Time to brake for fowl intersections

Time to brake for fowl intersections

Clackamas County drivers face hazards beyond cell phones, teenage joyriders and drunken drivers...

Open Studios celebrates 10th anniversary

Open Studios celebrates 10th anniversary

Twenty-nine artists, 13 open studios and two anniversaries — those are the relevant numbers...

College students visit the big house

College students visit the big house

CCC class provides opportunity to work with prison inmates Wednesday afternoons this year have...

Local storytellers entertain, share insights

Local storytellers entertain, share insights

Guild to showcase art form with two nights of tales Think storytellers are people sitting on the...

Finally! A solution for OC's library?

Finally! A solution for OC's library?

Library director asks to stay at Carnegie, expand building Oregon City’s public library...

Water songs

Water songs

Performances display talents of leader to protect Clackamas County's beloved Johnson Creek Plenty...

Proposed compost facility on hold

Proposed compost facility on hold

S&H looks to stay at current location in Clackamas As a bill that would prohibit the construction...

Earth Crusaders, school district beautify OC

Earth Crusaders, school district beautify OC

From Sept. 15, 2012, through April 30, the nonprofit group Earth Crusaders and the Oregon City...

Group revs up mornings downtown

Group revs up mornings downtown

Cars and Coffee on Main Street returns to downtown Oregon City starting Saturday, June 1, and...

Eye-catching artwork at OC Carnegie Library

Eye-catching artwork at OC Carnegie Library

The big birthday bash for Oregon City’s Carnegie Library will not take place until June 19...

Oregon City cancer survivor hopes to help others

Oregon City cancer survivor hopes to help others

Nothing is worse for a parent than to experience the death a child, but Deb Hart’s...

'Kids' detained in Milwaukie after running in traffic

'Kids' detained in Milwaukie after running in traffic

“Kids” that were reportedly running in traffic on Southeast King Road were eventually...

Grow your own vertical garden knowledge

Grow your own vertical garden knowledge

Singer Hill Cafe owner Phil Yates happy to share his craft with community Phil Yates and his wife...

Oregon Impact runners sponsored

Oregon Impact runners sponsored

In an effort to assist the local Portland community in promoting safe driving, an insurance...

Looking for a local home? Study says you're not alone

Looking for a local home? Study says you're not alone

Is the decline in housing prices that began in 2006 finally making its way back up? It looks like...

Yo Factory's 65 toppings entice OC yogurt lovers

Yo Factory's 65 toppings entice OC yogurt lovers

Russ Tapio, whose father and two brothers run the first Yo Factory frozen-yogurt shop in...

Powerful 'Grace Before Dying' photo exhibit opens at CCC

Powerful 'Grace Before Dying' photo exhibit opens at CCC

The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola historically has been one of the most dangerous...

'God of Carnage' cast revels in play's chemistry

'God of Carnage' cast revels in play's chemistry

“How many parents standing up for their children become infantile themselves?” This...

For What It's Worth record store closes after 30 years

For What It's Worth record store closes after 30 years

John Gregos has done everything from running the top-selling record store in three states to...

Boomer band enthusiasm 'contagious' at Oregon Capitol

Boomer band enthusiasm 'contagious' at Oregon Capitol

Reardon jokes: Could accomplish 'nothing else' during session Happy Valley resident Suzanne...

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June 19, 2013

Program takes aim at county dropouts

by Raymond Rendleman
Only 27 percent of Clackamas County adults have a four-year degree or higher — a fact that rankles local education professionals and is a long way from the governor’s goal to get 40 percent of…
by: PHOTO BY: KYLIE WRAY - Oregon Trail Pitchpipers Jerry Herrmann, Steven Hurst, Wayne Markham and Ken Cox teach their final lesson to the music students at Kraxberger Middle School before their assembly finale. The Pitchpipers have been donating their time to teaching the students about barbershop singing for six weeks.
June 19, 2013

Quartet serenades Gladstone students

by Kylie Wray
For the final six weeks of the school year, the Oregon Trail Pitchpipers Barbershop Chorus has been teaching a group of students from Gladstone’s Kraxberger Middle School about their craft. On…
by: MAP COURTESY OF METRO - Metros levy to restore its natural lands passed in the green areas but failed in the red areas of the region, according to the precinct analysis from the May special election ballot.
June 19, 2013

Trend shows fewer votes for Mother Nature

by Jim Redden
Metro officials are not worried about the split vote on their $50 million ballot measure to maintain the parks and natural lands owned by the elected regional government. Ballot Measure 26-152…
June 19, 2013

Events mark milestone of OC's Carnegie Library

by Clackamas Review
Four days of activities set to honor Oregon City’s Carnegie Library kick off at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, with the reading of the birthday proclamation at the City Commission meeting at City…
June 19, 2013

