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Fatal bike accident renews safety concerns
Friday, 5:51 AM
The death of a female bicyclist downtown is renewing concerns over the safety of bike riders on heavily traveled city streets. Kathryn Leah Rickson,28, died after she was struck by a semi trailer truck turning right from Southwest Madison Street onto Third Avenue. According to police, the light ... Read more
Deputies serving eviction notice discover dead man
Thursday, 4:46 PM
Tualatin Police were called to an RV park Thursday afternoon on a report of a dead body. Officers responded to the location at 18245 S.W. Pacific Drive in Tualatin just before 2:45 p.m. Washington County civil deputies initially responded an hour earlier to the address to serve an eviction ... Read more
Reynolds School District establishes strike hotlines
Thursday, 9:11 AM
The Reynolds School District has established strike hotlines for parents to call should unionized teachers walk out Monday, May 21. The district and its teachers union are locked in a dispute over a new contract. “To allow parents to make arrangements for your child, the announcement for ... Read more
Police nab man accused of bus stop stabbing
Thursday, 8:11 AM
TIGARD – Police have arrested a man they say stabbed two people at a bus stop Tuesday morning. Alfredo Bautista-Garcia, 29, was arrested Tuesday afternoon after a man called police at about 11:12 a.m. saying he and another man had been stabbed at a TriMet bus stop at the corner of Pacific ... Read more
Our Opinion A mayoral campaign worth repeating
Wednesday, 9:00 PM
We wish more voters had paid attention, but the Portland mayoral campaign of the past several months contained many exemplary qualities often lacking in politics: The race featured three qualified and likable major candidates who stayed focused on the issues, avoided personal attacks and generally ... Read more
Prescription painkillers worth the side effects
Wednesday, 9:00 PM
I have read with continuing concern the mounting push to drastically limit the use of prescription painkillers ("Multnomah County's tough prescription," May 10). There can be no argument that any death due to the abuse of painkillers or any other substance is a tragedy, but in a flurry ... Read more
Today's mothers often lack true 'choice'
Wednesday, 9:00 PM
When I read Peter Korn's recent article, "Women choose different paths as single mothers" (March 15), I was struck by a word in the title that plagues the entire American conversation about motherhood: choose. "Choice" is a loaded term in our culture because it implies a ... Read more
Local notes: MAC team wins national title; Mahalic switches to football; Schonely to give Memorial Day speech; and more
Friday, 4:26 AM
Notes, quotes and observations on the local sports scene ... For those of us who played basketball into our 50s before being forced (by fading skills or health issues) into retirement, we live vicariously through such as the Multnomah Athletic Club’s Golden Masters, who won the ... Read more
Hawks eye more success
Wednesday, 9:00 PM
The future is never too far away from Mike Johnston. Inside the office of the Portland Winterhawks general manager and coach is a board listing the potential lineup for the next season. Long before the Hawks' recent return to the Western Hockey League finals for a second consecutive year, ... Read more
More than a baseball coach
Wednesday, 9:00 PM
Thousands upon thousands of coaches have worked the dugouts since high school baseball began being played in Oregon more than a century ago. Four have won more games than Wilson High's Mike Clopton. And only two -- Dave Gasser and Tom Campbell -- have exceeded Clopton at the highest-enrollment ... Read more
Trail Blazers show progress in search for GM
Wednesday, 9:00 PM
Talking Trail Blazers and the NBA ... I'm not sure what to make of the recent reports of Paul Allen's interest in selling the club. Allen, of course, emphatically denies any interest at all. Commissioner David Stern -- who would be one of the first to help facilitate any such transaction -- ... Read more
Fatal bike accident renews safety concerns
Friday, 5:51 AM
The death of a female bicyclist downtown is renewing concerns over the safety of bike riders on heavily traveled city streets. Kathryn Leah Rickson,28, died after she was struck by a semi trailer truck turning right from Southwest Madison Street onto Third Avenue. According to police, the light ... Read more
Deputies serving eviction notice discover dead man
Thursday, 4:46 PM
Tualatin Police were called to an RV park Thursday afternoon on a report of a dead body. Officers responded to the location at 18245 S.W. Pacific Drive in Tualatin just before 2:45 p.m. Washington County civil deputies initially responded an hour earlier to the address to serve an eviction ... Read more
Reynolds School District establishes strike hotlines
Thursday, 9:11 AM
The Reynolds School District has established strike hotlines for parents to call should unionized teachers walk out Monday, May 21. The district and its teachers union are locked in a dispute over a new contract. “To allow parents to make arrangements for your child, the announcement for ... Read more
Police nab man accused of bus stop stabbing
Thursday, 8:11 AM
TIGARD – Police have arrested a man they say stabbed two people at a bus stop Tuesday morning. Alfredo Bautista-Garcia, 29, was arrested Tuesday afternoon after a man called police at about 11:12 a.m. saying he and another man had been stabbed at a TriMet bus stop at the corner of Pacific ... Read more
2012 Suzuki Kizashi: Running with the big boys
Thursday, 9:00 PM
Somebody please get Suzuki a decent ad budget. Although Suzuki only sells a limited number of vehciles in this country, they are among the best in their classes. But the small Japanese manufacturer has such a tiny ad budget that hardly anyone knows about them. Which is a shame, especially when it ... Read more
Bits & Pieces
Wednesday, 9:00 PM
You, the filmmaker NW Documentary is taking applicants for its summer workshops. Its workshops have trained 200 storytellers over the years and have spawned hundreds of original documentaries. NW Documentary offers workshops in digital non-fiction storytelling three times each year at its ... Read more
Live Music!
Wednesday, 9:00 PM
May 17 Double trouble For 40 years, Chuck Pyle has been known as the Zen Cowboy, writing poetic, melodic songs later recorded by John Denver, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Suzy Bogguss. Country fans know him best for writing "Cadillac Cowboy," recorded by the late Chris ... Read more
Johnson Creek council presents state of the watershed event
Thursday, 6:55 AM
he Johnson Creek Watershed Council presents a state of the watershed report on Thursday, May 24, at its annual meeting. The 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. event at Reed College’s Kaul Auditorium features presentations from watershed restoration specialists from Gresham and Portland, and a walking tour ... Read more
Company mows pollution out of lawn care
Wednesday, 9:00 PM
In Portland, there's an overgrown market for lawn-care providers. Clean Air Lawn Care is separating itself from the pack by offering a greener approach to green grass. The company works with battery-powered equipment that's charged via solar panels mounted to its vehicles. It also purchases ... Read more
Dust in the wind?
Wednesday, 9:00 PM
After years of lobbying, Portland environmentalists won a remarkable victory in 2010 when Portland General Electric consented to halt coal-burning by 2020 at its Boardman power plant -- the single-largest Oregon source of greenhouse gas emissions. Washington environmentalists replicated the feat ... Read more
Public can't fill up on cheap natural gas
Wednesday, 9:00 PM
How'd you like to pay around $2 for a gallon of gas that burns cleaner than what you're putting in your car now? You can if it runs on compressed natural gas. It currently costs around 40 percent less than regular gas and produces 20 to 30 percent lower carbon dioxide emissions, the leading ... Read more
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