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Summer Flower Event at Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm
New this year, Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm invites you to explore its bounty of summertime blooms. The summer flower event features vibrant sunflowers and a variety of other summer flowers. For more than 40 years, this Woodburn, Oregon, farm has delighted visitors with beautiful blossoms of every color framing the...
Lloyd Center project in Portland land use review intakes | July 22, 2024
A weekly list of highlights from commercial land use review activity in Portland by Permitting & Development in the prior week. Address: 321 N.W. Glisan St. Applicant: Brett Schulz of Brett Schulz Architect PC. Owner: The Falcon Building LLC. Plans call for the conversion of a seven-story office building to...
Golf clothing retailer TravisMathew opens store near Portland
An upscale golf apparel and lifestyle brand has opened its first Oregon location at the Washington Square mall. TravisMathew, a California-based clothing company that sells casualwear and golf attire, opened the new 3,200-square-foot store at the Tigard shopping center on Monday. The store features a large-screen television for watching sports,...
Men’s Tennis Garners Team, Individual ITA Academic Honors
TEMPE, Ariz. – The University of Portland men's tennis team was named an Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic Team on Monday, while five players garnered ITA Scholar-Athlete recognition: Tannor Binder, Oscar Brown, Fabian Gusic, Nikolas Tvedt and Luka Vukovic. To qualify for the team award, a program must post...
Win Tickets ($120): Cirque du Soleil Presents KOOZA Under the Big Top at the Portland Expo Center | Sheer Magic, Daredevil Performances, Mischievous Clowns & More!
We are giving away a pair of tickets to Cirque du Soleil Presents KOOZA. To win, comment below on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed August 19. ——————————————— Under...
Summer Season of Giving: Bradley Angle
As KATU celebrates a Summer Season of Giving, we highlight a local organization that serves all people affected by domestic violence. Bradley Angle Interim CEO Margot Martin and economic empowerment coordinator LaKieva Williams joined us to share more. To donate to Bradley Angle, visit www.bradleyangle.org/donate. This segment is sponsored by...
FEMA flood plain development restriction updates accelerated
A July 15 letter from the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that Oregon governments will be required to update flood plain development ordinances by the end of the year. Tillamook County Director of Community Development Sarah Absher discussed the options for updating ordinances and impacts on her department and development in the county with the board of county commissioners on July 17. Work on updating the requirements for participation in...
Board Service Benefits Reed and the Greater Good
President Bilger and Vice President for Student Life Karnell McConnell-Black share the importance of these volunteer leadership roles. Serving in a leadership role of any organization can be challenging and time-consuming work, but finding avenues to give back to the profession is something both Reed President Audrey Bilger and Vice President for Student Life Karnell McConnell-Black value. One of those avenues has been to serve on national nonprofit boards that focus on education.
Accolades: Awards, honors and appointments July
Neuroscience graduate student Erin Santos earns Gilliam Fellows award. Erin Santos, a graduate student and Ph.D. candidate in the Vollum Institute/OHSU Neuroscience Graduate Program, is the recipient of a 2024 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, or HHMI, Gilliam Fellows Program award. The prestigious award recognizes talented early career scientists in the biomedical sciences.
Electric offensive showing lifts Thorns above Tijuana in dominant Summer Cup debut
As clouds from earlier thunderstorms parted and the sun shone down on Providence Park, the Portland Thorns rolled against Club Tijuana in an electric Summer Cup debut on Sunday afternoon. Despite several players out due to either injuries or international duties, the Thorns (8-5-3, 27 points) unleashed an offensive onslaught...
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...
Portland Trail Blazers vs. Houston Rockets: Game preview, time, TV channel, how to watch free live stream online
The Portland Trail Blazers close out their summer league schedule with a 6 p.m. game Sunday night against the Houston Rockets in Las Vegas, Nevada. Blazers rookie center Donovan Clingan has enjoyed a strong summer session. The No. 7 pick out of Connecticut is averaging nine points, 12.3 rebounds and leads all players with 4.3 blocked shots per game.
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