Sports

Portland Timbers lock in $25M, 13-acre deal for Beaverton performance center expansion

Portland’s professional soccer club is expanding its training footprint in Beaverton. The Portland Timbers have signed the dotted…

Education

Gov. Tina Kotek orders Oregon schools to prohibit students from using cell phones

The executive order follows the failure to pass a similar bill during the 2025 Legislative Session and will…

Columnists

WRITERS ON THE RANGE: The slippery slope of e-bike access

When I visited Bryce Canyon National Park recently, the shared paths were crowded with electric motorcycles. They say…

Lifestyle

The spectacle that is the St. Paul Rodeo

Action inside and outside the arena draws tens of thousands to the tiny town for first day of…

Government

Oregon lawmakers regulate guns, public defense, while crime victim, exoneree funding stall

Bills that would have funded care for crime victims and those who have been wrongfully incarcerated languished in…

Features

Pacific University’s second missing mascot resurfaces — but not the one you think

It turns out Pacific University’s second long-lost mascot actually has a twin. Boxer II, the subsequent iteration of…

Public Safety

Firefighters contain 3-alarm brush fire in unincorporated Washington County

With rising temperatures and dry summer conditions settling in, fire safety is once again top of mind in…

News

Forest Grove’s Adventures Without Limits secures state grant for accessible paddlesports programming

Forest Grove’s nonprofit known for guiding rafting trips through rapids and helping first-time paddlers launch into local lakes…

Business

Statewide minimum wage increases 35 cents, the lowest rise in ten years

The standard statewide hourly wage will rise to $15.05 per hour, while Portland’s minimum wage will rise to…

Public Safety

Forest Grove man killed in single-vehicle rollover crash

A single-vehicle crash resulted in the death of a 62-year-old Forest Grove man over the weekend. Forest Grove…