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‘Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’ pokes fun at KGW morning newscast Olympics comment
“Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” will be taking a little time off as summer ends, and returning with new episodes on Sept. 8. But the last episode to air before the break, on Aug. 18, included another gentle needle at something Portland-related. In this case, the “And Now”...
Portland man fosters a safe environment for kids and community
(PORTLAND) — Jay Williams is a dad of two girls, a football coach, a husband, and a "regular ol' guy." He wears multiple hats, but his servitude to the Portland community and its youths is the hat he wears with the most pride. "I'm a person who really doesn't need much. I would give the shirt off my back to other people so they would have," Williams said. "I'm not a material person. I'm someone who wants the best for everyone." ...
Les Schwab Invitational returns to Portland, first time since 2003
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — One of the premiere basketball tournaments in the country is set to return to its roots in Portland. The event will draw elite teams and talent from across the nation. The Rose City will host the Les Schwab Invitational for the first time since 2003....
KCSD leaders train, practice for potential school emergencies
Two-day training teaches incident command systems, practical skills, and team building. Bonanza Elementary Principal Jessica DeLonge and Gearhart School Vice Principal Melissa Nixon, wearing reflective vests and hard hats and armed with radios and flashlights, systematically searched Mazama High School, classroom by classroom, reporting in as they cleared rooms. Within...
St. Vincent de Paul reacts to executive director arrest
St. Vincent de Paul- Bend President Patty Christopher said the organization is devastated in light of last week's arrest. St. Vincent de Paul president reacts to executive director's arrest on drug charges. The president of St. Vincent de Paul in Bend said executive director Gary Hewitt had been honest about...
Eight health systems want to operate Oregon’s largest coastal hospital in Coos Bay
COOS BAY — At least eight health systems, including some in Oregon, are interested in operating Bay Area Hospital as leaders of the Coos Bay faciilty look for a partner to help with its longstanding financial woes. Starting Sept. 3, executives of the hospital and its board will start...
OSU-Cascades instructor serving as a delegate at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago
NewsChannel 21 spoke to Amy Sabbadini, an instructor at OSU-Cascades who is representing Democrats in Oregon's Fifth US House District at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The post OSU-Cascades instructor serving as a delegate at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago appeared first on KTVZ.
Newberg interim superintendent applauds employee group agreements, plans for new substitutes
Interim Superintendent Paula Radich’s message to the Newberg school board on Aug. 13 was, to a degree, optimistic. She shared with the board that the district, in seeking downsizing of personnel in light of the district’s growing financial woes, has come to agreement with five employee groups over the past several weeks. She added that although the prep work for the anticipated reduction-in-force process took many hours, the negotiation process only took three days. ...
Newberg school district budget report: Much remains to be done
The state of Newberg-Dundee Public Schools budget for this year and the next took center stage at the school board’s Aug. 13 meeting, with the theme that although much of the news is dire, there is some room for optimism. Gayellyn Jacobson, appointed interim finance director following the resignation of Heather Bixby, testified that the 2023-24 numbers show an ending fund budget of negative $1.7 million, barring any additional yearend amendments required by auditors in late October. ...
Farmers Fought a Factory Farm and Won
Kendra Kimbirauskas and Starla Tillinghast are farmers who live in Scio, a small town in the rural Willamette Valley in Oregon. Home to covered bridges, seed crops, grazing lands, hazelnuts, timber, and small, well-tended dairies, this small farming community wasn’t against raising animals to feed people. But a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) would have completely changed the nature of their community. After learning about how other communities had been affected by large-scale chicken farms, Starla, Kendra, and a handful of their neighbors started Farmers Against Foster Farms and lobbied state and local government to create new regulations that would preserve local farms while keeping CAFOs out.
KWSO Calendar for Wed., Aug. 21, 2024
The Warm Springs Health & Wellness Center Employee Appreciation Committee is having a back-to-school silent auction today in Pod A at the clinic from 9-3:30. All funds raised will go toward employee activities throughout the year. A parenting class meets each Wednesday morning from 11am until noon at Warm Springs...
Vance: Looking forward great fall teams and great fall coverage
Hello Wilsonville. Hello to our readers in Lake Oswego and West Linn, too. I am thrilled to be back as sports editor at the Lake Oswego Review, West Linn Tidings and Wilsonville Spokesman, and I am beyond excited that I once again get to cover the awesome teams and athletes at Lake Oswego, Lakeridge, West Linn and Wilsonville high schools. ...
One night, two tribute bands in Tualatin: Paying homage to Blondie and Foreigner
Get ready for Tualatin’s last Concerts in the Park this summer — a doubleheader featuring two tribute bands set for Friday, Aug. 23. Leading off at 5 p.m. will be Glass of Hearts, a Blondie tribute band. The band will give Tualatin residents a taste of the New Wave era's premier female-fronted powerhouse, delivering punk, disco, and rap packed with every ounce of energy one show can handle. They will be followed by Jukebox Heroes, a Foreigner tribute band. That means a band that will deliver all the iconic songs recorded by the Lou Gramm/Mick Jones-fronted band. Included will be the guitar- and saxophone-laden rock of their early years as well as the keyboard-centric hits of the mid/late 1980s. The concerts will be held in Tualatin Community Park, 8515 S.W. Tualatin Road.
Mixed-use Ava Roasteria Center begins renting apartments on Tigard's Main Street
The Ava Roasteria Center mixed-use building project on Tigard’s Main Street — a three-story complex that includes 22 apartments and a variety of future Ava Coffee’s operations – has begun renting out space in the building. Urban Living at Fanno Creek, at 12547 S.W. Main St., will be the first residential space available on the street. While Main Street Village Apartments are a stone’s throw away, it is technically off of Maplewood Drive. ...
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