Region Headlines
Housing slowdown hampers growth plans in Brush Prairie
Columbian - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4:12 p.m.
As so many people did in the last few years, 12 developers of land near Prairie High School placed a big bet in early 2007 that the housing boom would stay in bloom.
They bet wrong. No...Invasion: Garlic mustard raises a stink in the Tualatin basin
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
A little-known plant in Oregon is making its ascension as the new scourge in the kingdom of noxious weeds. Its ability to present different faces and move under the cover of dark and light has watershed planners nervous, to say the least. The plant is garlic mustard (alliaria petiolata). ...
Q & A with The Rev. Mark Knutson
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
The Rev. Mark Knutson isn’t above having fun with the fact that he’s a Lutheran minister in a city known for its unchurched masses. “One of the fun clergy games is to walk into a coffee shop without a collar and challenge people to guess what you do,” says Knutson, pastor ...
Heat suspected in Noah’s Quest death
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
The heat is the prime suspect in the death of a 35-year-old man who died while running the Noah’s Quest 10K race Saturday, June 28. After several hours of searching, police found Slieght “Sly” Manivong of Southeast Portland dead in a field near the Sandy Bluff neighborhood. ...
Gillmore may kill next time, female corrections officers say
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
Two female corrections officers who work with serial rapist Richard T. Gillmore say he has not reformed and will not only rape again, but will kill future victims to eliminate witnesses. Multnomah County Deputy District Attorney Russ Ratto, who successfully prosecuted Gillmore in 1987 for raping ...
City, district inch forward with Rieke Elementary solar project
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
HILLSDALE — Though there are still some major hurdles to overcome, Portland Public Schools and city officials are cautiously optimistic that the hillside facing Bertha Court could see a major solar power installation within the next year. “The feedback that we’re getting at this ...
Southwest residents push for emergency center
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
Multnomah Village residents are working to convince the City Council to locate an emergency response and maintenace facility at the Sgt. Jerome Sears U.S. Army Reserve Center in Southwest Portland — and to build affordable housing at another site. The council considered a proposal for an ...
Convention Center hotel project estimates go up, up, up
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
Metro now estimates the cost of the proposed Oregon Convention Center hotel at just less than $248 million — around $80 million more than the most widely publicized previous estimate. The new figure is included in a study released by the regional government Tuesday. According to Metro ...
DEQ to OK cleanup efforts at polluted Sherwood site
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
After months of heavy duty cleanup and the removal of 3,315 cubic yards of contaminated soil, the Department of Environmental Quality says three parcels of land on the old Ken Foster Farm site – parcels contaminated by toxic animal hides buried there years ago – meet DEQ standards and ...
County bids out 175th, Roy Rogers road project after condemning land
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
Washington County transportation officials are moving forward with realignment of 175th Avenue and Roy Rogers Road at a point just north of Scholls Ferry Road after having condemned six acres needed for the project in March. The county late last month awarded a construction contract to ...
Rough start, smooth ride
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
MULTNOMAH – After battling for months with the weather, city bureaucracy and time, Airspeed Skateparks is on track to realize its innovative skate park design in Gabriel Park July 23. The “snake run,” a retro design first popular in the 1970s, features bowls with modern radii for ...
New bridge could face a legal crossing
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
Maybe it was just our imagination, but at the final meeting of the Columbia River Crossing task force it sure sounded to Sources Say like some witnesses were laying groundwork to file lawsuits blocking the proposed replacement Interstate 5 bridge between Portland and Vancouver, Wash. Mara Gross, ...
Class of 2012 will have a lot more to prove for diploma
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
New standards for a high school diploma in Oregon will do one of two things: push students to perform better on state assessments or dramatically drop the graduation rates for school districts across the state. Last month the Oregon Board of Education unanimously approved changes to the ...
Lions’ share of patriotism
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
Working steadily in the bright, early light, Forest Grove Lions Club members Chris Heaton and Red Rowley loaded American flags from a storage shed into the back of Rowley’s pick-up truck. Rowley and Heaton counted to make sure they had enough flags; they were told 40, but the list in their ...
Hamilton halo LID 'dead,' say organizers
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
BRIDLEMILE – After significant backlash against the idea of creating a local improvement district (LID) that could charge property owners within a half-mile of Hamilton Street for sidewalk improvements, two key players say it’s up to someone else to take the lead on the ...
