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Opinion: State budget threatens Oregon children with homelessness, substance abuse

Marty Beyer: Contact your legislators to let them know it is intolerable to allow Oregon to fall even further behind Read moreOpinion: State budget threatens Oregon children with homelessness, substance abuse

Pamplin's Corner: Remembering veterans in our communities

Memorial Day. It's a holiday that has been around for more than 150 years to honor and remember U.S. military personnel who have died in the line of duty. Read morePamplin's Corner: Remembering veterans in our communities

Children and teen treatment service providers: Sound the alarm on Oregon's reimbursement rates

Simon Fulford and Glenn Wachter: Backbone of the state’s youth behavioral health care system is facing tremendous budget constraints Read moreChildren and teen treatment service providers: Sound the alarm on Oregon's reimbursement rates

Tootie Smith: What is the sheriff hiding while spreading a lie?

Clackamas County chair: Sheriff continues to pit her office against our entire public safety programs with the unfounded accusation that we’re taking money away f… Read moreTootie Smith: What is the sheriff hiding while spreading a lie?

Opinion: Housing prices, camping enforcement big factors for Oregon homelessness

Probably the single largest factor in why Clackamas County has fewer people living in our parks and other public places is that we, as a county, have chosen to en… Read moreOpinion: Housing prices, camping enforcement big factors for Oregon homelessness

Pamplin Corner: Still your trusted source of local news

Once upon a time, people turned to newspapers for information on upcoming elections and, after election day, the results of those elections. Read morePamplin Corner: Still your trusted source of local news

Clackamas leaders: Appreciative of tolling pause, but vigilant

Toll collections are paused, but our work is not done. Read moreClackamas leaders: Appreciative of tolling pause, but vigilant

Commentary: Suburbs contribute to Portland's homelessness, not the other way around

Clackamas Review editor: Suburban areas have benefitted from artificially low numbers of homeless people in proportion to statewide averages

Sheriff: Clackamas County proposes misuse of tax dollars

Angela Brandenburg: When I asked you to support the Sheriff’s Public Safety Levy in 2021, I promised you I would not allow the county to use the levy as a slush fund

Oregon City resident: Our fractured world needs revival of Ghost Dance Ceremony

Gary Alan Spanovich: Wovoka Peace Center would be first a national museum, developed to standards set by the Smithsonian

Portland area mayors: State plans another overreach without solutions to homelessness

Lisa Batey, Julie Fitzgerald, Denyse McGriff and Tim Rosener: HB 3414 would allow developers to maximize revenue, at the expense of communities with no accountability to deliver on affordable and missing middle housing

Voter: Skepticism over costs leads to rejection of Oregon City's Measure 3-597

The Oregon City Urban Renewal Agency is asking to “borrow” up to $44 million, and the first point of ballot measure's summary states it would authorize no new tax. Wonderful, right? The money for this measure is not created by new taxes, so w…

Pamplin’s Corner: If we didn’t cover local school board races, who would?

The post on social media started, “Does anyone know where I can find information about people running for school board?”

Auditor: Fagan’s actions should not reflect on audit or auditors

Oregon’s chief auditor: ‘Secretary Fagan … had no input on the findings, conclusions or recommendations that appear in the final audit report.’

Retired ODOT deputy director: A collective sigh of relief about tolling? Not so fast

Cam Gilmour: Why is the project being delayed until Jan. 2, 2026? Let’s hope it is not due to the 2024 election cycle

Parent: Heidi Blackwell for Oregon City School Board

Jodie Beck: U.S. Army veteran with a doctorate in education has spent 20 years as a special education teacher and building administrator

Elected official: Thank you, No Toll Army, for your diligent efforts

Mindy Garlington: Grassroots effort should be commended for stopping the idea of tolling on I-205 through Oregon City and West Linn

Editorial: Fagan knew better, but review of wages is overdue

There’s no excuse for Shemia Fagan’s breach of public trust. But there may be an explanation.

