Timber payments in Iraq spending bill

The Senate is expected to vote on the bill May 15

The Clackamas Review
Thu, May 8, 2008
Updated 16.5 hours ago

Timber payments are back on the table in Washington, D.C. – again. U.S. Senator Ron Wyden announced today that $400 million is included in the …

ODFW closes chinook fishing beneath Willamette Falls

Season closes Monday, May 12

The Oregon City News
Thu, May 8, 2008

A dismal chinook salmon run has prompted Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Officials to close chinook fishing beneath Willamette Falls effective …

King of Hearts

Clackamas County Fire District #1 wins an international award as “Heart Safe Community”

By Anthony Roberts /
The Clackamas Review
Wed, May 7, 2008

Clackamas County Fire District #1 won the international Heart Safe Community Public Access Defibrillation Award, an honor bestowed on only one …

Oregon City Schools Foundation’s biggest fundraiser this weekend

News briefs, May 7

The Oregon City News
Wed, May 7, 2008

The Oregon City Schools Foundation (OCSF) will hold its ninth annual Auction and Social on Saturday, May 10, 2008. The annual fundraiser will be …

Bulldogs clip for a cure

The Oregon City News
Wed, May 7, 2008

Oregon City’s Bulldogs baseball team found a creative way to riase money for child’s cancer research last week. Members of the team, …

BCC Seat 5: shortest term, most candidates

Seven vie for two-year seat

The Clackamas Review
Wed, May 7, 2008
Updated May 7, 2008

Voters have a veritable smorgasbord of candidates for county commission seat 5, with seven candidates from across the county, from West Linn, …

Milwaukie light-rail environmental study ready for comment

Residents have 45 days to tell Metro what they think about the proposal

By Matthew Graham /
Pamplin Media Group
Tue, May 6, 2008
Updated May 7, 2008

The supplemental draft environmental impact statement for the proposed light-rail line from Portland to Milwaukie has been released on Metro's Web …

Opening "the house that grain built"

Bob’s Red Mill opens new world headquarters outside Milwaukie, draws a crowd with free pancakes

By Anthony Roberts /
The Clackamas Review
Wed, May 7, 2008

Bob and Charlee Moore like to point out that they moved from Redding, California, to Oregon in 1978 to “semi-retire.” Instead, they …

Police Logs

May 7

The Clackamas Review
Wed, May 7, 2008

Milwaukie Thursday April 24 12:27 a.m. – Dylan Matthew Dorn, 23, was arrested for DUII along the 2600 block of SE Monroe Street. 5:47 a.m. …

City officials question trust in TriMet

The agency scrapped plans for a new transportation center in Milwaukie

By Matthew Graham / The Clackamas Review
Wed, May 7, 2008
Updated May 7, 2008

TriMet has pulled out of an agreement with the city of Milwaukie to develop the Southgate Theater site as a park-and-ride and bus layover facility, …

Light rail options affect entire area

Station location desires downtown vary; many frustrated over process

By Matthew Graham / The Clackamas Review
Wed, Apr 30, 2008
Updated 21.6 hours ago

If light rail is coming through Milwaukie, residents want it extended to Park Avenue. That was the sentiment at a meeting last week at which …

Speeding Subaru’s driver faces Clackamas County charges

The Portland Tribune
Mon, May 5, 2008

The Portland driver of a Subaru Impreza that zoomed along Interstate 205 at 138 mph early Sunday morning will be arraigned Monday afternoon in …

Gladstone man, three others accused in fraud scheme

By Matthew Graham / The Clackamas Review
Wed, May 7, 2008

A Gladstone man pleaded guilty last week to federal charges of what essentially amounted to money laundering in a scheme. Investigators said he and …

Obituaries

May 7

The Clackamas Review
Wed, May 7, 2008

Robert Marion Christensen Dec. 6, 1942-April 22, 2008 Robert Marion Christensen died on April 22, 2008, at age 65. He was born on Dec. 6, 1942, in …