Beaverton lawsuit slaps Round association for back payments
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
The city of Beaverton is suing The Round at Beaverton Central owners association to collect $861,562 in past due heating and cooling payments. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in Washington County Circuit Court. It includes $40,461.44 in accrued interest charges for the association’s failure ...
Council sets children’s health plan in motion
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
Portland city commissioners kept their end of the bargain Wednesday morning when they unanimously approved a resolution to set up two committees that will come up with a detailed plan to provide health care coverage to the city’s public school children. One committee will work on details of ...
Parents say no way to late-start days
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
Sherwood School District parents have let the Board of Education know in no uncertain terms that they are opposed to the proposed implementation of a late-start schedule for the 2008-09 school year. More than a dozen parents protested the idea during a public hearing at the June 10 board meeting, ...
Intel honors PCC teacher
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
A Microelectronics Technology instructor from Portland Community College was recently named Intel’s Educator of the Year. Dorina Cornea-Hasegan of Northwest Portland will receive the national award at an Advanced Technological Education Conference on July 30 in Austin, Texas. The Intel ...
Groundbreaking new Sherwood doc is the nation’s first blind naturopathic physician
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
Maybe it’s the funky gadgets. Her office is overflowing with them – the talking computer and robot-voiced blood pressure cuff; the old-school braille labeling machine and, of course, the black, leather case brimming with tiny, glass bottles of homeopathic remedies that, when given to ...
More than fireworks might be in the sky
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
And a happy Independence Day to you, too. Birth of a new nation and all that. … Although as we really know here in P-town, it’s all about the now-legendary UFO flyover on July 4, 1947. … But don’t take my word for it. Hundreds saw them, and not just ordinary citizens ...
Flash of gold lures new Pearl residents
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
First it was Springy, now Whiskers. Gone. Clearly, Tanner Springs Park in the Pearl District isn’t the safe urban sanctuary it was supposed to be. At least not for those fish. Now irony – well that’s alive and abundant in the wetlands at Northwest 10th Avenue and Overton Street ...
The artful dodgers
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
Rent can be a downer – if you actually pay it. But for much of the past four years, Lester “Tedd” White and Teresa Loucks lived in at least seven nice homes in and around Portland with their two dogs, Rigel and Sirius. And for a large portion of that time they did so for free ...
Pursuit and crash close I-205 North
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
A police pursuit has ended in a crash and has shut down all lanes of I-205 North at Sunnyside Road. The pursuit started after a bank robbery at the Sterling Savings branch at 14638 SE Sunnyside Rd. It ended in the crash at I-205 and Sunnyside just after 3 p.m. ODOT said the driver was headed ...
Tualatin water, sewer rates spike
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
This summer, Tualatin water customers will get splashed in the face with another rate hike. A 12-cent increase in the cost of water from the Portland Water Bureau will account for the bulk of a 20-cent increase for Tualatin water customers that took effect July 1. The city is increasing the water ...
Concerns deflate city’s bike rental proposal
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
Portland’s plan for a European-style fleet of rental bicycles has been parked back in the rack. On June 26, city officials canceled an eight-month contract-review process aimed at finding a company to provide the service and maintain a fleet of rental bicycles. The plan could be retooled for ...
Prospects improve for east-side streetcar
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
The chances that the Portland streetcar will cross the Willamette River to the central east side just got better. That’s because on June 30, U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., introduced legislation that would override what has been a major obstacle to securing federal funding for the ...
Jeff Duyck forced out of District 29 race against Chuck Riley
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
Jeff Duyck was forced to drop his bid to unseat state rep Chuck Riley today after he found out Monday that elections officials had mistakenly assigned him to the wrong congressional district. Duyck lives along Richey Road, just southwest of Forest Grove, on the dividing line between House ...
PCC hopes smoke-free policy clears the air
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
Joining the recent trend of smoking bans, Portland Community College will become the first community college in Oregon to go tobacco-free, starting the first day of classes in the fall 2009. PCC President Preston Pulliams made an announcement in June that will come as a drag to many student ...
Mount Hood hotels say ‘tanks’ for coming
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
Thanks to high fuel prices and today’s challenging economy, many Clackamas County lodging facilities have seen fewer-than-average reservations and visits this summer. “Consumers are hurting, pretty much everyone in the United States from the soaring gas prices,” said Marcus ...
