Woodland students promote peace
School raises $265 to help plant peace pole in 10-year-old Miranda Crockett's memory When Celeste Dryer told her students at Woodland Elementary School she wanted to help Salish Ponds Elementary School...
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Wreath thief strikes again Every year one of my clients, who is in the holiday wreath business, gives me the gift of a lovely fresh wreath. I hang it on the front door of my law office building that...
View ArticleIt's weird, it's ugly, but Blazers prevail
Nicolas Batum did a rather bang-up job of describing the Trail Blazers 101-93 victory over Denver Thursday night at the Rose Garden. Weird. Ugly, said Portlands small forward from France, getting...
View ArticleDavid Douglas swimmers win again
Reynolds wins two of the first three races, but the Scots run away on the scoreboard Reynolds put a few bumps in the road, but the David Douglas girls swim team had little trouble reaching its...
View ArticleBruins win big over South Salem
Barlow goes on a 17-point run in the third quarter to bury the Saxons in Thursday nights win The Barlow boys basketball team continued to roll through the early-season schedule with an easy 71-53 home...
View ArticleLong-range shooting too much for Centennial
The Centennial boys basketball team couldnt quite get over the hump during a 60-57 loss to Hood River on Thursday night. Centennial took an early 6-3 lead when Somto Aniefuna went the length of the...
View ArticleDont look now, but Blazers in playoff hunt
Its still early, folks, but the Trail Blazers are in position to make a run at the playoffs. A 96-93 victory over Phoenix Saturday night at the Rose Garden pushed the Blazers (13-12) above the .500...
View ArticleOSU NOTES: Vaz to start; suspended trio will miss Alamo Bowl
A look at Oregon State football as the Alamo Bowl matchup with Texas looms ... Junior Cody Vaz will start at quarterback for the 15th-ranked Beavers (9-3) as they face the Big 12 Longhorns (8-4) at...
View ArticleCross-eyed over college applications?
Troutdale business offers one-on-one advising for college-bound students Sandra Mershon was a 24-year veteran English teacher at Reynolds High School when she received a Fulbright Exchange to teach...
View ArticleZopfs hot hand powers win
OREGON CITY Damascus Christian junior guard Edward Zopf stole the show at North Clackamas Christian and lifted the Eagles to a 48-37 win on Fridays boys basketball contest. Zopf was lethal from...
View ArticleStar light, star bright
– Thirty-year tradition burns out but returns this holiday season Something went missing last year. Missing from the Christmas season. From that spark, that spring in the step that the holiday...
View ArticlePrivate schools return to the top
Barlow and Centennial are expected to battle for the leagues final berth to state Central Catholic ran through the Mount Hood Conference with no resistance last season en route to a 26-2 record and a...
View ArticleChanges expected to prep landscape
The OSAA is in the early phases of potential realignment to begin with the 2014-15 prep sports season. The main emphasis in the process is to increase league sizes around the state to groupings of...
View ArticleSheriffs deputies recover stolen car, arrest driver and passengers
Clackamas County sheriff's deputies recovered a stolen car and arrested two people in Boring after a short pursuit that started with an unworn seatbelt. At about 10:50 a.m. Friday, Dec. 28, a deputy...
View ArticleWoman stabbed in Centennial area
Portland police are looking for a woman who reportedly stabbed another woman for no reason in the Centennial neighborhood Thursday, Dec. 27. The victim, a woman in her 20s, was stabbed at about 9 p.m....
View ArticleChristmas Eve fire displaces two families
An apartment fire displaced two families on Christmas Eve in outer Southeast Portland. At 10:06 p.m. Monday, Dec. 24, firefighters from Portland Fire & Rescue responded to a report of an apartment...
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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2 Gresham Toastmasters 6:30 a.m., Elmers Restaurant, 1590 N.E. Burnside Road. Learn how to be a better speaker and to be more confident in front of an audience. For more information,...
View ArticleClear Creek Middle School honor roll
The following students were named to the first quarter honor roll at Clear Creek Middle School: Sixth grade 4.0 Iratze Aguilar, Mercedez Ahumada, Anastasia Andreychenko, Camile Baptista, Raven...
View ArticleBlazers get inside the Kings
The Trail Blazers solved the puzzle Wednesday that had been the Sacramento Kings. Portland pounded the inside all night against the Kings, who played without center DeMarcus Cousins, and the Blazers...
View ArticleDeputies looking for third suspect chased along highway, through yard
Clackamas County deputies arrested two men and were still searching for another man from the unincorporated area of North Clackamas after a chase on Friday involving a reportedly stolen vehicle. On...
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