07/14/11 The Old Time West Linn Fair; a garden party in Eagle Creek; an Oregon Trail Quilt Show in Rhododendron; free outdoor concerts in Happy Valley, Lake Oswego and Sandy; and even an appearance by Clifford the Big Red Dog in Happy Valley highlight Vickie's Friday list of things to do.
07/13/11 The annual fundraiser is held to raise money for the center and the Oregon Nikkei Endowment.
07/13/11 Bayou Lafourche has been called the "longest main street in the world". It is the backbone of the Cajun communities of Southeast Louisiana. It's an area that clings to its traditions and its music. The music comes from the Acadian Cultural Center in Thibodaux - part of the Jean Lafitte National Park. You can hear a Cajun jam session every Monday evening that mixes professional musicians with ...
07/12/11 Parr Financial Oregon, which owns the downtown building, has filed a nuisance and trespass complaint.
07/09/11 Intel towers over Silicon Forest, but newer firms join the behemoth chip maker in giving the Portland area broader tech clout.
07/08/11 Earlier this week, WW reported that many families who pre-paid 2011-12 tuition at the now-defunct Portland French School have filed complaints with the Oregon Department of Justice. The argument the complaints put forth is since the 22-year-old school will not operate next year, it should return the pre-paid tuition, which is about $13,000 per year. The school filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy June 29 ...
07/08/11 Oregon's biggest media magnate is not Robert Pamplin Jr ., the scion of the Pamplin fortune and the owner of the Portland Tribune and several suburban newspapers, including the Lake Oswego Review . It is the lesser-known Larry Wilson , who once ran Citadel Broadcasting , which owned more than 200 radio stations when Wilson sold it for more than $2 billion in 2001. Wilson, who is generally ...
07/08/11 Paul Evans , formerly the mayor of Monmouth and Gov. Ted Kulongoski's military advisor, is "very seriously considering" running for seat the House District 31 seat Rep. Brad Witt (D- Clatskanie) is vacating to run for Congress. Evans told WW that he moved to Scappoose in June, when his service on the Monmouth School board ended. That relocation is related to his work for High Impact Technologies ...
07/08/11 Starting Monday, the primary traffic route up Marquam Hill to OHSU will be closed for six to eight weeks as the city builds rebuilds the retaining wall and roadway to deal with significant movement of the hillside after heavy rains.
07/08/11 The tunnel would serve Oregon Health & Science University, the city's largest employer, through an underground station similar to the one that serves the Oregon Zoo.
07/07/11 The U.S. Department of Justice has declined to comment to WW whether and how the shooting of an apparently mentally ill person by a central precinct police officer last week will affect a recently launched DOJ investigation of the Portland Police Bureau. Nevertheless, it's clear DOJ officials will be looking over the bureau's shoulder as it investigates the incident internally. On Thursday ...
07/07/11 Rep. Mary Nolan (D-Southwest Portland)'s announcement earlier this week that she'll run for City Council in 2012 set off a flurry of speculation about who might seek to replace her in the reliably Democratic House District 36 seat she first won in 2000. Posters at Blue Oregon identified the first potential candidate, Dr. Sharon Meieran , an emergency room physician who in 2010 completed the ...
06/27/11 House Republicans put off bonding authority, ask for a new plan that focuses on the private sector renting what is expected to be expensive office space.
06/26/11 An unlikely savior wants to bring a Benton County shortline back from the brink
06/25/11 Kittens must be between eight weeks and six months old and weigh at least 2 and a quarter pounds. The owners must live in Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas or Clark County and receive some kind of government assistance. Caretakers who bring in strays or feral cats don't need to meet any income requirements.
06/24/11 John Oscar Branch was operated on for a gunshot wound at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center following an incident that started with a domestic disturbance. When two officers arrived at the scene, they said they found Branch waving a long knife in a neighbor's yard.
06/24/11 The International Society of Sustainability Professionals will soon begin hosting the ISSP Consultants Cohort, a 12-month series of webinars and peer engagement sessions designed to increase the business success of sustainability consultants and help them build a support network with other ISSP members.
06/23/11 The region, inundated by the Missoula Floods during the last ice age, has a rich geologic and paleontological heritage, including the 14,000-year-old mastodon skeleton kept in the library. Advocates see untapped tourism potential.
06/22/11 Also: Comcast Corp. plans to reduce the time customers wait for the cable guy after a consumer website last year voted it worst company in America.
06/22/11 The Community Sports Calendar on Columbian.com is updated each Tuesday. Submit items for the calendar by sending an e-mail to paul.danzer@columbian.com, or call 360-735-4521. | 