Neighbors envision I-5/99W connector in their back yards
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
As the timeline for the Interstate 5/Highway 99W Connector Project moves closer to a preferred alternative, neighbors and cities are vying for public support. “This is too important, and we’ve worked on it for too many years for others to decide this for us,” said Shelby Crecraft ...
Planning moves forward on Springwater trail and park
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
Remnants of the railway tracks that lie beneath the Springwater Corridor in Boring offer a glimpse into the area’s bustling past, and may also hold the key to a similar future. Area residents are invited to a planning meeting about the Springwater Corridor and Boring Station Trailhead Park ...
Groundwork comes ahead of big league teams
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
Major League Baseball is coming to Portland, but it could take a decade or longer. A National Hockey League franchise won’t begin to happen until the Trail Blazers change their mind about direct competition. Major League Soccer has Portland on its expansion short list, but for starters, the ...
Student-built house includes energy-conservation features
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
A house built almost entirely by Benson High School students will soon be for sale in Southeast Portland. The three-bedroom, two-bath high-efficiency home at 4834 S.E. Kelly St., is the latest accomplishment of Benson’s student-built home program, which exposes students to all facets of the ...
Suburban gardens can be earth friendly too
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
At first glance, Steve and Caroline Matthews’ Sherwood yard looks like any other manicured spot in a suburban neighborhood. A well-kept lawn, beautiful rhododendrons, lush hostas, fragrant lilacs – a yard that would make any homeowner proud. One you might catch in a lawn and garden ...
Time to take in the sails
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
Hennie Page is sifting through the memories of a life well lived. He is sitting on the daybed inside his tiny Sherwood apartment, pulling recollections from the corners of his brain. It may take some time, but if you’re patient, if you don’t mind the silent pauses, Page will tell you ...
A dollar bill and a lot of ‘green’
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
Some might say Eric Starr and Paula Hills made their profit on the house — many-fold — when they found the $75 worth of pennies hidden behind the Sheetrock in one of the walls. The walls of their “one dollar” house. Of course, things are a bit more complicated than ...
Good Sam parking plan panned
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
Northwest Portland is a neighborhood more than familiar with traffic issues and disputes over parking garages. For half a decade, developer Richard Singer has been battling a neighborhood association fearful of increased auto congestion in his attempt to place a parking garage behind Papa Haydn ...
Pinched at the pump
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
It seems there are two types of customers at the gas pump nowadays: those who sweat it and those who don’t. Mike McElroy definitely is in the latter category. “I just buy my gas with a frequent flier card, so I get the miles and it doesn’t make me mad,” McElroy said ...
Tigard vets: Patriotism is alive and well
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
TIGARD — C. Ray Wilson is modest about his three-years of service in the Army. If he had to do it again, he probably would, he admits, but one time through is enough. “I did it, great,” he said. “But I wouldn’t want to do it again.” The 85-year-old Wilson ...
How safe is city’s water?
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
Mike Gearheard has heard the complaints – and he’s not buying them. Gearheard is an official with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He directs the agency’s Office of Water and Watersheds for the region that includes Portland. For more than two years, Gearheard has heard ...
Former preacher arrested on sex charges
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 4 p.m.
Police have arrested a former Portland preacher on charges that he sexually abused young girls in an in-home church. Maximo Ake-Be, 31, was charged with on one count of first-degree rape, two counts of second-degree rape, four counts of first-degree sodomy, four counts of second-degree sodomy and ...
Lineups for two concert series have a lot of jazz in store
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 3:50 p.m.
Lineups for Earshot\'s 2008 "Jazz: The Second Century" and Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra\'s 2008-09 subscription series have been announced.
Letters to the Editor
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 3:37 p.m.
A sampling of readers\' letters, faxes and e-mail.
Sonics may be gone, but dream still alive in Seattle
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 3:36 p.m.
Clay Bennett completes mugging of Seattle though agreement to whisk the Sonics to Oklahoma City. A fast break might be good for city\'s chances of new franchise.
Lightning storms to ease for holiday weekend
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 2:52 p.m.
The thunderstorms and lightning that rolled in late Wednesday will likely stick around for most of today, but will ease up for the holiday...
State population grows, but pace is slowing
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 2:28 p.m.
The state\'s population continues to grow, but appears to be slowing down because of a faltering economy, according to the state\'s Office...
Storm wakes county, causes little damage
Columbian - Thursday, July 3, 2008 2:27 p.m.
