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Parents concerned as Corbett school buses avoid stop due to road conditions
CORBETT, Ore. (KPTV) – Kids in the Corbett School District had their first day of school on Monday but road conditions in one neighborhood are giving parents some serious concerns. Mariah Haley, along with many families living on the pothole-ridden road of SE Howard in Corbett said something must...
Two repeat offenders arrested in connection with La Grande robbery and assault
LA GRANDE — Two La Grande residents, both repeat offenders well known to local law enforcement, were arrested following an August 17th incident in which a couple was pepper-sprayed and robbed in a McDonald’s parking lot. Betsy Rose Willis, 35, and Jace Darrell Clark, 32, were taken into...
UPDATE: Hale's Restaurant and Lounge temporarily closed to fix damage from blaze
A Hillsboro restaurant expects to be closed at least until the weekend after an electrical fire broke out early this week. Just after midnight Monday, Aug. 26, Hillsboro firefighters responded to a blaze at Hale's Restaurant & Lounge, located at 2755 S.E. Tualatin Valley Highway. A caller reported visible flames, smoke and embers emerging from the back window of the restaurant. ...
Republicans 'rally at the ranch' in Toledo as attention turns to the general election
The Merten Ranch in Toledo was the epicenter of conservative politics in Washington state Saturday night, as candidates for federal, statewide and local races who advanced out of the August primary
Labor Day Weekend Travel Forecast
Oregon businesses are hopeful the final summer holiday will bring a flurry of visitors to enjoy the city and all that it has to offer. This year’s record-breaking summer travel season will wrap up with millions of Americans taking a final summer trip over the Labor Day weekend, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA). AAA booking data for flights, hotels, rental cars and cruises shows Labor Day travel is...
Oregon Coast Visitors Association launches biking homepage
The Oregon Coast Visitors Association website is now a central hub for all things biking on the coast! For the past few years, we’ve been actively involved in supporting the creation of three coastal mountain bike trail systems (Klootchy Creek in Seaside, Big Creek in Newport, and Whiskey Run in Coos County), and have sponsored mountain biking events like Ride the Dirt Wave and Mountain Bike Oregon, as a way to elevate mountain biking as a coastal experience for visitors and locals. ...
Shari’s Restaurants faces financial problems: Unpaid bills, taxes, eviction notices
PORTLAND, Oregon — Shari’s is an institution in the Pacific Northwest. The family-style restaurants are known for their award-winning pies and late-night meals. But court filings and public records indicate the Beaverton-based chain is now facing tough times; including unpaid bills, back taxes and eviction notices. At least seven Shari’s restaurants in Washington and Idaho have closed unexpectedly in the past five months.
‘Hip Chicks do Wine’ asks for community support after ‘very tough’ year
“Hip Chicks do Wine” has been a staple of Southeast Portland since 1999. Now its owners, Laurie Lewis and Renee Neely, say they’ve been “struggling” to keep the doors open since the COVID-19 pandemic. “It has been a very tough 2024, and we are way under in walk-in sales and traffic. And we could use a little bit of community support,” Lewis said. “And it’s not just us. It’s small businesses throughout the Portland metro area. It is wineries across Oregon. COVID-19 hit us hard....
Volunteers learn history as they clean up Foster-Powell cemetery
Most people drive past Multnomah Park Cemetery – that’s at S.E. 82nd Avenue of Roses and Holgate Boulevard, diagonally across the street from the south end of Eastport Plaza – without giving it a second thought. But on Friday, August 2, some two dozen volunteers – along with specialists from METRO Parks and Nature – gathered there from across the city to learn more about this historic graveyard, while tidying up monuments and gravestones. ...
Residents seeking safer Woodstock streets
As neighbors report difficulty in walking their children to school – and after a couple of people have even been hit by cars on or near Woodstock Boulevard – it is clear to residents that there is a need for more pedestrian safety in that Inner Southeast neighborhood. One who lives south of Woodstock Boulevard near the Multnomah Branch Library was walking her children to Woodstock Elementary School daily, and became increasingly aware of serious safety issues. ...
BDNA hosts ‘night out’ party for Brentwood-Darlington
Reminiscent of the “National Night Out Against Crime” gatherings once endorsed by the City of Portland, leaders of the Brentwood-Darlington Neighborhood Association (BDNA) hosted a neighborhood barbecue and party on Saturday afternoon, August 10th, at the Brentwood-Darlington Community Center Inside the building and out – with activities spilling out into Brentwood City Park — some 300 adults and kids enjoyed the party. Unlike many of the “Party On! Portland” events...
Prison inmate escapes from work crew in Salem
PORTLAND, Ore. — Authorities are searching for an inmate who walked away from a prison work crew in Salem on Monday afternoon. The Oregon Department of Corrections said that 44-year-old T.J. Harvey Bennett escaped around 3 p.m., while working near the corner of 46th Place Southeast and Red Cherry Court Southeast.
Escape from Higher Ed’s Bermuda Triangle
When Jabrielle Jones enrolled at rural Clatsop Community College in Astoria, Oregon, in 2019, a placement test deemed her unready for college-level math. Jones, who has a learning disability, said she never really learned math at the small-town school in Florida where she grew up. Her special education teacher was so disengaged, Jones said, that class time was mostly study hall. “We were encouraged to sort of self-teach through workbooks,” she told me.
Mid-Willamette Valley prep sports schedule Aug. 29-31
High school sports have returned and we couldn’t be more excited. Take a look below and find out where all our Mid-Willamette Valley teams are playing to open the fall season. Multiple teams are playing in jamborees, which will not count against their overall record. Volleyball Thursday, Aug. 29: C.S. Lewis Academy @ Lyle/Wishram, 4...
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