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Memorial Circle honoring fallen soldier takes shape

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Beaverton couple brings board game museum to public

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Stairs block LOHS senior from prom

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In Character with Amina Moreau

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by: PHOTO COURTESY PPS - Roof damage at Wilson High school could be repaired through PPS bond work. Some are concerned that the district is not installing solar panels on schools' roofs.
May 23, 2013

Critics rain on PPS plan to omit solar roofs

by Jennifer Anderson
Time, money keep an eco-friendly task off summer-project list Portland Public Schools is preparing to spend the first chunk of its voter-approved $482 million construction bond money — but even…
by: BILL ABADIE - This pig was having a good time rooting around until it was captured and placed behind bars after a squealing struggle. It is now safe and sound back home.
May 23, 2013

Police capture pig after struggle

by Cliff Newell
Porker's gambit ends thanks to canny officer, alert citizen The pig file of the Lake Oswego Police Department has just added another case. A round but elusive pink pig escaped all efforts to…
May 23, 2013

Flash mob springs to life to protest gun violence

by Pamplin Media Group
Pioneer Courthouse Square will be filled with people making art at about noon Thursday when a flash mob springs to life. Art = Ammo, a national group of artists, is organizing the flash mob to…
May 23, 2013

Heavy early morning rain sends sewage into Willamette

by Pamplin Media Group
Heavy rain early Thursday morning caused combined sewage and stormwater to overflow to the Willamette River from three outfall pipes. Portland’s Bureau of Environmental Services reported that…
May 23, 2013

Truck stops here: Reality TV comes to city streets

by Peter Korn
Despite red tape, 'Great Food Truck Race' films in Portland Want proof that food carts are taken more seriously in Portland than in other cities? Seven food trucks arrived in Portland last week…
May 23, 2013

Sources Say: Vote didn't end fluoride fight

by Jim Redden
The fight over fluoridating Portland’s water isn’t finished. Voters overwhelmingly defeated Ballot Measure 26-161 in Tuesday’s election, repealing the City Council’s plan to fluoridate the…
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May 23, 2013

Accused baron robber accepts plea deal

by Kara Hansen Murphey
Spensir Mourey agrees to testify against two others A man accused in the violent armed robbery of a Lake Oswego home last year will receive a reduced sentence if he cooperates in the case…
May 23, 2013

Inspired water fight sends message

by Steve Law
Outspent Portland fluoride opponents rallied a movement Now we know why fluoride backers pressed so hard to avoid a public vote. Anti-fluoridation forces — who raised far less money, had fewer…
by: COURTESY OF THE VA - John Patrick, head of the Portland VA Medical Center, is leaving May 31 to take a new job as head of the VA medical center in Nashville.
May 23, 2013

Portland VA director leaving for new job in Nashville

by Pamplin Media Group
John Patrick, director of the Portland Veterans Administration Medical Center, is leaving at the end of this month to take a new post in Nashville. Patrick has been with the Portland VA Medical…
May 23, 2013

Metro levy divides counties, but gets stamp of approval

by Jim Redden
Vote highlights big gap in support for natural land policies Metro received a wake-up call in the May 21 Special Election. Although voters approved its levy to maintain parks and natural lands,…

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by: VERN UYETAKE - This file photo showed the potential site for a new city-owned indoor tennis center on the edge of Lake Oswego in the Stafford area.
May 23, 2013

Appeal dropped, but tennis center on hold

by Kara Hansen Murphey
Facility would be on Stafford land now in the urban growth boundary Lake Oswego has apparently backed off plans to build a tennis center on property the city pushed to bring into the urban…
May 22, 2013

Jones' lead erodes in park district board race with Cody

by Shannon O. Wells
506-vote advantage narrows to 128 by Wednesday morning in heated campaign Calling his run for the Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District board against Jerry Jones Jr. a “well-fought race,”…
May 22, 2013

TriMet adopts new $485 million budget

by Jim Redden
Although the status of TriMet's contract with most of its workers is still up in the air, the regional transit agency's board of directors unanimously adopted its budget for the next fiscal year…
May 22, 2013

Deputies pull man's body from Willamette River

by Pamplin Media Group
Multnomah County sheriff’s deputies pulled a man’s body from the Willamette River Wednesday afternoon south of the St. Johns Bridge. The man’s identity has not been released. Engineers with the…
May 22, 2013

Police investigating three robberies

by Jim Redden
Police are investigating three armed robberies on Wednesday in separate Portland businesses. Robbery detectives have not determined if these robberies were committed by the same suspect or if…
May 21, 2013

County to TriMet: 'Not if we have any say in rail line'

by Raymond Rendleman
Clackamas County voters sent a largely symbolic message to TriMet on Tuesday night against light rail by voting down a measure authorizing the line from Portland through Milwaukie to Oak Grove,…
May 21, 2013

Multnomah County vote carrying Metro levy

by Jim Redden
Metro received a wake up call in the May 21 Special Election. Although voters approved its levy to maintain parks and natural lands, the results were split between the counties. With most of the…
May 21, 2013

Portland voters reject water fluoridation

by Steve Law
There weren’t too many smiles Tuesday night at the Curious Comedy Theater, site of the election-night party of the pro-fluoride campaign whose main slogan was “Help PDX Smile.” Measure 26-151…
May 21, 2013

Buel rejoins PPS with special election victory

by Jennifer Anderson
Incumbent Gonzalez says he plans to stay involved in school district Early Multnomah County election results Tuesday night showed a surprise Portland School Board upset for incumbent Martin…
May 21, 2013

State ranks Canyon Road project a leading priority

by Beaverton Valley Times
Beaverton applying for $10 million grant for transit, pedestrian improvements on corridor The Oregon Transportation Commission voted last week to designate the city's Canyon Road Safety and…


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