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Attend cruise through Willamette Falls, Lake Oswego and other areas
The Rivers of Life Center, in collaboration with the Oregon City Business Alliance, welcomes community members to embark on a cruise to Willamette Falls, and through West Linn, Lake Oswego and Gladstone. The cruise, where attendees will board a 65-foot vessel and then travel 40 miles along the Willamette River from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m Saturday, Sept. 4, costs $50. Oregon City resident Lowell Gillespie owns and captains the ship. For more information on the opportunity, call Rivers of Life Center at 503-260-3432. “This cruise is a phenomenal opportunity at $50 per head to see our river, its communities, and hear the story of Native Peoples and ‘settlement,’” said river historian and naturalist Jerry Herrmann in a press release.
St. Helens Safeway included on list of stores to be sold, Clatskanie Safeway not included
St. Helens’ 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. For the time being, Clatskanie's Safeway does not appear to be involved in any of the transactions. ...
Get ready for return of West Linn’s music in the park
Five weeks of live music on Thursday evenings in Tanner Creek Park kicks off July 25. Northwest country band Brewer’s Grade will perform West Linn’s first music in the park event of the summer July 25, followed by cover band Collective Nation Aug. 1. The following week Red Light Romeos, a group known for covers of 1970s rock, will take the Tanner Creek stage Aug. 8. Jennifer Batten and Full Steam will rock out in the park Aug. 15 before Ants in the Kitchen closes out the summer with the last show Aug. 22. Concerts take place 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday evenings. Attendees should bring a blanket or low-backed chair to sit on. Several food vendors will also be on site.
Baker Valley rancher fears short-term, long-term effects of Cow Valley Fire
Curtis Martin sat in his bulldozer in the smoky night and watched flames leap toward the cabin that his family built half a century ago. He lowered the blade and gouged a dirt path through the sagebrush and dry grass that burned almost as readily as gasoline. A friend, Casey Collman, arrived with a second dozer. This one had a more powerful light, the only illumination, besides the flames, on ...
Multnomah County commits to limiting the number of times a person caught with drug possession can choose treatment over jail come September
PORTLAND, Ore. — The sounds of construction can be heard from inside a building off Southeast Sandy Boulevard. It’s a work in progress as Multnomah County has about two months to open what will soon be its deflection center, a place police officers will take people caught with possession of hard drugs like fentanyl if they choose treatment over jail time. That comes in September when possession of hard drugs will be a crime again in Oregon, but people will have the choice of recovery services over jail.
Yachats council agrees to negotiate with landowner in effort to stop 20-acre clearcut south of city
YACHATS – What it would cost the city of Yachats to prevent an eyesore of a clearcut that in turn will eliminate community concerns about landslides and the subsequent application of herbicides is unclear. The city is negotiating with the landowner and the logger who owns the trees, but...
Community send-off boosts Union County Little League softball team
LA GRANDE — Tucking into sandwiches and loading cars with gear in the Bi-Mart parking lot on Wednesday, July 17, members of the Union County Little League Under-12 softball team — Oregon’s state champions — prepared to take off, escorted by a fire truck and a police SUV, through downtown La Grande. It was the latest step in a journey that would take the team to San Bernandino, California, for ...
Picnic in the Park rocks Prineville
Picnic in the Park, a free concert series hosted by Crook County Foundation, welcomed Casey Parnell & Co. to kick off its 2024 slate Wednesday evening. The group delighted the crowd with covers of numerous hits as well as a selection of original songs. The music spurred many in the audience to kick off their shoes and show off their dance moves. The series continues next Wednesday.
Portland Firefighters Quell Four-Alarm Blaze at Radius Recycling Plant, Air Quality Concerns Linger for North Portland Residents
A fire that erupted at Radius Recycling in North Portland spurred Portland Fire & Rescue into action on Wednesday afternoon. The blaze, climbing to a four-alarm status, saw a massive plume of smoke ascending into the sky, visible across Vancouver, Wash., and sparking a community-wide alert. The fire at the metal recycling plant located at 12005 N. Burgard Road was first reported around 1 p.m., per The Seattle Times.
Moore Park Playground Repairs 7/24
July 18, 2024 – The City of Klamath Falls would like to inform residents and visitors that the new. playground at Moore Park will be temporarily closed for repairs beginning on July 24th. The closure is expected to last approximately five days, during which time necessary maintenance. and repairs...
Gresham’s ‘largest ever’ Third Thursday heralds Festival of the Arts weekend
Gresham’s signature event, which brings hundreds of artists and thousands of visitors, all began with the biggest Third Thursday ever. Thursday, July 18, perfectly set the stage for the newly named Gresham Festival of the Arts, a three-day extravaganza that transformed downtown. It ran from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Like all Third Thursdays, which are hosted monthly by the Historic Downtown Gresham Business Association, the July edition had local businesses and restaurants...
Fire officials, law enforcement offer reward for ‘suspicious’ Malheur County fires; Baker County blaze grows
Fire investigators and law enforcement want the public’s help in figuring out the “suspicious nature” of a series of apparently human-caused fires that started July 11 in Malheur County, the Bureau of Land Management said Thursday. The fires – Cow Valley, Bonita and others in the area...
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