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Gresham Historical Society begins mission to save the Polar King signs
The Gresham Historical Society has begun a fundraising campaign to repair and restore a pair of beloved signs. The 70-year-old former Polar King “mouse-bear” figures were taken down from the restaurant in May due to significant weathering and decay. Saving them from a destiny in the dumpster, the Historical Society salvaged the plywood pieces. But now significant work is needed to restore their original paint coating as well as reinforce...
Portland honors late drag queen Darcelle XV with new plaza for ‘all walks of life’
The Darcelle XV Plaza was recently unveiled in Southwest Portland, named after the late drag queen Walter Cole, who performed at the world's longest-running drag show for over 50 years.
Newport Safeway included on list of stores to be sold
Newport’s Safeway location was included on a list of 579 stores across the nation and 62 across Oregon proposed for sale as part of a planned merger between parent company Albertsons Company and Kroger. Stores would be sold to C&S Wholesale Grocers, LLC, a New Hampshire-based company that operates an extensive grocery supply operation, as well as grocery stores in the Midwest, South and Northeast. Attempts to merge the two...
Two dead after major head-on crash east of Sandy
Two people died in a three-car crash Sunday afternoon, July 21, about 10 miles east of Sandy after a teenage driver allegedly drifted into oncoming traffic. Oregon State Police responded at 1:45 p.m. to the Highway 26 crash, at milepost 32, near Cherryville. According to early investigations, a juvenile girl driving a Volkswagen Tiguan westbound entered the eastbound lanes for unknown reasons and struck an oncoming BMW 540. The BMW spun into the westbound lanes, where it was struck by a Tesla T3. ...
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.
Estacada, Sandy farmers markets experience a season of growth
The communities of Estacada and Sandy have both in recent years been on the list of quickly growing cities to watch. So it only makes sense that with their population growth, their farmers markets grow with them. This season, both markets have experienced an influx of vendors, creating more variety of goods for shoppers. “The Estacada Farmer’s Market is experiencing its best year since before the COVID-19 pandemic shut it...
Events & Activities: Music abounds, reunion, steam-up and more
Molalla keeps the music playing at Fox Park MOLALLA: Tuesday evening air will be filled with the sound of music coming from Molalla’s Fox Park in 2024. The Molalla Public Library returns with another edition of its Music in the Park program for the coming summer. The action runs every Tuesday through July 30 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. ...
U.S. Alpine Skier Luke Winters Weds Long-Term Girlfriend in Beautiful Ceremony in Oregon
U.S. Alpine skier Luke Winters married his long-term girlfriend Cassandra Ingram on July 13 in a beautiful ceremony in their native Oregon. The pair had been an item since freshman year in high school and have been engaged since September 2022. Winters competes in Slalom and Giant Slalom as well...
Clark County’s Sheriff’s Office investigates fatal crash in Amboy, closes road
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — One person is dead and a road is closed amid a fatal crash investigation in Amboy on Sunday. According to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office, a witness called 911 at 1:26 p.m. to report a collision near 18600 NE 399th Street. The crash involved a car and a motorcycle, with one […]
On the riverfront path, what you can see
Big important news happens elsewhere, but on Albany’s Dave Clark Riverfront Path there are little things to notice and to see. For instance, on Friday I noticed that a broken rail on the path’s roughly 40-year-old boardwalk under the Ellsworth Street Bridge had been fixed. When I called...
Feds say new investments in Oregon sage grouse habitat paying off, but conservationists disagree
Work to restore imperiled sage grouse habitat in southeast Oregon is moving faster than Tracy Stone-Manning had imagined a year into massive federal investments in landscape restoration. Stone-Manning, director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, recently visited the agency’s Lakeview field office and federal land near burns to see a spring and a lake […] The post Feds say new investments in Oregon sage grouse habitat paying off, but conservationists disagree appeared first on Oregon Capital Chronicle.
Update: Oregon under a heat advisory until Monday night
On Monday at 9:18 a.m. the National Weather Service issued an updated heat advisory in effect until 10 p.m. for Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon, Grande Ronde Valley, John Day Basin and Foothills of the Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon as well as Wallowa County. The weather service adds to...
Falls fire continues to grow in eastern Oregon; 15% contained
The Falls fire northwest of Burns has grown to 120,900 acres, the Northwest Incident Management Team 8 reported, a 3% increase since Saturday. The management agency said a little over 1,600 people were battling the fire, including by digging a trench around its perimeter. The slow fire growth is due...
Dry lightning outbreak could spark Northwest wildfires during critical fire conditions
Rounds of thunderstorms moving across the Northwest may trigger a dry lightning outbreak across parts of Oregon, California and Nevada, which could quickly spark fires in those regions recently facing record-breaking temperatures and dry conditions.
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