Ducks broadcaster to speak at senior fundraiser

by The Clackamas Review
Duck football fever is spreading to West Linn, and it will help senior citizens who are victims of financial abuse. Mike “Jorgy” Jorgensen, broadcaster for the University of Oregon Ducks, will…
June 19, 2013

OC resident heads for high seas after $51,177 Keno win

by The Oregon City News
“I’m going on a cruise!” Tina DeHut knew exactly what her plans were after winning a $51,177.70 eight-spot Keno Multiplier prize on May 27. The Oregon City resident played five consecutive games…
June 19, 2013

Obituaries

by Ellen Spitaleri
Helen Bicknell Feb. 21, 1916 - June 8, 2013 Helen Bicknell died on June 8. She was born in Bradford, Pa., on Feb. 21, 1916, to Clem and Ellen Goughler. She married her high school sweetheart,…
by: CCSO - Juli Howard
June 18, 2013

Tearful former city official gets 4 months in prison

by Raymond Rendleman
Juli Howard, who pocketed thousands of dollars in public funds when she was assistant city recorder for Milwaukie, was sentenced on Tuesday to 120 days in prison to be followed by 24 months of…
June 18, 2013

Firefighters rescue girl from OC crawl space

by The Oregon City News
Shortly before 6 p.m. on Tuesday, a 3-year-old girl fell 5 to 6 feet into a crawl space of a home at 14832 Meyers Road in Oregon City. It was reported that the girl was playing under the stairs,…
June 17, 2013

Sherwood man drowns at High Rocks

by Raymond Rendleman
A 61-year-old swimmer from Sherwood found on Monday afternoon under the water just below the High Rocks area on the Clackamas River was recovered with a pulse. But Jack William Davies died…

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by: CCSO - Four people are extricated from their vehicles by Clackamas Fire District No. 1 personnel after a June 16 crash in Redland.
Jun 17, 2013

Redland crash sends boy to hospital, man to jail

by Raymond Rendleman
As a result of a Sunday evening traffic crash in Redland, Life Flight had to take a 5-year-old to the hospital and police arrested a 72-year-old man from Oregon City for driving under the…
Jun 17, 2013

OC man held for armed robbery charge in Canby

by John Baker
A 27-year-old identified as an Oregon City-area transient was arrested and charged in the armed robbery of a drive-through coffee stand on South Knights Bridge Road outside of Canby on Monday…
by: COURTESY UNITED STREETCAR - The second Portland Sttreetcar made by United Streetcar in Clackamas County began carrying passengers the morning of June 11. The thrd one could go into service next week.
Jun 17, 2013

Clackamas-made streetcar begins service

by Jim Redden
The second Portland Streetcar produced by United Streetcar in Clackamas County officially went into service Tuesday morning. It will be hard to miss — one side is painted yellow and the other…
Jun 13, 2013

Robbers invade Happy Valley home, injuring one person

by Pamplin Media Group
One person was injured early Thursday morning when two men forced their way into a Happy Valley house and robbed several people inside. The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office reported that one of…
Jun 12, 2013

Schools begin to restore staffing

by Raymond Rendleman
North Clackamas School District officials are hoping that their previously expected $6 million in budget cuts soon becomes a distant memory. Assuming $6.55 billion in state funding plus $200…
by: SUBMITTED PHOTO - Leonetti.
Jun 12, 2013

Former West Linn soccer coach Leonetti arrested on charges of…

by Patrick Malee
Leonetti is being held at Clackamas County Jail Former West Linn High School girls soccer coach Joseph Leonetti was arrested at his Oregon City residency on June 12 and charged with five counts…
Jun 12, 2013

Fill a refrigerator by recycling yours

by The Clackamas Review
Energy Trust offers $40 that can be donated to Food Bank to feed hungry The Clackamas Review For the next two months, customers of Portland General Electric and Pacific Power have added reason…
Jun 12, 2013

Historic political fight deja vu

by Roxandra Pennington
Can learning about Lincoln help unlock partisan gridlock? Does a two-party system serve the common good, or can it only serve the interests of a particular political party, and its supporting…
Jun 12, 2013

Grant supports Peace Corps 50th anniversary exhibit

by The Clackamas Review
A $16,000 grant from the Tourism Commission of Oregon City will support an exhibit next spring commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps. The exhibit will open in spring 2014 and…
Jun 12, 2013

School Briefs: Parent proposes license plate benefit

by Raymond Rendleman
Frustrated with cuts to Oregon schools, Scouters Mountain Elementary School parent Wendy Wilhelms came up with an innovative way to support education. She is pitching Oregon legislators on the…


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