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Save the date for Estacada's National Night Out, city gets bargain sewer loan, and more news
Save the date for National Night Out This year’s National Night Out will be held from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday Aug. 6 in the parking lot across from the fire station, 502 S.E. Main St. The event is designed as a fun way to foster community and build partnerships between law enforcement and residents of the Estacada Area. ...
Wilsonville business to receive $50 million in federal funds
A Wilsonville-based business will receive $50 million in federal funds to expand its facility. According to a press release, the money will allow ESS Inc., which specializes in long-duration, environmentally-friendly energy storage to power commercial and industrial users, to build new battery storage production lines at its Wilsonville facility. The financing will support 100 full-time jobs in Oregon. “This fresh investment in ESS and Wilsonville proves yet again there’s a...
Woodburn Fiesta Mexicana on the horizon
Summer has inched past the mid-July point, and in Woodburn that means Fiesta Mexicana is on the horizon. This year’s gala is scheduled for Friday through Sunday, Aug. 16-18, at Legion Park on Park Ave.: noon to 11 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday. This year’s 60th anniversary of the event will again feature all the attractions that have grown into the festivity over the years: more than 60 vendors, a soccer tournament, car show, parade,...
Discover the Legacy of Oregon’s Streetcars and Trolleys
Artist Larry Kangas displays a glimpse of the past on this mural in downtown Oregon City. The Oregon streetcars and trolleys were once a affordable and comfortable form of transportation throughout the state. At one time Portland had the third largest streetcar system in the country. The nation’s first interurban...
Fun at the fair: West Linn enjoys 68th annual Old Time Fair
As temperatures reached into the nineties in West Linn over the weekend, fun was cooking at the Old Time Fair. Thousands descended upon West Linn’s Willamette Park between July 12-14 for the 68th annual event. The fair kicked off in royal fashion Friday evening with the Old Time Fair ambassador court coronation ceremony. The coronation culminated with the crowning of ambassador Sadie Jones as this year’s queen. She succeeds her...
Oregon governor’s office orders independent audit of Human Services after woman’s death in Sandy
The Oregon Department of Human Services is facing another examination of its policies and practices — this time following the death of an elderly woman with dementia who wandered away from a long-term care facility in Sandy and died outside alone on a winter day. Ki Soon Hyun’s body was found in the woods on Christmas day. An investigation by Oregon’s long-term care ombudsman faulted the agency in her death...
Events & Activities: Music, art and more on tap
Aurora summer concerts continue with Timothy James AURORA: Aurora’s annual free community concerts will run Wednesday through Aug. 10, which will be held Saturday as part of Aurora Colony Days. The shows are held at the Aurora City Park amphitheater from 7 to 9 p.m. The concerts are free and open to the public rain or shine. Food and beverage vendors will be on hand. ...
Winona Grange to host First Aid Class
A hands-on workshop for anyone needing first aid certification/recertification or wanting to be ready for an emergency will be held on Saturday, August 14, from 12:30 to 4 p.m. at Tualatin’s Winona Grange. Space is limited to 24 adults. Participants will learn what to do if a person is...
Meet Wilsonville’s award-winning mystery author
In a rural 1970s Oregon town, where the counterculture meets concerned small-town residents, sheriff Ty Dawson has another mystery to solve. Wilsonville resident Baron Birtcher was a finance major in college who went into the music industry and then turned to mystery writing. He has numerous awards to his name and is the author of the Ty Dawson mystery series. Birtcher describes the books as crime thrillers, with each taking inspiration from cultural issues in the 1960s and 1970s — the age of psychedelic drugs...
West Linn’s Kaylie Klein enthusiastic about new city attorney role
When Kaylie Klein saw the job posting for West Linn’s newly-created in-house city attorney position, she got excited. “I felt this continual pull to invest closer to home and get to know my community more,” said Klein, a West Linn resident of five years. Having spent close to nine years working at the Oregon Department of Justice, Klein will start her new role as West Linn city attorney in September. ...
Parks & Rec to hold ribbon-cutting for new Greenway Trail section
The City of Tualatin Parks & Recreation Department is holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a newly completed section of the Tualatin Greenway Trail. The new section of the trail runs from Hazelbrook under Highway 99 to River Ridge Apartments. It stretches half a mile and includes five connections, bringing the total length of the trail to nearly 5 miles long.
After a career in the military/law enforcement, this vet volunteers for Ride Connection
You might see Rocky Bixby driving seniors around town as a participant in the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ #StillServing campaign, which recognizes veterans who continue to serve their communities after their military service. The volunteer “job” is a perfect fit for Bixby, who has been serving others his entire...
YVYV: Metro Council President Lynn Peterson talks supportive housing tax reform
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — You're paying a supportive housing services tax if you're a high-income earner in Multnomah, Clackamas, or Washington counties. That tax money is used to address the homeless crisis. Metro, a regional government, is in charge of the tax. Right now, the leadership is rolling out...
The newly constructed Molalla roundabout on OR 213 has garnered a prestigious safety award from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
Eugene, OR – According to the state officials, this regional accolade, awarded in the small safety category, qualifies the project for consideration among 12 national honors to be bestowed by AASHTO this fall. The announcement was made during AASHTO’s western regional association meeting in Omaha. AASHTO Executive Director Jim...
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