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The Register-Guard
April 15, 2018
Concerns about elk extend beyond Gearhart's city limits. Warrenton held a town hall meeting on the subject Thursday. “Maybe it's time to look at Clatsop Plains in general,” Biederbeck said. “Do we take them on each individually? Or do we maybe look beyond those municipalities?” More Oregon CoastÃâà...
Patch.com
April 15, 2018
Clackamas County deputies contracted to the city of Happy Valley were dispatched to a reported assault at a home under construction on Southeast Tranquil Street, near Southeast Morning Drive, just after 10 a.m. April 13. ... Ascencio-Molina's record in Oregon only shows a dismissed theft case from 2016.
New York Times
April 15, 2018
Oregon — like many other states and cities, including New Jersey, Kentucky and Connecticut — is caught in a fiscal squeeze of its own making. ... do more with less — you just have to do less with less,” said Nathan Cherpeski, the manager of Klamath Falls, a city of about 21,000 in south-central Oregon.
The News Tribune
April 15, 2018
Oregon — like many other states and cities, including New Jersey, Kentucky and Connecticut — is caught in a fiscal squeeze of its own making. Its economy is ... Detroit sliced its pension obligations in bankruptcy and persuaded philanthropists to chip in, but it is not clear that the city has an affordable plan.
The Columbian
April 14, 2018
Cities that declare deer a public nuisance can petition the state Department of Fish and Wildlife for help to reduce population levels starting next January. “It's not specifically about elk,” Doug Cottam, the state wildlife division administrator, said at a Gearhart City Council meeting last week. “It lays out a veryÃâà...
Portland Tribune
April 14, 2018
"With over 300 acres of property to manage, we are always working on landscaping, trees and doing our part to keep Oregon City a Tree City USA," Rogers said. "As part of our tree-mitigation efforts in the last two years, we were able to donate 119 trees to CCC, and we are excited to watch them grow as weÃâà...
OregonLive.com
April 7, 2018
Oregon City can lay claim to a list of superlatives. First incorporated city west of the Rockies. Last stop on the Oregon Trail. Home to the only municipal elevator in the United States. And now: The first Oregon town to receive the Great American Main Street Award. The Downtown Oregon City Association,Ãâà...
Portland Tribune
April 6, 2018
In the March 29 decision, Circuit Judge Katherine E. Weber rejected arguments from longtime residents of Oregon City who have seen the area as a park based on some of the city's own actions. The McLoughlin Neighborhood Association had sued the city in an attempt to force a vote of citizens, pointing toÃâà...
Portland Tribune
April 2, 2018
The April 7 event's featured speaker is ISA-certified arborist Brian French of Arboriculture International, who will speak about Oregon white oaks and other native plants. Oregon City Parks Operations Manager Jonathan Waverly said the city was excited to receive the grant. "Events like these help beautifyÃâà...
fox6now.com
March 25, 2018
Authorities say Fulton became upset when the fast food restaurant in the western Oregon town of Sutherlin declined to make his order. Police say he destroyed a banner and then attacked the arches. The Sutherlin Police Department says he also grabbed a person's shirt and that a witness afraid for thatÃâà...
Weed News (blog)
March 25, 2018
Lincoln City is located along the Oregon Coast and is a top tourist destination, at least by Oregon standards. I tried locating some tourist numbers but struck out (feel free to add some in the comments if you find them). The town itself has a population of fewer than 9,000 people, which increases to 30,000Ãâà...
KPTV.com
March 24, 2018
Clackamas Fire said crews were called 11th and John Adams Street in Oregon City just before 8 pm Friday night. PGE crews had to shut off ... A single uninjured driver was successfully extricated from the vehicle that had driven up on to the support wires of a power pole in Oregon City. FF's stabilized theÃâà...
Kansas City Star
March 23, 2018
Oregon's attorney general said Friday she is reviewing whether to launch an investigation of Facebook, including whether it violated a state law that protects online customers' private information. Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum told The Associated Press that she and several other state attorneys generalÃâà...
The Register-Guard
March 23, 2018
Give the Eugene City Council credit for a clever and potentially effective strategy. If you can keep people arguing over the detailed differences in the two performance auditor proposals, they will be distracted from the larger strategic intent, which is to kill the project altogether. Given the ease in collecting theÃâà...
Tri-City Herald
March 23, 2018
Oregon also has extended its deadline to April 15. One to two inches of new snow were forecast for Interstate 84 at La Grande, Ore., on Friday. Don't wait too long to switch out studded tires. The fine in Washington for driving on them after April 15 is $136. The Washington State Department of TransportationÃâà...
Patch.com
March 23, 2018
Even after adjusting for higher state and city minimum wages, the group said, there is "nowhere in the country" where a minimum-wage worker would earns enough. "It's clear from our analysis that, even in less-expensive areas, many families will struggle to meet their basic needs," said research assistantÃâà...
