Beware of Internet soldier love scam
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum has a warning for people looking for love online: That soldier whos been professing devotion via email may actually be a con artist looking for cash. Local...
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Man gets 17 years in prison for heroin dealing
A man has been sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for heroin trafficking and illegally entering the country. Jose Lizarraras-Chacon, 38, of Nayarit, Mexico, on Monday, April 8, was sentenced by...
View ArticleBudget process kicks off Tuesday, April 16
The Gresham budget committee's first meeting to review the fiscal year 2013-14 budget is at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, in the Gresham City Hall conference center, 1333 N.W. Eastman Parkway. Follow-up...
View ArticleBe kind to Mother Earth
At its General Assembly in 2009, The United Nations was unanimous in its designation of April 22 as International Mother Earth Day. Sixty years after adopting the Universal Declaration of Human...
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Police search for missing 6-year-old Gresham girl
Gresham police are looking for a 6-year-old girl who has been missing since Saturday afternoon. Police said Carmen Alexandria Welch was last seen at 2:15 p.m. after was supposed to meet a friend who...
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Turnovers doom Fillies in loss to Seattle
A pair of first-half interception returns set the tone for the Majestics 34-0 win over Portland MILWAUKIE The Portland Fighting Fillies missed numerous chances in the first half and never recovered...
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Big innings power Saints to a pair of wins
Mt. Hood hosts Linn-Benton on Thursday with first place on the line Mt. Hood CC first baseman Jake Thran just wanted to make contact when he dug in with the bases loaded in the bottom of the fourth...
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Home runs power Saints softball to a sweep
Kali VanCleave completes a Game 2 comeback with a three-run double The Mt. Hood CC softball team kept its season rolling along Saturday with a doubleheader sweep over rival Clackamas. The Saints opened...
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Custody dispute leads mother to file false report in case of missing girl
Massive search ends in police finding girl at hotel with her mother who reported her missing After a nearly 12-hour search for a missing 6-year-old Gresham girl, police found her safe in a hotel. Now,...
View ArticleReview of Measure 11 is worthwhile for Oregonians
Like plenty of Oregons lawmakers, weve adopted a wait-and-see posture on a bill that would erase some mandatory minimum prison sentences required under the umbrella of Measure 11. Oregonians...
View ArticleYoung man dies in hunting accident
A 19-year-old Oregon City man has been identified as the person who died Saturday, April 13, after being shot in Boring during a hunting accident. Nicholas Anderson, 19, died at the scene on Southeast...
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Mother arrested for falsely reporting her daughter missing
She left 6-year-old girl alone in a motel room for eight hours while police scoured the area for her After a nearly 12-hour search for a missing 6-year-old Gresham girl, police found Carman Alexandria...
View ArticleWhat should you do if you witness a child being abused?
Last weeks incident at the Oregon Zoo in which someone intervened after witnessing a woman abusing a child had many of us asking what is the correct way to respond if someone witnesses child abuse. On...
View ArticleTake a breath, count to 10, make a better choice
- Experts offer tips to help prevent child abuse Gresham grandfather Jim Kaufer is a man on a mission. His YouTube video Want to stop your baby from crying? posted three months ago has more than...
View ArticleGrandfather's mission: Stop shaken babies
– Gresham's Jim Kaufer speaks out to prevent fate met by his granddaughter Rockell DiNucci Its been five years six as of this coming Sept. 9 since a young fathers reckless act forever changed...
View ArticleNeighbors object to 180-foot tower on Gresham Butte
A 40-foot high emergency communications tower on Gresham Butte could be replaced with an 180-foot tower under a proposal from the city of Portlands Bureau of Technology Services. The tower is in the...
View ArticleTroutdale Airports tower closure postponed
Decision prompted by safety concerns for pilots, communities The Federal Aviation Administration has postponed its closure of the Troutdale Airports air traffic control tower, and nearly 150 others...
View ArticleGresham gets tree grant, awards
Oregon Community Trees has awarded Gresham a $500 grant that the city used to fund an educational tree planting program at Hogan Cedar Elementary School on Wednesday, April 10, as part of Oregon Arbor...
View ArticleSchool briefs
BPA offering $20,000 in education grants The Bonneville Power Administration is offering $20,000 in science and energy education grants to nonprofit organizations, schools and others in support of work...
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Tell us the stories about your amazing pets
Anatole France was a French poet, journalist and novelist; and, apparently, he was also pretty fond of pets. Heres what France had to say about pets before his death in October 1924. Until one has...
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