In the military
Army National Guard Watson Army National Guard Pvt. Nick M. Watson has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C. Watson is the son of Ljubica Watson of Southeast Portland...
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Engagement
Gray-Kent Laura Gray of Boring and Charles Kent of Keizer are engaged to be married July 6, 2013. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Doug and Carolyn Gray of Boring. She graduated from Sandy High...
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Bob Jones University Kaleb Kittrell, a sophomore biblical counseling major from Gresham, was named to the spring 2013 deans list at Bob Jones University. To qualify for the deans list, students must...
View ArticlePGE pulls plug on Troutdale energy project
Developers say they will still build power plant despite PGEs alternate plan An energy company with plans to build a gas-fired power plant in Troutdale has lost a competitive bid to sell power to...
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Birth
Brown Sloan Eloise Brown was born at 1:54 a.m. Wednesday, May 1, at Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center in Gresham to Marisa and Eric Brown. She was 6 pounds, 15 ounces and 21 inches long. Sloan is the...
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Hands-on anatomy class
MedCure opens its cadaver lab to high school science students After scrubbing up, 30 high school students stepped into the MedCure lab. In the bright green room, knees, lungs, brains, a liver and a...
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Bringing the Rose Fest to sailors
The Navy had to cancel its annual appearance at Portland Rose Festivals Fleet Week, but that didnt stop volunteers from bringing the Rose Fest to sailors. An intergenerational group of volunteers...
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June 7 obituaries
Theodore Roosevelt Fetters Sr. Oct. 4, 1921-June 2, 2013 Canby resident Theodore Roosevelt Fetters Sr., who had East County ties, died Sunday, June 2. He was 91. A graveside service with military...
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Four indicted in Portland child porn video case
Four men were indicted by a grand jury following an investigation into the production and distribution of a graphic child pornography video in Portland. A Multnomah County grand jury recently indicted...
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Fickle Mother Nature (finally) smiles on local strawberry farms
After an early start, followed by record rainfall, local strawberries are ripe and ready to eat It was 2:30 a.m. when Rod Liepold called to make sure the helicopter was coming from Troutdale. That...
View ArticleLocal meetings
Monday, June 10 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...
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Pursuit of wrong way driver ends in tazing, arrest
Police tazed and then arrested, a 25-year-old driver who tried to flee after he was reportedly speeding more than 100 mph the wrong way on Interstate 84. At 12:37 p.m. Monday, June 3, Multnomah County...
View ArticleIn the military
Army National Guard Watson Army National Guard Pvt. Nick M. Watson has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C. Watson is the son of Ljubica Watson of Southeast Portland...
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Engagement
Gray-Kent Laura Gray of Boring and Charles Kent of Keizer are engaged to be married July 6, 2013. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Doug and Carolyn Gray of Boring. She graduated from Sandy High...
View ArticleCollege news
Bob Jones University Kaleb Kittrell, a sophomore biblical counseling major from Gresham, was named to the spring 2013 deans list at Bob Jones University. To qualify for the deans list, students must...
View ArticlePGE pulls plug on Troutdale energy project
Developers say they will still build power plant despite PGEs alternate plan An energy company with plans to build a gas-fired power plant in Troutdale has lost a competitive bid to sell power to...
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Birth
Brown Sloan Eloise Brown was born at 1:54 a.m. Wednesday, May 1, at Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center in Gresham to Marisa and Eric Brown. She was 6 pounds, 15 ounces and 21 inches long. Sloan is the...
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Hands-on anatomy class
MedCure opens its cadaver lab to high school science students After scrubbing up, 30 high school students stepped into the MedCure lab. In the bright green room, knees, lungs, brains, a liver and a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bringing the Rose Fest to sailors
The Navy had to cancel its annual appearance at Portland Rose Festivals Fleet Week, but that didnt stop volunteers from bringing the Rose Fest to sailors. An intergenerational group of volunteers...
View ArticleClik here to view.
June 7 obituaries
Theodore Roosevelt Fetters Sr. Oct. 4, 1921-June 2, 2013 Canby resident Theodore Roosevelt Fetters Sr., who had East County ties, died Sunday, June 2. He was 91. A graveside service with military...
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