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Community focus: Residents share concerns over roadway, pedestrian infrastructure
With Clark County and Woodland’s population on the rise, are roadway and pedestrian infrastructure keeping up with the increased travel in the region? Area residents expressed their
Portland Engages Pride Festival Goers with Ranked-Choice Voting Education Ahead of Elections
Portlanders engaging in the vibrant hues and jubilant celebrations of Pride this year had a moment to ponder the mechanisms of their democracy amid the festivities. The City of Portland and Multnomah County made a unique appearance at the Pride Festival with interactive educative booths, not just to celebrate but also to inform. According to the City of Portland, they provided festival-goers with insights into the Nov. 5 election and the workings of ranked-choice voting.
Celebration and relief at Portland Pride Parade as national political landscape shifts
Scarlet Passmore stood at Southwest Pine Street in front of Tom McCall Waterfront Park when she got the notification that President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 election. A welcome banner for the Portland Pride Waterfront Festival hung behind her. Passmore’s phone started blowing up with texts reacting to the news Sunday.
Woodland City Council’s rejected cannabis vote sparks debate
Some Woodland residents voiced their displeasure, last week, over the City Council’s earlier rejection gathering public input through an advisory vote on whether the sale of cannabis should be allowed in the city. Despite public backlash at the July 15 regular council meeting, the four council members who denied...
‘Breaks my heart’: Portland church searching for temporary home after vandalization
Leaders at the Bethel Baptist Church of St. Johns are looking for a new place to worship after they say a weekend vandal broke in and sprayed fire extinguishers throughout all three floors of the church, leaving behind thick dust and chemicals on every open surface.
Arts at the Creek, Star Party, Concert in the Park and lots more fun in Estacada
Have an event you’d like to see in the newspaper? Send a description with relevant information to ballen@pamplinmedia.com by noon Thursday for inclusion in the following week’s paper. Include any relevant photos. Events Summer Storytime: 10:30 to noon, Thursday July 25, Aug. 1, and following Thursdays, Community Building behind the library, 915 N.W. Wade St. Drop-in, all ages. Storytime followed by some outdoor play. ...
10 to Watch in Paris Olympics: Gymnast Jordan Chiles
PARIS, France — Vancouver native Jordan Chiles is headed to her second Olympic games after filling in at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, when Simone Biles stepped down. Chiles was born in Tualatin, Ore. and grew up in Vancouver, Wash. She will partake in her second straight Olympic Games after spending the past years at UCLA.
Beaverton's Dennis Connors has turned tragedy into triumph in his life beyond the armed forces
Beaverton’s Dennis Connors has a unique story, but at the same time he doesn’t. The former Marine and war veteran has lingering effects from his time defending our country, and further effects from a stroke he suffered four years ago. But while still coping with the sadly common residuals from an experience many can’t relate, along with the tragic results of a compromising health scare, the 39-year-old has made the most of his circumstances, much of which he attributes to a sport that’s now taking...
3 dead in 1 weekend after separate motorcycle crashes in Gresham, McMinnville, Clark County
Three people are dead after separate motorcycle crashes in Gresham, McMinnville and Clark County over the weekend, police reported. Gresham police responded to reports of a crash at Southeast 190th Drive and Cheldelin Road around 10:00 a.m. Saturday. They arrived to find a pickup truck and a motorcycle had collided.
Driver seriously hurt in crash between car, TriMet MAX train in NE Portland
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A person is seriously injured after a crash between a car and a TriMet MAX train in northeast Portland on Sunday afternoon, according to Portland Fire & Rescue. At about 3 p.m., crews responded to Northeast 108th Avenue and East Burnside Street after reports of the...
This Telephone Pole Is Ready for Its Close-Up
Telephone poles deal with a lot: dog pee, staple guns and remnants of long-past concert posters. But the humble telephone pole is now also the subject of a photography exhibit by Portland artist Heléna Dupre Thompson. Bridge City Diary is on view in the storefront windows of 811 SE Stark St. through Dec. 16.
Skautfold: Into the Fray launches for Switch Oct. 4th, 2024
Publisher Red Art Games and developer Pugware have announced that Skautfold: Into the Fray is coming to Switch on Oct. 4th, 2024. The title will be priced at $15. Play as one of Empress Eleanor’s Five Knights investigating reports of a rebellious faction and a missing royal. Will you manage to ward off the Fog?
Street of Dreams pivots to showcase a variety of builders across multiple communities
Although initially tabbed for the Forest Highlands neighborhood in Lake Oswego, the 2024 Street of Dreams this August will instead take place across multiple communities and feature a more varied selection of homes to peruse. Rachel Trice, the chief membership and marketing manager for the event organizer — the Home Building Association of Greater Portland — said that the originally planned development, Oswego Reserve, couldn’t be completed in time and so the HBA will host the Street of Dreams at that site in 2025. The...
Parents Blast City for Dawson Park Violence
Violence erupted in Dawson Park again last Friday afternoon, after a shooter opened fire in the picturesque Eliot neighborhood park that’s long been a gathering place for the city’s Black community. The shooter fired at least 70 times. Two people were hospitalized. WW wrote nearly two years ago...
Winterhawks announce coaching change; Johnston to remain in front office
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The Portland Winterhawks announced Monday that longtime assistant Kyle Gustafson will become the sixth head coach in franchise history, while Mike Johnston has signed an extension to remain the team’s president and general manager. Gustafson, a Portland native, has been an assistant coach for the...
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