Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski and legislative leaders said Thursday that a projected $377.5 million budget shortfall would again require across-the-board cuts for nearly all state agencies. Kulongoski, Senate President Peter Courtney and House Speaker Dave Hunt said the cuts would be 8 percent of the ...

The southbound lanes of the Glenn Jackson Bridge are open again after a road rage accident blocked the highway early Thursday morning. The Interstate 205 bridge southbound lanes were closed for nearly two hours after the accident that happened at about 2:22 a.m. Portland police said a semi-truck ...

The race for West Linn Municipal Court Judge will be a contest between incumbent Heather Karabeika and challenger Tom Pixton. Pixton and Karabeika were the only two candidates to file for the office by the Aug. 20 deadline. Karabeika will be seeking her second term in office after her victory in ...

Lake Oswego High School students won’t exactly be coming back to school through the front door in a few weeks. That’s because repairs at the school will prohibit using the front door. Instead students and staff will enter through either the west entrance by the cafeteria or east ...

A brain tumor had no chance of defeating Stefanie Reid. The Lake Oswego woman is simply too vivacious. She is also a marathon runner and dancer. Most of all she makes it a point to never let a challenge get the best of her. “It’s the old story of life handing you lemons,” Reid ...

Seven candidates will vie for three slots on the Lake Oswego City Council in the Nov. 2 general election. The deadline for filing was Tuesday. The three seats are up for election include positions now held by Roger Hennagin and Donna Jordan along with one recently vacated by Kristin Johnson, who ...

Following a boost in West Linn’s credit rating, estimates of future interest savings have exceeded city officials’ expectations and are anticipated at more than $1 million. “This is excellent news for West Linn taxpayers,” City Manager Chris Jordan said in a public ...

Punch, an 8-year-old chocolate Labrador retriever from West Linn, was saved from a dangerous trip down the Willamette Falls not once, but twice, last weekend. On Saturday afternoon, Aug. 21, Marine Service Officer (MSCO) Cody Grahn was patrolling the Willamette River above the falls. “At ...

Thirty years ago, Candace Lightner’s 13-year-old daughter was killed by a drunken driver while she was walking down the street near her Fair Oaks, Calif., home. Soon after, Lightner learned that the driver had previously been arrested five times for driving while intoxicated. Enraged, ...

Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski has spent months publicizing the state’s partnership with Nissan and Portland General Electric to promote electric cars. Kulongoski even went so far as to make a deposit to buy an all-electric Nissan Leaf during a recent press event to unveil the nation’s ...

Falling real estate values are making Oregon’s wacky property tax system even more complicated. And that’s leading to some intrigue and jockeying among local governments angling to raise property taxes. Consider this: If Multnomah County voters approve a relatively small property tax ...

Beware. A new type of scam is emerging in the already tarnished home mortgage arena: short-sale fraud. A new study by Santa Ana, Calif., real estate data services company CoreLogic found that the number of short sales has more than tripled since 2008, and that’s leading to an increase in ...

Two dozen Portlanders returned from the Gulf Coast Aug. 16, weary from an overload of humidity, gumbo and emotionally heart-wrenching news about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill’s aftermath. Now that they’re back in Portland, the PDX 2 Gulf Coast group – which this reporter ...

When Cylvia Hayes, longtime girlfriend of John Kitzhaber, returned from the Gulf Coast last week, she told the Portland Tribune she wanted to play a major role in Kitzhaber’s campaign for governor, and that she was ready for the politics that were sure to come into play. She had no idea it ...

Your barista is brewing up something grande, and not just that iced mocha cappuccino, no whip, please. On Thursday, Sept. 2, local Starbucks baristas will showcase their creativity and raise money for the Cascade AIDS Project at Portland’s third Avant-Grande Employee Art Exhibit. Artists ...

Tryon Creek State Park will be a much better place with the Confluence Habitat Enhancement Project now in progress. When completed, the project will create an improved environment for fish and wildlife at Tryon Creek and also make the park more pleasant for patrons. “It’s really ...

TriMet’s fare increase and service changes begin in early September, when the transit agency tries to close a $27 million budget gap. The service cuts impact about 50 bus lines and all MAX lines. Beginning Sept. 1, most TriMet fares will increase 5 cents to cover the increasing cost of ...

It’s still up in the air when voters might get another chance to vote on a pair of revenue measures in Cornelius. Even though opponents of the city’s gas tax and its streetlight fee gathered enough signatures to put both items to a public vote, city officials said the city code meant ...

With complex stunts and elaborate gymnastics, cheerleading is one of the most dangerous athletic activities for females — an activity that accounts for 65 percent of all direct catastrophic injuries to female athletes in high schools across the country. This statistical danger hit close to ...

Terri Horman ended weeks of seclusion to appear Wednesday afternoon at a Multnomah County court hearing. Her estranged husband, Kaine Horman, did not attend the hearing, even though he requested it to speed the divorce proceedings he has commenced against her. Terri did not speak during the ...