The thunderstorm that woke many Clark County residents early this morning and gave the lawns a good watering also apparently started a fire off Northeast 72nd Avenue in Hazel Dell.
Fire District...Pack the plastic; Alaska Airlines goes cashless
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 2:10 p.m.
Pack your plastic if you plan on buying a cocktail or a meal or watching a digital movie the next time you fly on Alaska Airlines. Starting Aug. 5, the...
Olympic Swim Trials | Ariana Kukors, Silver, Hoelzer advance to tonight's semifinals
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 1:39 p.m.
Auburn\'s Ariana Kukors leaped into the water Thursday morning in the preliminaries of the 200-meter breaststroke wanting to make a statement...
Handcuffed woman who jumped from bridge recaptured
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 1:30 p.m.
A handcuffed woman who agreed to act as a drug informant, then leaped from a bridge into the chilly Wenatchee River, was recaptured early...
Court: public records can be kept from inmates
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 1:15 p.m.
The state Supreme Court says prisons can keep government records away from inmates if authorities believe the information might be a security...
25-cent Metro fare increase proposed
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 1:01 p.m.
King County Metro Transit fares would go up by 25 cents starting Oct. 1, under a proposal released today by County Executive Ron Sims. Bus passes would reflect...
Power outage for 4,000 customers on Capitol Hill
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 1 p.m.
A tree branch that fell onto a power line at Belmont Avenue and Republican Street is to blame for an outage this morning that left 4,000...
Raging wildfire shuts California's Big Sur and Highway 1 at height of tourist season
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 12:25 p.m.
At the height of the tourism season, California\'s Highway 1 on the central coast is closed because of a raging wildfire near Big Sur, with...
Venus, Serena Williams reach Wimbledon final
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 12:19 p.m.
Venus and Serena Williams won in straight sets Thursday to set up their third all-sister Wimbledon final and seventh Grand Slam championship matchup.
Sonics deal leaves city in despair
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 12:06 p.m.
Legal settlement that sends Sonics to Oklahoma City is a bad deal for Seattle.
Oregon lawn-chair balloonist hopes to fly for more than 300 miles
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 11:59 a.m.
Kent Couch is at it again. While the rest of the country is sleeping off Fourth of July revels on Saturday, he and a host of volunteers...
Utah state workers going to 4-day workweek
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 11:52 a.m.
Starting next month, it will be "TGIT" for Utah state employees. As in: "Thank God It\'s Thursday. " In a yearlong experiment aimed at reducing...
Mark O'Connor and Chris Thile make their own rules
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 11:22 a.m.
Fiddler-composer Mark O\'Connor and mandolinist-songwriter Chris Thile paid tribute to tradition but also shaped a musical future at Benaroya Hall July 2.
Beef recall affects area Fred Meyer and QFC stores
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 11:14 a.m.
Cincinnati-based Kroger, which owns Fred Meyer and QFC supermarkets, issued a nationwide recall of ground beef Wednesday after its supplier was linked to E. coli illnesses in Michigan and central and northern Ohio.
Bridge near Black Diamond to open this weekend
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 11:02 a.m.
Contractors for the state Department of Transportation have completed emergency repair work on the south end of the Kummer Bridge near Black...
Dry Fly gets distillery license from state
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 10:52 a.m.
Dry Fly Distilling in Spokane sold its first two bottles of liquor to retail customers on Tuesday, the day it received a craft distillery...
Stocks close mixed on uneven economic data
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 10:51 a.m.
Wall Street capped a shortened trading week with a mixed finish today after some uneven economic data: news of a contraction in the nation\'s...
Employers cut jobs for sixth straight month
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 10:50 a.m.
Employers cut payrolls by 62,000 in June, the sixth straight month of nationwide job losses, underscoring the economy\'s fragile state. The unemployment rate held...
Gas prices prompt Washington travelers to stick closer to home for July 4
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 10:47 a.m.
With July 4 one of the more popular weekends to travel in summer, many Washingtonians aren\'t willing to forgo trips — even with gas...
Critters Buggin: Keeping it unorthodox with a monster jam session
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 10:26 a.m.
Critters Buggin: Attention must be paid — as well as a whopping cover charge — to this rhythmocentric quartet.
Police searching for purse snatcher who assaulted 86-year-old Tuesday
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 10:03 a.m.
King County sheriff\'s detectives are searching for a man who pushed an 86-year-old woman to the ground and stole her purse after she got...