KOIN.com
March 23, 2018
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- The suspect in an armed robbery at the Oregon City Fred Meyer has been arrested a week after the incident. Oregon City police said Jacob D. Bundy, of Hillsboro, fled the scene in a silver Nissan Cube and led police on a chase that ended in SE Portland on March 14.
Patch.com
March 22, 2018
Clackamas Community College is the only school in Oregon to see 100 percent of its students pass the National Council Licensure Examination. By News Desk, News Partner | Mar 22, 2018 6:32 pm ET. 0. College Nursing Program In Clackamas Ranked Best In Oregon. From CCC: Clackamas Community College's nursingÃâà...
OregonLive.com
March 22, 2018
... "Wild Wild Country," the multi-part Netflix documentary about the tumultuous 1980s events that resulted from the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh's decision to make Oregon his home, you probably marveled at how the guru's followers transformed a remote, sprawling ranch into a small city, building homes andÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 22, 2018
"Brookville is eager and excited to provide the city of Portland and its growing ridership with American-designed and manufactured Liberty Streetcars that we hope will enhance Portland's legacy and success with its innovative, proven system," Rick Graham, the company's president, said in a statement.
Pamplin Media Group
March 22, 2018
The debate tournament is now called the Diana Vazquez Duque Invitational at Oregon City High School. "My participation in Forensics was the most formative experience of my entire high school career," Vazquez Duque said. "As a student with limited resources, Forensics allowed me the opportunity toÃâà...
KPTV.com
March 22, 2018
Nine semifinalists were selected by a national jury of community development professionals and representatives of government agencies involved in economic development and historic preservation. Three winners will be selected during the Main Street Now Conference on March 26 in Kansas City,Ãâà...
Portland Tribune
March 20, 2018
Oregon City Mayor Dan Holladay delivered his own state-of-the-city speech this month through the OC Chamber as the public partners in the redevelopment of the former Blue Heron paper mill grapple with the lack of cooperation of the private owner of the important site at Willamette Falls. A video playedÃâà...
Patch.com
March 20, 2018
In celebration of Earth Day and Arbor Day, Oregon City is hosting its own Enhancement Day at McLoughlin Promenade April 7. ... beautify the city and celebrate the recent $500 grant award from Oregon Community Trees, a Salem-based nonprofit that helps Oregon cities sustain their urban and communityÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 20, 2018
Oregon wildlife officials were forced to trap and euthanize a cougar in response to several sightings of the animals in and around the town of Silverton. ... Cougars are becoming a more common sight in towns such as Silverton, which are close to a forested area and food, such as deer, Dennehy said.
Portland Business Journal
March 19, 2018
If more people equals happiness, then Happy Valley and the state's other urban juggernauts are becoming even happier. Of the 10 Oregon cities that gained the most residents in the five years ending in 2017, eight also ranked in the top 10 last year, and six of those accelerated their gains, with ClackamasÃâà...
The Register-Guard
March 18, 2018
The scene is an inflection point in the story line of “Lady Bird,” Greta Gerwig's tribute to her Northern California hometown. It's also a moment that rings true to Sacramentans who see essential truths about their city in the movie, which was nominated for five Oscars, including best picture, but was shut out onÃâà...
TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
March 18, 2018
A Windom, Minn., man was killed Friday in a crash in Oregon, according to Oregon State Police. Tom Bonneville, 80, was a front passenger in a 2017 GMC Acadia that was traveling west on US Hwy. 26 in Tillamook County when a driver in a 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer traveling east lost control of herÃâà...
Gizmodo
March 17, 2018
The Rajneesshee cult started building their utopian city of the future in rural Oregon during the early 1980s. And while it all began with peace and love, it ended with attempted murder, the exploitation of thousands of homeless people, and cult leaders who ordered the poisoning of an entire town byÃâà...
Patch.com
March 17, 2018
Portland, Salem, and Eugene are among the top cities in the country when it comes to St. Patrick's Day, according to a WalletHub study. ... 2018's Best Cities for St. Patrick's Day Celebrations — Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia — aren't too surprising, given each city's long history of taking this celebrationÃâà...
KOIN.com
March 15, 2018
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- A heavy police presence gathered in Southeast Portland on Wednesday in connection with an armed robbery that happened at a Fred Meyer in Oregon City, police confirmed. Portland Police, as well as Clackamas County deputies, were also on scene. According to the City ofÃâà...
Portland Tribune
March 9, 2018
Morey says that Oregon City women of the 19th century were especially active in politics. They were key in saving the McLoughlin House and securing funding for a Carnegie Library. Women only had the right to vote in school elections, but they formed several organizations that served to improve the city.