Business owner: Oregon City commissioners should help prevent youth drug use

The legalization of marijuana brought forth a new source of revenue for municipalities like Oregon City. Many implemented taxes on marijuana sales, with the aim of using the funds to support public services such as education, healthcare and p…

Candidate: Let's keep working to create safe learning environments in Oregon City

Heidi Blackwell: Promoting inclusivity is not politically motivated; it helps every student feel heard and valued

Opinion: Many reasons to vote Heidi Blackwell for Oregon City School Board

Mindy Redburn-Smoak: Schools need to be a safe place where students can be who they are and explore who they can become

Opinion: Candidate slate committed to providing opportunities for Oregon City students

Nancy Slavin: Heidi Blackwell, Alex Halpern, Pamela White and Katie Wilson have actual school board experience, longtime teaching experience and expertise

Former commissioner: With Measure 3-597 on the ballot, the people of Oregon City have already won

I played a central role in the 2011-2012 “right to vote” campaign to amend our city charter to require a public vote of the citizens before Oregon City’s Urban Renewal Agency incurs debt payable with taxpayer funds for urban renewal projects.…

Budget professionals: Clackamas County's 'irresponsibility' on courthouse project

Tom Feely and Shaun Coldwell: Elected officials weren’t willing to explain and convince the voters of the legitimate need for the courthouse

Pamplin's Corner: Supporting education in our communities

One of many ways the Pamplin Media Group helps build stronger communities is through its support of education.

Candidate: Kids deserve a unified Oregon City School Board with achievable goals

Alex Halpern: Our schools are full of passionate educators who care deeply about their students

Commissioner: Measure 3-597 is crucial to Oregon City's economic wellbeing

Adam Marl: Help create thousands of jobs, mitigate longstanding environmental hazards and provide more dollars for critical city services without raising your taxes

Candidate: Thoughts on ageism and disability in Oregon City schools

Thank you for the story on my Oregon City School Board picture being omitted from the County Elections Office for being older than four years old. However, I would like to point out what I said concerning my disabled grandson's Individual Edu…

Opinion: Oregon City voters deserve to know about candidate's business

Jill Jones: Steve Riehl owns Adaptive Firing Solutions and sells guns out of his home

Oregon City candidate: The cost of COVID on our students

Where did our smiles go?

Retired judge: Oregon City needs urban renewal to thrive

Ron Thom: As county seat, we have limited number of potentially tax-generating properties in hard-to-develop areas

Oregon City Urban Renewal chair: Approve potential borrowing of up to $44 million

The recently amended Oregon City Urban Renewal Plan identifies seven priority projects, including environmental and geotechnical remediation and redevelopment of the Rossman Landfill site, development of properties at Clackamette Cove and the…

Oregon City resident: Focus on inspiring and empowering students

Jane Littlefield: Alex Halpern, Heidi Blackwell, Katie Wilson and Pamela White are a breath of fresh spring air

Oregon City mayor: For our future economic vitality, vote yes on 3-597

Denyse McGriff: Due to high costs related to mitigating environmental and geotechnical issues on several of these sites, improvements will likely never happen without assistance from urban renewal funds

Oregon City candidate: Students should not have to worry about becoming targets

Andy Holthouse: We have hardened our courthouses and airports with strong security, so why not our schools?

Parent: Oregon City candidates share vision of quality education for every student

Ernest “Tory” Blackwell: Four represent past knowledge, current experience and future hopes for our school district

Former mayor: Oregon City's vague wish for more money needs more scrutiny

An open letter to Brian Shaw, former Oregon City and Urban Renewal commissioner:

Opinion: Leaders will move Oregon City forward with urban renewal vote

By May 16, please vote yes on Measure 3-597 to allow the city of Oregon City to invest urban renewal funds on projects in our city’s Urban Renewal Plan. This will NOT raise your taxes. It will, however, invigorate the entire downtown area and…

Modern tolling is a new approach to reduce traffic in the Portland metro area, ODOT says

Our communities are growing, and traffic is getting worse. Commutes seem never-ending. Bottlenecks around the region, including segments of I-205 and through the Rose Quarter on I-5, are costing our economy, and Oregonians, millions of dollar…

Opinion: Vote for Heidi Blackwell to join Oregon City School Board

David Goldberg: Candidate has a keen ear for listening to all sides of an issue with fairness

Former mayor: Oregon City's May 16 election is about making land buildable

Doug Neeley: Our total property tax would be the same with or without the urban renewal district

Opinion: Republicans owe Clackamas County taxpayers at least $500,000

Sharon E. Streeter sends party a bill for "mindless, sudden reversal of homeless transitional housing project"

Oregon City student body president: High school students will get justice with representation

I have had the opportunity to execute an idea of mine to add flags into the commons at Oregon City High School. This plan was to add country flags based on nationality, languages spoken, background, anything to help make the students feel wel…