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Home gardeners learn to tame stormwater at Creston-Kenilworth workshop

Ironically, an epic thunder-and-hail storm predicted for Wednesday afternoon, March 26, kept away many of those who’d signed ...

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Warner Pacific University on SE Division reopens renovated library

In what was called a “celebration of community collaboration and educational enhancement”, by Warner Pacific University’s officials on ...

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Easter Eggs and trash – a winning combo for Brooklyn

Saturday, April 19th, was a busy day at Brooklyn Park! Children gathered at the top of the hill ...

Climate

U.S. Senate vote to nix California tailpipe emissions standard blocks 17 other states, including Oregon

The U.S. Senate voted early Thursday to prevent California from enforcing regulations on tailpipe emission from new cars ...

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He was pulled over for drunk driving in a county vehicle. He’s the sheriff of Umatilla County.

UMATILLA COUNTY — The Gilliam County Sheriff’s Office reported Umatilla County Sheriff Terry Rowan had a blood-alcohol level ...

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Dairy delivers thousands of ‘empties’ for Milk Carton Boat Races

Neighbors out for a stroll with their dogs were startled to see thousands of milk cartons – all ...

Here’s the currently-proposed “look” of the new two-block-long, seven-story-high apartment house planned for the edge of the Oaks Bottom Bluff on the west side of Milwaukie Avenue, between Ellis and Insley Streets at the north end of Westmoreland. (Courtesy of City of Portland)

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Plan for 7-story building on edge of Oaks Bottom Bluff advances

A seven story building is to be built on the lip of Oaks Bottom's bluff, in a known ...

In the OMSI lobby outside the “Jurassic World” exhibition, this realistic LEGO model stops people cold, as they pass by.

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OMSI opens ‘Jurassic World’ LEGO exhibition

Imagine fifteen life-size dinosaurs, all constructed of LEGO bricks, roaring into the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry ...

A Central Precinct officer examined the smashed and wedged-in van, while waiting for a second and larger tow truck to arrive to remove it from the sidewalk on Milwaukie Avenue near S.E. Nehalem Street in Sellwood.

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Van misses curve in Sellwood, hits bollards, gets stuck on sidewalk

The driver of an older-model Chevrolet van, going south on Milwaukie Avenue, was apparently unprepared for the point ...

At Oaks Amusement Park, while scouting locations for their exhibition at the upcoming Multnomah County Fair, “Big Tsuky” – founder of “Portland Lucha Libre” – gave an impromptu “wrestling lesson” to Friends of the Multnomah County Fair President Larry Smith.

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Volunteers prepare 119th ‘Multnomah County Fair’ at Oaks Park

Visitors to the Fair will recognize the familiar Multnomah County Fair outdoor layout at Oaks Park, with vendors, ...

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