KATU
March 8, 2018
Wednesday night, neighbors appeared at an Oregon City Commission meeting to express their concerns. The house's leader told KATU and the neighbors that only low-risk sex offenders would live there, but neighbors say they only learned this once the residents were moving in. “I support transition services. I supportÃâà...
Oregon Business
March 6, 2018
The city of the future will feature less parking and more autonomous vehicles. Deliveries will arrive by drone and robot. Car-sharing and bike-sharing will become ubiquitous and more convenient than the private automobile.
KATU
March 6, 2018
On Monday night, Eric Diaz, a senior at Oregon City High School, told KATU he was scrolling through his Twitter feed when he noticed a classmate posted a shocking tweet. It contained screengrabs of an Instagram post reportedly put up by a user claiming to be an Oregon City High School student. "Us students take thisÃâà...
New York Times
March 6, 2018
An Oregon Mill Town Learns to Love Facebook and Apple ... But on the rimrock summit overlooking this city, the county seat and home to 10,000 residents, Facebook is sinking the footings for the first of two 450,000-square-foot data centers that together will cost ... State law also has a sweetener for cities.
Business Insider
March 6, 2018
According to Redfin, more locals are now leaving San Francisco than any other city in the country. Some people are still keeping their Bay Area jobs — they're just taking on extreme commutes. As CNBC reports, the outdoorsy town of Bend, Oregon, located a 1o-hour drive from San Francisco, is now becoming a commuterÃâà...
Portland Tribune
March 5, 2018
Clackamas County's appeal of its lawsuit against Oregon City's new right-of-way fee was unsuccessful in overturning the fee but was successful in avoiding having to pay for the city's attorney time on the case. Both sides are claiming victory in a case that has racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars inÃâà...
CNBC
March 4, 2018
Pleasance's family decided to make Bend, Oregon, their permanent home in 2010 even though it meant flying back and forth to the Bay Area for him. When he was tapped by Google to lead its global customer acquisitions team a couple of years later, he explained he would be out of the country most of theÃâà...
Portland Tribune
March 3, 2018
Public partners in a proposal to build a walkway to Willamette Falls have tried to purchase the 23-acre site from its property owner, while the developer owes more than $39,000 to Oregon City for years of unpaid utilities at the Willamette Falls site. These were two of the biggest revelations found throughÃâà...
Oregon Business
March 3, 2018
Even before completing Oregon State's hybrid (online/in-person) MBA in Organizational Leadership program, she accepted an offer from Nike to be a global procurement analyst. OSU is Oregon's statewide university, and Sar's success is indicative of how the school – driven in part by the efforts of OSU Ecampus and itsÃâà...
KPTV.com
March 3, 2018
A Portland-area man was arrested in Oregon City Wednesday, after investigators say he helped a suspect in California plan a college shooting. Tarence Thomas, 25, is now being held at the Clackamas County Jail charged with being a fugitive from another state. He'll be extradited to California, where he'llÃâà...
750 KXL
March 3, 2018
Milwaukie, Oregon – A potential school shooting in California has been stopped with help from police in Oregon. Deputy Mike ... Thomas was arrested without incident and booked into the Clackamas County Jail, in Oregon City, Oregon, where he awaits extradition to Riverside County. The RiversideÃâà...
Portland Tribune
March 3, 2018
Heidgerken's Falls Legacy LCC currently owes the city $39,176.11 in unpaid water and sewer services at his Willamette Falls properties. Between the county property taxes and city utility bills, Heidgerken's company owes more than $80,000 on the site. "All you're talking about is nickles and dimes,"Ãâà...
OregonLive.com
March 3, 2018
A former Oregon City School District teaching aide was sentenced to more than 18 years in state prison Friday after he admitted to sexually abusing three students with mental disabilities while working as their swim instructor. James McGlothlin pleaded guilty in Clackamas County Circuit Court toÃâà...
KPTV.com
February 23, 2018
Oregon City Police said an 87-year-old woman who was reported missing Friday morning has been found safe. Police said Beverly Harris left her Oregon City home around 10:15 a.m. Friday. She had an appointment on McLoughlin Boulevard near Roethe Road but never arrived and has not returnedÃâà...
KOMO News
December 31, 1999
The Daily Astorian reports that thousands of tiny rodent footprints dot the ground in the tunnels below downtown, and city workers bait 38 manholes every month to keep the rat population down in the sewer system. Despite the effort, rats remain Astoria's No. 1 pest. Meredith Riley, a county environmental health inspector,Ãâà...
Next City
December 31, 1999
So last week, Medford did what a growing number of Oregon cities have been doing over the last two years: It adopted an excise tax on new construction to help fund new affordable housing. In Medford, the tax will be equal to one third of 1 percent of building permit fees on major residential, commercial,Ãâà...
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