George Michael: Doing the '80s time warp again
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 9:58 a.m.
George Michael brings back the \'80s at KeyArena. But does anyone want to go there?
Bothell man charged with reckless driving
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 9:52 a.m.
A 20-year-old Bothell man has been charged with vehicular assault and reckless driving in a crash on Lake City Way in Seattle last month...
Chinese mobilize to quell "green nightmare"
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 9:07 a.m.
China\'s latest Olympics nightmare is a vast algae bloom that covers one-third of the sea where the world\'s best sailors are supposed to...
Basketball still has a future in Seattle? Are you kidding?
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 9:07 a.m.
Basketball in Seattle is dead, and don\'t look for any miracle resurrections. Chances are good that an entire generation will grow up in this town without the NBA to watch.
AAA: Average price of gas in Washington $4.35
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 8:28 a.m.
The AAA auto club says the average price of gallon of gas for drivers filling up for the Fourth of July in Washington is $4.35 That\'s up 20 cents...
Bruce Springsteen pays tribute to Madame Marie
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 8:17 a.m.
Bruce Springsteen is paying tribute to a boardwalk fortuneteller he made famous in a song. Madam Marie Castello, who told fortunes on the...
Report: Alex Rodriguez has split from wife
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 8:05 a.m.
Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez and his wife have split less than three months after the birth of the couple\'s second daughter, according...
Seafair: Paddles and pirates on Saturday
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 7:32 a.m.
Seafair blasts into town to kick off summer fun with Pirates storming Alki Beach and homemade boats taking over Green Lake at the Milk Carton...
Bothell woman killed, 4 injured in U.S. 93 crash in Nevada
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 7:25 a.m.
A Bothell woman was killed and four other Northwest people injured in a single-vehicle rollover that closed U.S. Highway 93 in east-central...
Obama campaign on roll to raise some big bucks
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 7:18 a.m.
In the wake of Sen. Barack Obama\'s decision last month to bypass public financing for the general election, his campaign is embarking on a spree of pricey fundraising events across the country.
Blumenauer legislation adds fuel to gas price relief plans
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 7:15 a.m.
Flanked by transit supporters in the Lloyd district Monday morning, U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer detailed new legislation he’s introducing to help families cope with rising gas prices. The package, for which he says he has “broad bipartisan support,” would give federal subsidies to ...
Cut trees spur outrage
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 7:15 a.m.
Nearly three blocks of street trees were removed from Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard this weekend to move a house from Northeast Broadway to Northeast Thompson. Neighbors were upset by the removal of the trees and confused as to how the city could have permitted such action, especially ...
DA charges teen with attempted murder
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 7:15 a.m.
Two local teens who tried to avoid a fight with another boy wound up shot after getting off a bus late Sunday, June 29. The alleged shooter – Jeff Cooper, 16 – was arraigned Tuesday, July 1, on charges of attempted aggravated murder, two counts of attempted murder, two counts of ...
Report: Portland business taxes higher than suburbs
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 7:15 a.m.
Taxes paid by businesses are much higher in Portland than in surrounding suburban communities, according to a report adopted by the City Club of Portland on Friday. The higher city tax load is different than that found in 10 other metropolitan areas studied by the longtime civic organization, the ...
Reservoir skinny dippers caught, well, red-handed
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 7:15 a.m.
Two Portland residents were caught skinny dipping in the Mount Tabor Reservoir No. 6 early Saturday morning. Luckily they were in a section that wasn’t being used, or the city might have been forced to dump millions of gallons of water. It’s not often that someone jumps into a city ...
Cyclist assaulted in Happy Valley
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 7:15 a.m.
Two Southeast Portland teens have been arrested in connection with the Monday night beating of a 63-year-old cyclist in Happy Valley. Clackamas County sheriff’s detectives said Kyle Robert De Whitt, 19, and a 16-year-old boy allegedly knocked Steven Thomas Ruhl off his bicycle at about 11:30 ...
Issues pile up for I-5 bridge project
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 7:15 a.m.
Environmentalists worried about possible unintended consequences of a new Interstate 5 bridge between Portland and Vancouver were unable to stop — or even slow — consideration of the project. But their concerns were heard by several of the project partners, including the city of ...
Craig Berkman’s case slips a fast one past U.S. attorney
Local News Daily - Thursday, July 3, 2008 7:15 a.m.
