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Here she is, Miss Oregon: Abigail Hoppe celebrates, and looks forward to Miss America
A night after being crowned Miss Oregon, Abigail Hoppe “finally got some sleep.” The next day, “it feels real,” she told the Portland Tribune. Being Miss Oregon will take some getting used to, but Hoppe will try her best as she prepares for the Miss America contest. “The whole week I had overwhelming feeling of...
Milwaukie Porchfest Returns for Three Fridays of Live Music, July 12–26
The heat wave will end, and when it does, there will be the sweetest li’l porch music festival waiting on the other side. Milwaukie Porchfest started as a small festival during the first pandemic fall of 2020 as a way for people to safely see live music outdoors (and to give bored musicians a gig). But Porchfest was such a smash that this is now the fifth annual iteration of the suburban event, which returns with more than 80 free concerts in neighborhoods across Milwaukie from 6:30 to 8:30 pm Fridays, July 12, 19 and 26.
First Native American homeless shelter in the region opens in Milwaukie
Portland-based Native American Youth and Family Center has opened the first Native American homeless shelter in the region, located in Milwaukie at 2400 SE Willard Street. The two-story transitional shelter for Native families experiencing homelessness will provide residents, who begin arriving soon, access to 24/7 on-site support from Native shelter advocates and professionals. “The official name is kʰwat yaka haws, and that is in the Chinook Wawa language, which is a part of where the original people of this land are from. And that does...
Oregon State Baseball Boosts Pitching with Two Left-Handed Transfers for 2025 Season
Oregon State baseball program boosts its pitching roster for the 2025 season by adding left-handers Max Fraser from Washington and Tanner Douglas from Portland via the transfer portal. Douglas pitched 38 innings, with an ERA of 3.32, 40 strikeouts, and 10 saves in his sophomore season with Portland. Fraser, a...
Ducks countdown to kickoff: At No. 57, an undersized lineman and a Rose Bowl team
The Oregon Ducks start the 2024 season Aug. 31 at home against Idaho. The Oregonian/OregonLive will count down the days with mini-profiles of prominent former and current Ducks whose jersey numbers correspond with the days remaining until the opening kickoff. Today, No. 57: Offensive lineman George Dames and the 1957...
Eugene-based Beyond Toxics highlights risk to food safety after SCOTUS decision
EUGENE, Ore. — Eugene-based environmental justice organization Beyond Toxics says a decision made by the U.S. Supreme Court last week could have a direct effect on the safety of the country's food supply. If a law is unclear, interpretation is now in the hands of the courts, and not...
Canzano: The cost of playing in a new-world Pac-12
No way around it, there are some bad feelings about how the Pac-12 has talked about the Mountain West Conference in the last year. It chapped some of the MWC presidents, for example, when officials at Oregon State and Washington State wrinkled their noses and talked negatively about the possibility of reverse merger over the last year.
‘It is having an effect on us’: Businesses on Bend’s north end say some customers can’t reach them due to Hwy. 97 project
Some small businesses on the north end of Bend say they are feeling the negative effects of the construction of the new Highway 97 route. The post ‘It is having an effect on us’: Businesses on Bend’s north end say some customers can’t reach them due to Hwy. 97 project appeared first on KTVZ.
Beaverton, Washington Co. cooling centers open this weekend
WASHINGTON COUNTY Ore. (KPTV) - As a heatwave settles across Portland, Beaverton and Washington County prepared additional heat shelters. Beaverton cooling centers will be open Friday through at least Monday, free of charge at these locations:. Beaverton City Library Main - extended hours until 9 p.m. Murray Scholls Branch. Beaverton...
150-year-old historic Wilkes House demolished amid preservation efforts in Banks
A 150-year-old historic house came crumbling down Friday, July 5, in Banks, marking the latest chapter in a battle between preservation and development in rural Washington County. Cars stopped and residents watched on the side of the road as an excavator tore down the historic Wilkes House — a home built by the first permanent Euro-American settlers in the area who trekked the Oregon Trail in 1845. The site’s fate...
New equestrian step-up finished in Molalla River recreation area
Representatives of the Molalla River Watch watershed council and the Bureau of Land Management completed the installation of a new equestrian mounting platform at Hardy Creek trailhead in the Molalla River Recreation Area on June 6. Molalla River Watch board members Bill Taylor, Scott Trexler, Cub Hale, and Karen Frogner with BLM Cascades Field Office Park manager Mark Marshall worked to install a concrete base with two large bluestone steps. Marshall and his staff operated the heavy machinery to place the stone steps, but the...
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