the effects of...
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Corbett girls hold off hard-charging Aardvarks
The Cardinals win the season-finale 39-37 to finish third in league and secure a berth in the 3A playoff bracket PORTLAND The Corbett girls basketball team clinched a spot in the 3A playoffs Thursday...
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What makes Winterhawks so good?
To think what the Portland Winterhawks record would be, had the Western Hockey Leagues No. 1 team not recently suffered four consecutive losses. Itd be otherworldly, with the Winterhawks threatening...
View ArticleShow time: Oregon Sports Awards on Sunday
The 61st Oregon Sports Awards hits the stage Sunday night. ESPN SportsCenter anchor Neil Everett and a cast of celebrity presenters will hand out more than 30 awards in the 90-minute show at Nikes...
View ArticleEastside parks get $800,000 makeover
City to craft a bond plan drawing on E205 success Eighteen months ago, the parks in East Portland were as bare as they get. Barren fields, hardly a water fountain or park bench to speak of. Play...
View ArticleHonor roll
Portland Lutheran The following students were named to the honor roll at Portland Lutheran School for the first semester of the 2012-13 school year: 3.5 – 3.9: Ayde Alvarado, junior; Natalie Bergdolt,...
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TV ads create a super dilemma
A teenage boy borrowing his father's (attorneys have advised to not use the name) car for the prom. He speeds, drives recklessly, struts into the prom, kisses a girl, gets punched and drives...
View ArticleDisappointing actions by a few don't define Gresham
Oh! What a disappointing week this has been for news in Gresham. At one end of the spectrum, we have the owners of a Gresham bakery who callously demonstrated their insensitivity toward gays and...
View ArticleLetters to the editor
Shame visits Gresham Just when I think our fair city is becoming more enlightened, fair-minded and safe, I read with sadness about the disgusting actions perpetrated by the very people I wish to...
View ArticleIn the military
Army Army Pvt. Justin A. Seibel has returned to the United States after being deployed overseas at a forward operating base to serve in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Seibel is a small arms...
View ArticleDamascus mayor's wife names city manager in tort claim
The wife of Damascus Mayor Steve Spinnett is suing the city and its city manager for an incident this fall in which she was accused of taking images of confidential code enforcement documents on a city...
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Love is awesome!
Popular childrens author, dubbed as the new Dr. Seuss, visits Gresham schools A tall man with long blond surfer hair bounces around an auditorium filled with 560 North Gresham Elementary School...
View ArticleEast County students win Gresham Elks scholarships
Each year, the Elks National Foundation provides high school seniors more than $3.64 million in college scholarships. Gresham Elks 1805 has named six local recipients of the 2013 Most Valuable Student...
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Feb. 8 obituaries
Leo James Burgess Aug. 15, 1918-Feb. 2, 2013 Longtime Sandy resident Leo James Burgess died Saturday, Feb. 2. He was 94. A service will be held at Willamette National Cemetery on a later date for Leo,...
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