So long Ranger, hello USS Tarawa?
Group considers options for Fairview riverfront development After the U.S. Navy torpedoed chances of the USS Ranger making a home in Fairview by moving the historic naval ship to scrap status last...
View ArticleReynolds School District races
One school board position is contested The Outlook asked candidates for East County school boards to complete a questionnaire with biographical information and details about their candidacy. These are...
View ArticleGresham-Barlow School District races
One school board position is contested The Outlook asked candidates for East County school boards to complete a questionnaire with biographical information and details about their candidacy. These are...
View ArticleCorbett school board race
All four positions are contested The Outlook asked candidates for East County school boards to complete a questionnaire with biographical information and details about their candidacy. These are the...
View ArticleEast County school board elections ramp up
All four positions for Corbett's school board are contested, with one contested race in each of the other districts Of the school board races in East Multnomah County, all four of the Corbett School...
View ArticleMay 10 obituaries
Jerry Lee Miller March 19, 1943 -April 28, 2013 Longtime Gresham resident Jerry Lee Miller died Sunday, April 28. He was 70. A celebration of life will be held from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 2, at...
View ArticleGresham Breakfast Lions Club honors students
Each year, the group presents scholarships to graduating seniors from Gresham, Sam Barlow and Springwater Trail high schools For the 27th year, the Gresham Breakfast Lions Club honored the academic...
View ArticleRaising the roof
Pleasant Valley Elementary raises $2,289.50 for Kenya Keys Principal Laurie Ernstrom passed notes to students in a bucket, blew bubbles onto the recess crowds and played '90s music from her oasis on...
View ArticleGet ready for traffic headaches
Eastbound I-84 construction will affect night drivers, weekend motorists with detour routes To put the brakes on traffic backups on eastbound Interstate 84 from northbound Interstate 205, the Oregon...
View ArticleCeasefire Oregon event takes in more than 450 guns
Nearly 500 guns were collected Saturday during a Ceasefire Oregon gun turn-in event in the Centennial neighborhood. Ceasefire Oregon Education Foundation officials said the group collected 485 guns,...
View ArticleMom who staged Gresham girl's disappearance must pay restitution
A Gresham woman who hid her 6-year-old daughter in a motel room before falsely reporting the girl missing, was sentenced Wednesday, May 8, to 45 days in jail and must pay for the $26,000 investigation....
View ArticleReward offered for tips leading to suspects in home burglary
The Portland Police Bureau and Crime Stoppers of Oregon are is asking for the publics help solving a burglary in outer Northeast Portland. On Tuesday, March 19, Portland Police officers began...
View ArticleCeasefire Oregon event takes in more than 450 guns
Nearly 500 guns were collected Saturday during a Ceasefire Oregon gun turn-in event in the Centennial neighborhood. Ceasefire Oregon Education Foundation officials said the group collected 485 guns,...
View ArticleTroutdale Airport's control tower gets reprieve, for now
Troutdale Airports air traffic control tower will stay open after all, at least until the end of the 2013 fiscal year, announced U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Friday, May 10. The Federal...
View ArticleDamascus deannexation hearings: yes, no, yes again and no again
Its back to square one for an Damascus man who wants to withdraw his 244 acres from Damascus in order to develop it. In a tie vote, Damascus city councilors May 6 denied Lowell Pattons petition to...
View ArticleEvents
SATURDAY, MAY 18 Gresham Farmers' Market 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Northwest Third Street and Main Avenue in downtown Gresham. The market has more than 110 vendors offering plants, produce, food and...
View ArticleNews briefs
Rescued animals to be offered for adoption Multnomah County Animal Services will offer more than 60 rescued poodles for adoption after rescuing the dogs from a home in Southeast Portland. The 65...
View ArticleSchool briefs
Glover named Head Start Parent of Year Mt. Hood Community College announced this week that Landra Glover has been named the National Head Start Parent of the Year. The mother of a 5-year-old son who is...
View ArticleLocal meetings
Wednesday, May 15 Gresham Police Landlord Forum 3 p.m., City Hall, 1333 N.W. Eastman Parkway. Gresham police, landlord attorney Jeffrey Bennett and other experts offer free advice on matters...
View ArticleGresham man charged with manslaughter in fatal 2012 crash
A 22-year old Gresham man has been charged with manslaughter in Southern Oregon in connection to a crash that killed another Gresham man last Labor Day weekend. Sean Taylor Berglund, 22, of Gresham was...
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