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Portland seeks feedback on Alpenrose Dairy residential redevelopment
The clock is now ticking on the proposed residential redevelopment of the former Alpenrose Dairy in outer Southwest Portland. City planners are beginning to seek feedback on what would be the largest new neighborhood since Forest Heights in outer Northwest Portland. Bureaus involved in the permitting process and affected neighborhood organizations have been asked for responses to the recently-completed subdivision application. The Hayhurst Neighborhood Association has scheduled an online meeting to solicit comments for 7 p.m. on July 30. It will also conduct an online...
Council hears of trouble at homeless site
One year ago, trying to comply with state law, Albany set up a designated homeless camping site on two city-owned lots near Ninth Avenue and Jackson Street and called it Marvin’s Garden. The place has turned into a big trouble spot, and city officials are trying to figure out what to do next.
Kootenai County firefighters lend a hand with Oregon wildfire
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — On Saturday night, the state of Oregon requested the state of Idaho send firefighters to help with the Durkee Fire in eastern Oregon. By 5 a.m. Sunday, volunteers from Kootenai County Fire and Rescue, Timberlake Fire Protection District and Hauser Lake Fire Protection District and Worley Fire District mobilized to lend their assistance with battling the blaze. Each North Idaho department sent two firefighters and a brush truck to fulfil the request.
Pendletonian heads to the Olympics
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Pendleton native son Rob “Robby” Collins is at his first Olympics. He will be the swim coach for Peru at the games. Before he departed he talked about the long road that now sees him overseeing Peru’s two swimmers who qualified for the Olympic games.
Westview High football coach who allegedly slapped, shook players awake during training camp appears in court
MCMINNVILLE, Ore. — The former Westview High School head football coach who resigned in June after allegedly slapping and shaking players while they were sleeping at an overnight summer camp made an appearance in a Yamhill County Courtroom on Wednesday afternoon. Jamal Anthony Jones, 32, is facing 12 counts...
‘A window and a mirror’: Lake Oswego author tells story of her World War II veteran father and the trauma they shared
For decades, Lake Oswego resident Becky Ellis and her father Louis Boswell avoided the source of their collective pain. Boswell did not discuss the horrors of World War II for 70 years, while Ellis meticulously avoided mention of her childhood raised by a dad suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. That all changed about 10 years ago when the two finally sat down for a tuna sandwich and opened up to...
Portland police detain demonstrators for vandalism during morning protest
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Portland Police arrested and charged nine people with various crimes on Wednesday during a demonstration outside the PPB North Precinct. According to PPB, around 7:00 a.m. about 50 people in a demonstration outside PPB's North Precinct started chanting and banging on pots. After about 20...
Big Horn Fire fanned by strong winds, evacuation zones expand in Klickitat Co.
KLICKITAT COUNTY, Wash. (KPTV) - New evacuations have been issued for a wildfire burning in Klickitat County. The Big Horn Fire, which started Monday near the town of Bickleton, has burned more than 32,000 acres as of Thursday morning. The fire is 5% contained, according to InciWeb. The fire was...
Red Cross Operates Shelters During Busy Fire Season
Residents of Oregon and SW Washington are in the middle of a busy wildfire season as the climate crisis threatens to upend more communities. The American Red Cross Cascades Region opened our first shelter in La Pine on June 25th due to the Darlene 3 Fire and we have not stopped since. We are currently operating in 4 different locations in our region plus we are helping support or neighboring Red Cross regions in Washington, Idaho and Montana.
‘Our resources are completely spread thin’: Oregon Dept. of Forestry, C.O. agencies say mega-fires are straining state
One of Oregon's largest wildfires of recent weeks, the nearly 2-week-old Lone Rock Fire, recently reached "mega-fire" status, meaning it's burned more than 100,000 acres of land. The post ‘Our resources are completely spread thin’: Oregon Dept. of Forestry, C.O. agencies say mega-fires are straining state appeared first on KTVZ.
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