Over at the U.S. attorney’s office, there’s not a whole lot that slips by them. Get caught with $20,000 or so of illegal plants and more than likely you’re on your way to Club Fed or some other less popular retreat. The same goes for bank tellers and others caught dipping into ...
Riddle residents recount jubilation since '83
News-Review - Thursday, July 3, 2008 6:01 a.m.
RIDDLE - While the lawnmower races and the "redneck division" of the motorcycle poker run may have debuted later in the festival timeline, two aspects of the long-running Riddle Sawdust Jubilee have always remained the same.
Chasing Beijing; Max King of Bend is set to compete tonight in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene
Bend Bulletin - Thursday, July 3, 2008 5 a.m.
Unfortunately for Max King, the Dining Hall Classic is not an Olympic event.If it were, he would surely be headed to Beijing.At the end of the season each fall, King and Cornell University‘s other cross-country runners would go from dining hall to dining hall on the Ithaca, N. Y., campus, eating six meals and running a total of three miles in between food stops.
‘We might be an anomaly’; Bookings for the holiday weekend are reportedly strong, and businesses are seeing a surge of last-minute activity
Bend Bulletin - Thursday, July 3, 2008 5 a.m.
Despite soaring gas prices and a lackluster national economy, Central Oregon‘s tourism purveyors are expected to start making up some lost ground this weekend, according to tourism officials and businesses who say reservations for the Fourth of July weekend are on par with last year‘s holiday.
Woman drowns in Deschutes after rafting over Pringle Falls
Bend Bulletin - Thursday, July 3, 2008 5 a.m.
A 48-year-old woman died on the Deschutes River near Pringle Falls on Wednesday afternoon after she went over the falls on a 9-foot raft at about 5:30 p. m., according to the Deschutes County Sheriff‘s Office.Lisa Braughton, of Silver Lake, was camping at Pringle Falls Campground.Earvin Hoaglen, 40, a family member who was on the raft with Braughton, was able to swim to shore after the raft capsized, Capt. Marc Mills said. The woman‘s body was recovered about three-quarters of a mile downstream from the falls.
Strike slows downtown construction projects
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 1:39 a.m.
A strike has shut down or slowed work at some of the Seattle area\'s largest construction projects.
Death initiative petitions filed
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 1:38 a.m.
Supporters of an initiative that would allow doctors to prescribe lethal medication for terminally ill patients to end their lives said they have turned in 320,000 signatures, which likely will qualify I-1000 for the fall ballot. Opponents say the law lacks sufficient safeguards and makes suicide easier to get than health care. Supporters say people want choices about how they end their lives.
Daring scheme frees hostages
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 1:37 a.m.
Colombian commandos disguised as rebels spirited 15 hostages to freedom Wednesday in a daring helicopter rescue so successful that not a single shot was fired, according to the hostages and the Colombian authorities.
Sonics moving to Oklahoma City
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 1:36 a.m.
The Sonics\' 41-year run in Seattle ended Wednesday with a legal settlement that will let owner Clay Bennett take the team immediately to...
A look at the settlement between city, Sonics owners
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 12:58 a.m.
• Clay Bennett\'s ownership group pays Seattle $45 million to terminate the KeyArena lease, allowing the Sonics to immediately move...
Turn out the lights: Sonics will play in Oklahoma City next season
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 12:52 a.m.
In the end, a 41-year legacy fit loosely into a five-page settlement. Lenny Wilkens, Fred Brown, Dennis Johnson — they\'re worth $45...
Current, former Sonics upset by the team's exit
Seattle Times - Thursday, July 3, 2008 12:49 a.m.
In NBA parlance, two words sum up the Sonics\' move to Oklahoma City: Bad trade. "I would say so, but then I\'m a little emotional right now,"...
Everett schools superintendent to retire
Seattle Times - Wednesday, July 2, 2008 11:44 p.m.
The Everett School District superintendent in Snohomish County will leave her post months earlier than expected, citing a death threat she said she received in April.
Washburn pitches Mariners to win over Blue Jays, 4-2
Seattle Times - Wednesday, July 2, 2008 11:34 p.m.
About the most serious deep threat Jarrod Washburn faced all night came before he even took the mound. Washburn was warming up in the bullpen...
President Bush pledges Afghanistan more troops
Seattle Times - Wednesday, July 2, 2008 11:31 p.m.
Grappling with a record death toll in an overshadowed war, President Bush promised Wednesday to send more U.S. troops into Afghanistan by...
