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Attorney: MultCo handout of tents and tarps is costly, ineffective
John DiLorenzo was back before the Portland City Council on the tents-and-tarps issue, noting the city is spending millions to get rid of the tents and tarps even as the county continues to hand them out.
Fallen Gresham firefighters memorialized upon state memorial
A pair of Gresham firefighters who died in the line of duty last year had their names etched upon a memorial immortalizing all fire service members in Oregon who have made the ultimate sacrifice. Firefighters Brandon Norbury and Brian Flowers had their names added to the Oregon Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Salem earlier this month. That monument has 176 names, dating back to 1881, including career, volunteer, wildland and structural firefighters. ...
Providence, nurses prepare for largest nurses strike in Oregon history
PORTLAND, Ore. — More than 3,000 nurses across six different Providence Health facilities plan to strike on Tuesday. Nurses claim they are overworked, understaffed and underpaid, and the strike is a way to push for better conditions after the pandemic took so much out of them. "There was a...
Gresham to shut down Main Avenue for special Third Thursday
Next week a group of local high schoolers are shutting down Main Avenue to help bolster a monthly celebration. Gresham’s June Third Thursday, from 5:30-8:30 p.m., will be a special affair. The business-led celebration will not only have its usual fare of activities, specials and live performances, but will also close Main Avenue through downtown Gresham, allowing it to become a party plaza for pedestrians. Closing the roadway will allow...
Mt. Hood Hospice honors women veterans with event
As a nonprofit hospice organization, Mt. Hood Hospice offers several programs free of charge to benefit the community, even those not receiving hospice care from them. One of these programs, We Honor Veterans, does just that: recognizes the service of those in the hospice’s service area. On Wednesday, June 12, Jolie Phanton, community outreach director for the organization took Mt. Hood’s veterans services a step further with a National Women Veterans Recognition Day celebration at Clackamas County Bank. ...
Sandy Transit welcomes public to advisory board meeting
The Sandy Transit Advisory Board meets from 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesday, June 26, at the Transit Operations Building, 16610 Champion Way, Sandy. The public is welcome to attend all board meetings. The agenda includes but is not limited to grant updates, capital projects and ridership. Transit information is available by phone at 503-668-3466 or online at ci.sandy.or.us/transit. The board is actively seeking to fill two at-large positions. A link to the Zoom meeting is at ci.sandy.or.us/transit. For more information, contact Transit Director Andi Howell, 503-489-0925, or ahowell@ci.sandy.or.us. Or, visit ci.sandy.or.us/transit.
City adopts 2024-25 budget, up 74% from last year
The Estacada City Council approved the city’s $49.5 million 2024-25 budget, a 74% increase from the prior year. The budget adoption on June 10 took only a few minutes at the City Council meeting, including a public hearing that produced no comments from residents of the city. It had already been discussed and approved by the city’s budget committee. The bulk of the increase in the budget, $22 million, is...
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