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May 24, 2013
I-5 bridge collapse focuses attention on Columbia River Crossing…
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The collapse of the I-5 bridge over the Skagit River in Washington highlights the need to invest more in transportation infrastructure, say supporters of the Columbia River Crossing project.…
May 23, 2013
Critics rain on PPS plan to omit solar roofs
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Time, money keep an eco-friendly task off summer-project list Portland Public Schools is preparing to spend the first chunk of its voter-approved $482 million construction bond money — but even…
May 23, 2013
Police capture pig after struggle
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Porker's gambit ends thanks to canny officer, alert citizen The pig file of the Lake Oswego Police Department has just added another case. A round but elusive pink pig escaped all efforts to…
May 23, 2013
Heavy early morning rain sends sewage into Willamette
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Heavy rain early Thursday morning caused combined sewage and stormwater to overflow to the Willamette River from three outfall pipes. Portland’s Bureau of Environmental Services reported that…
May 23, 2013
Group launches recall petition against Langer, urges city…
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The Sherwood Community Action Committee has to collect 704 signatures before Aug. 15 A group opposed to a proposed Walmart store coming to Sherwood has filed a recall petition against Sherwood…
May 23, 2013
Truck stops here: Reality TV comes to city streets
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Despite red tape, 'Great Food Truck Race' films in Portland Want proof that food carts are taken more seriously in Portland than in other cities? Seven food trucks arrived in Portland last week…
May 23, 2013
Sources Say: Vote didn't end fluoride fight
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The fight over fluoridating Portland’s water isn’t finished. Voters overwhelmingly defeated Ballot Measure 26-161 in Tuesday’s election, repealing the City Council’s plan to fluoridate the…
May 23, 2013
Accused baron robber accepts plea deal
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Spensir Mourey agrees to testify against two others A man accused in the violent armed robbery of a Lake Oswego home last year will receive a reduced sentence if he cooperates in the case…
May 23, 2013
Inspired water fight sends message
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Outspent Portland fluoride opponents rallied a movement Now we know why fluoride backers pressed so hard to avoid a public vote. Anti-fluoridation forces — who raised far less money, had fewer…
May 23, 2013
Portland VA director leaving for new job in Nashville
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John Patrick, director of the Portland Veterans Administration Medical Center, is leaving at the end of this month to take a new post in Nashville. Patrick has been with the Portland VA Medical…
May 23, 2013
Metro levy divides counties, but gets stamp of approval
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Vote highlights big gap in support for natural land policies Metro received a wake-up call in the May 21 Special Election. Although voters approved its levy to maintain parks and natural lands,…
May 23, 2013
Appeal dropped, but tennis center on hold
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Facility would be on Stafford land now in the urban growth boundary Lake Oswego has apparently backed off plans to build a tennis center on property the city pushed to bring into the urban…
May 23, 2013
Flash mob springs to life to protest gun violence
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Pioneer Courthouse Square will be filled with people making art at about noon Thursday when a flash mob springs to life. Art = Ammo, a national group of artists, is organizing the flash mob to…
May 22, 2013
Jones' lead erodes in park district board race with Cody
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506-vote advantage narrows to 128 by Wednesday morning in heated campaign Calling his run for the Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District board against Jerry Jones Jr. a “well-fought race,”…
May 22, 2013
TriMet adopts new $485 million budget
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Although the status of TriMet's contract with most of its workers is still up in the air, the regional transit agency's board of directors unanimously adopted its budget for the next fiscal year…
May 22, 2013
Deputies pull man's body from Willamette River
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Multnomah County sheriff’s deputies pulled a man’s body from the Willamette River Wednesday afternoon south of the St. Johns Bridge. The man’s identity has not been released. Engineers with the…
May 22, 2013
Police investigating three robberies
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Police are investigating three armed robberies on Wednesday in separate Portland businesses. Robbery detectives have not determined if these robberies were committed by the same suspect or if…
May 21, 2013
County to TriMet: 'Not if we have any say in rail line'
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Clackamas County voters sent a largely symbolic message to TriMet on Tuesday night against light rail by voting down a measure authorizing the line from Portland through Milwaukie to Oak Grove,…
May 21, 2013
Multnomah County vote carrying Metro levy
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Metro received a wake up call in the May 21 Special Election. Although voters approved its levy to maintain parks and natural lands, the results were split between the counties. With most of the…
May 21, 2013
Portland voters reject water fluoridation
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There weren’t too many smiles Tuesday night at the Curious Comedy Theater, site of the election-night party of the pro-fluoride campaign whose main slogan was “Help PDX Smile.” Measure 26-151…
