Multnomah County Commissioners voted Thursday to recommend that 1,000 acres of land west of the Sandy River be designated as urban reserves. If the decision is upheld in coming negotiations among regional leaders, that would make those areas near Gresham and Troutdale candidates for future ... Full Story »
Portland homicide detectives are looking for a 41-year-old woman who they think was involved in the Dec. 5 stabbing death of a woman outside Papa-Son’s Tavern on Southeast Powell Boulevard. Police have issued an arrest warrant for Kristina Collette Landrum for aggravated murder in the death ... Full Story »
Mt. Tabor Middle School parent Pam Cameron was just trying to help the four students who stood, shivering, outside their school building this past Monday morning, when the temperature plus dipped to near freezing. She ushered the students into the building to warm up, only to see them sent ... Full Story »
The Oregon Business Association will stay on the sidelines during the Measure 66 and 67 campaigns, a referenda drive bankrolled by business aimed at overturning two tax increases enacted this year by the Oregon Legislature. At its annual retreat on Wednesday, Dec. 9, the association’s board ... Full Story »
Multnomah County crews will complete repairs to the Morrison Bridge Friday. The westbound curb lane on the bridge will be closed from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. during repair work. After morning repairs, several short test openings of the lift span will be needed in the afternoon. Crews expect to ... Full Story »
A 33-year-old man was killed Wednesday night when he was struck by a pickup while trying to cross the Tualatin Valley Highway in Aloha. Washington County sheriff's deputies said Gabriel Juhani Karkkainen, who lived on Southwest 214th Avenue, died at the scene. The county’s Crash Analysis ... Full Story »
Our Lady of the Lake Parish will have its new school. The parish got the thumbs up from the Development Review Commission on Monday night, with one main caveat — school officials will return for a review and hearing on traffic flow one year from the opening of the new building. The proposal, ... Full Story »
Students from Bolton and Cedaroak Park Primary schools were the first in West Linn to receive the H1N1 vaccine under Clackamas County’s campaign to vaccinate children under 18. The clinic, held Monday at Cedaroak Park, was successful in distributing 300 doses of either the injection or spray ... Full Story »
Don Zehrung does not hate to say “I told you so.” But that’s mainly because he was right. The 58-year-old P.E. teacher has been working in the Beaverton School District for 36 years, and has tirelessly championed getting kids off their butts, even as society and technology has ... Full Story »
The frosty fist of winter is now knocking at our doors, so it is very wise to be prepared for the worst. Some emergency items are a slam dunk – blankets, water, flashlights, duct tape, toe and hand warmers, matches, batteries, radios, first aid kits, etc. But do citizens realize they need a ... Full Story »
A group of West Linn residents has formed a political action committee in opposition to the recall campaign now underway. Work Together West Linn wants to “restore civility, trust and productivity” in city government. Melinda Robinson, an attorney involved with the committee, described ... Full Story »
The West Linn City Council on Monday will decide whether to begin the annexation process for seven acres of property owned by the school district. The land, at 3332 and 3151 Parker Road, including a ball field just west of Tanner Creek Park, could be home to a replacement police station or an ... Full Story »
Last spring, Lake Oswego embarked on a study of whether tennis and golf players could team up and share facilities at a single site. The short answer, according to project consultants: No. However, they did find ways to make both sports offerings more pro-fitable. In addition, they recommended ... Full Story »
Judie Hammerstad, former mayor of Lake Oswego and retired Clackamas County public servant, has been named to the Marylhurst University board of trustees. Marty Ringle, chief technology officer for Reed College, has also been named to the board. “We are absolutely delighted to welcome Judie ... Full Story »
Lake Oswego citizens will sound off on the city’s new proposed charges and fees at a public hearing on Dec. 15. This year’s list includes some hikes in utility rates linked to water system improvements, while also lowering some charges for utility connections and systems development ... Full Story »
Joelle Davis, a Tualatin city councilor, announced Sunday that she will run to represent Oregon House District 37 in next year’s election. Davis will be vying for the democratic nomination to represent the district that includes Tualatin, West Linn and Stafford area. Also after the ... Full Story »
The Booktique is back, and it’s not even leaving. The Friends of the Lake Oswego Library have made a deal with Providence for the used bookstore to remain in its long-time home at 3975 Mercantile Drive. “We’ve negotiated a three-year lease with Providence,” said Terry ... Full Story »
Small, older cottage-style homes next to shiny, new mansions dotted throughout the same neighborhood — it is a picture that the city wants to limit from appearing again and again. Instead, new codes, which have been in revision since 2005, are meant to encourage neighborhood compatibility ... Full Story »
TIGARD — The Tigard City Council voted 3-2, Tuesday, to triple the cost of street maintenance fees for residents and business owners. “I really wish we didn’t need to do this, you don’t know how much I wish we didn’t need to do this,” said Tigard Mayor Craig ... Full Story »
The Secretary of State Elections Division is investigating whether a West Linn neighborhood association president broke any rules by circulating e-mails in support of an ongoing recall campaign. Hidden Springs Neighborhood Association President Lynn Fox is accused of abusing her position by ... Full Story »
Restaurant owners worried that Portland’s growing army of food carts represent unfair competition might have taken a look at the mostly shivering cart owners last week and reconsidered the value of a roof and insulation. The city’s arctic chill this week forced a number of food carts ... Full Story »
On the August afternoon her family was evicted from its Gresham apartment, Malinda Word opened a phone book to the church listings and started to call. Word, the subject of an earlier Tribune story, estimates she called 30 churches, explaining to each that she and her husband and their children had ... Full Story »
Oregon’s offshore oil drilling moratorium expires Jan. 2, enabling oil companies to propose exploratory wells in the state’s coastal waters. Though no oil companies are clamoring to drill anywhere off Oregon’s shore, some environmentalists don’t want to take a chance, after ... Full Story »
Responding to business-related concerns, Mayor Sam Adams has postponed the first formal hearing on an ambitious city plan intended to improve the environment in and around the Portland harbor while also protecting jobs. The City Council had been scheduled to hold a hearing on the first phase of ... Full Story »
Wayne Palioca has spent a lot of time people-watching outside his window, which looks out to Southeast Portland’s Ladd Circle. In particular, he’s noticed that hardly anyone obeys the stop sign on Southeast Ladd near Palio Dessert & Espresso House – a crosswalked intersection ... Full Story »
Jackass Penguins take a walk at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Japan. AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye
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