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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.
At food pod, that tent is gone for now
Since last winter there has been a pod of food trucks, “Charli’s on I-5,” near the freeway in Albany, just off southbound Exit 234 on Airport Road. Last month the owners asked the Albany City Council to let them keep in place a large tent they had put up to shelter diners, to no avail.
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...
Astoria art studios open for weekend tour
The 14th annual Astoria Open Studios Tour over the last weekend in July will see more than 50 artists offer a glimpse of their creative process to the public. The free, self-guided event is a chance to meet local artists and see and buy their work right where it was made.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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 […]
Environmental History Book “Forest Under Siege” Examines Post-WWII Old Growth Forests
Rand Schenck, environmentalist and author, spends much of his time at and around a recreational cabin in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Due to protections of a nearby mineral spring, the part of the forest his cabin occupies is one of the few remaining in Washington state that’s still primarily made up of old growth.
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