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  • Baby can’t wait, born in hospital parking lot

    Portland Tribune – Tue Nov 24, 7:19 pm ET  

    A Beaverton couple is counting its blessings. Their son surprised them Tuesday when he was born in the front seat of a minivan on the way to the hospital. Laura Miller and Steven Thompson welcomed Christopher Jensen Thompson at about 12:51 p.m. The 6-pound, 14-ounce baby was born after his mother ... Full Story »

  • Mortgage broker goes to prison on federal fraud charge

    Portland Tribune – Tue Nov 24, 6:49 pm ET  

    A 46-year-old Portland mortgage company operator was sentenced Tuesday afternoon to 41 months in prison for his role in nearly $4 million of mortgage fraud. U.S. District Judge Robert E. Jones also sentenced Lee Howlett to three years of post-custody supervised release. Howlett admitted in ... Full Story »

  • Gresham man killed at City Hall MAX station

    Portland Tribune – Tue Nov 24, 3:04 pm ET  

    A man crossing the MAX tracks who was struck and killed by a train at the Gresham City Hall station Monday morning has been identified as a Gresham resident. Jose Lopez Rodriguez, 55, was on the north side of the platform, which is located just south of Gresham City Hall and east of Northwest ... Full Story »

  • Police rally support for suspended officer

    Portland Tribune – Tue Nov 24, 1:49 pm ET  

    Hundreds of police from Portland and other law enforcement agencies in the region rallied Tuesday morning in support of Officer Christopher Humphreys and in opposition to the decision last week by Police Chief Rosie Sizer and Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman to suspend Humphreys pending an ... Full Story »

  • Broken homes: The Economy and domestic violence

    Portland Tribune – Tue Nov 24, 12:04 am ET  

    There are so many questions, but very few answers. In just two days last week, two families in Washington County were ripped apart by the ultimate form of domestic violence. In Tualatin, 39-year-old Robert James Beiser shot and killed his estranged wife, 36-year-old Teresa Marie Beiser and ... Full Story »

The Columbian

  • Woodland schools will ask voters to approve two-year levy

    The Columbian – 1 hr 17 mins ago  

    The Woodland School District will ask voters in February to support a two-year maintenance and operations levy to help maintain school programs.The Woodland School Board on Monday evening... Full Story »

  • Driver in fatal crash appears in court

    The Columbian – 1 hr 18 mins ago  

    Six months have passed since a young Battle Ground woman, on the way home from a bar with a friend, was injured — and later died — in a single-vehicle accident.The driver,... Full Story »

  • Thanksgiving closures, Nov. 25

    The Columbian – 1 hr 18 mins ago  

    • MAIL: No home delivery Thursday, except for Express Mail. Most post offices closed Thursday. The postal unit inside the Shell gas station at Fisher's Landing, 16320 S.E. Cascade Park Drive, is... Full Story »

  • City wins award for community center

    The Columbian – 1 hr 18 mins ago  

    BATTLE GROUND — The city of Battle Ground has received the Clark County Community Pride Design Award for its new community center. The award recognizes innovative approach to... Full Story »

  • Christmas party planned for children

    The Columbian – 1 hr 18 mins ago  

    CLARK COUNTY — It’s time to prepare for the 11th annual Community Youth Holiday Event next month, and organizers are calling for volunteers and donations of cash and Christmas... Full Story »

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Hood River News

  • Anyone with info should call 386-7077

    Hood River News – Tue Nov 24, 3:50 pm ET  

    Two armed and masked men entered Chuby’s Restaurant and Bar in Odell just before closing on Thursday and demanded money. The robbers reportedly obtained an undisclosed amount of cash before fleeing the scene. Full Story »

  • By ADAM LAPIERRE News staff writer

    Hood River News – Tue Nov 24, 3:49 pm ET  

    “Get it while you can”: It’s a motto that holds true for countless situations, and a strategy that works especially well for taking full advantage of the variable ski/snowboard seasons Mount Hood gives us each year. Full Story »

  • By RaeLynn Ricarte

    Hood River News – Tue Nov 24, 3:49 pm ET  

    Unemployment rates in Hood River and Wasco counties have risen by at least 40 percent during the past year but Dallas Fridley, regional economist, is hopeful that “the worst is behind us.” Full Story »

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    Hood River News – Tue Nov 24, 3:49 pm ET  

    The Hood River County Health Department reported Thursday the first local death tied to complications from the H1N1 influenza. Eduardo Chamonica-Gill, 35, of Odell, was pronounced dead on Saturday at Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital . Full Story »

  • Walden opts out of governor's race

    Hood River News – Sat Nov 21, 11:34 am ET  

    WASHINGTON — The Bend Bulletin newspaper reported Thursday that U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, R-Hood River, won’t run for Oregon governor. Walden, 52, is the only Republican in Oregon to hold federal office and was widely considered the GOP’s best candidate to re-take the governor’s seat in 2010. Full Story »

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