The Oregon City community gathered for the Middle Eastern and North African Heritage Fest on Sunday, April 14. With all of the doors of Pioneer Community Center thrown open to let the spring sunshine, and a few passersby, in, the MENA Heritage Fest featured food, music, dance and community resources. Outside the community center was a selection of traditional Middle Eastern and Mediterranean fare from Lucy's Gyros, while volunteers inside...

For Canby’s Peggy Sigler, Oregon’s history and heritage has always been important. Her passion for historic preservation was recently honored when Oregon Heritage, a division of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, announced the 2024 recipients of their bi-annual Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards. Sigler was one of 12 individual award winners. The excellence awards also included honors to organizations and projects. ...

Can you piece back together this marching band on parade? PMG Photo: Jonathan House

A federal judge dismissed a $1.2 million lawsuit from the Oregon Legislature’s ousted equity officer, saying lawmakers didn’t retaliate when they released a memo about him in response to a records request. Nate Monson worked as the Legislature’s acting legislative equity officer for just 64 days in spring 2021, filling a position created in 2019 in the wake of multiple sexual harassment scandals involving lawmakers. Since leaving, he has alleged he was forced to resign for trying to draw attention to rampant mismanagement of employee...

The 2024 BMW X1 M35i xDrive is a wonder of our age — a high-performance luxury subcompact crossover SUV that can compete against genuine sports cars, but comes with a real back seat, good cargo space, and standard all-wheel-drive. The only thing it lacks is an available manual transmission, but few sports cars provide them these days, either. Subcompacts used to be nothing but entry-level vehicles. They were the cheapest vehicles offered by manufacturers and the trade-offs were obvious: underpowered engines, cramped interiors, small rear...

Fixer to Fabulous HGTV 8 p.m. Few things make more sense than having people from Arkansas handle the renovation duties on a centuries-old Italian villa. But when those people are Dave and Jenny Marrs, the villa owners couldn’t be more excited to see the final product. Bellissima! Lopez vs Lopez ...

Ancient Aliens: Declassified HIST 8 p.m. As long as there have been people on Earth, there have been sightings of UFOs. In this four-hour combo episode, experts look at the unidentified objects that have clogged up the skies — not just in the modern age, but for centuries. The Synanon Fix: Did the Cure Become...

Home Town HGTV 8 p.m. A couple relocates from New Jersey to Laurel, Miss., in search of a bigger space and some small-town vibes. Seeing as though they’ve never had a laundry room or a dining room before, Erin and Ben make easy work of finding suitable options in the area. American Idol KATU 8 p.m. The contestants’ chances at further glory are placed firmly in the hands of the audience as this music-based competition enters the Top 20. Who will move on? Ryan Seacrest hosts, while Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie serve as judges.

Gov. Tina Kotek hired a new education adviser, the week of April 8, to replace the previous one who left six months ago to lead the state’s teacher licensing department. The new adviser, Rachael Moser, 37, is a former director at the Oregon Department of Education in the office of education, innovation and improvement. She’s the first addition to Kotek’s cabinet following the exodus of four high-profile staff in the last month. Moser’s first day in the governor’s office will be Monday, April 22, according...

Policy changes in Washington, D.C., can often feel far removed from our communities, but Oregon is about to experience tangible benefits from federal investments to boost domestic manufacturing. Now, we must protect these advancements from competitors who benefit when American manufacturers falter. Over the past three years, the Biden administration and Congress have made historic infrastructure investments. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal is providing funding for roads, bridges, railways and more. In parallel, the CHIPS and Science Act is committing critical resources toward our innovation infrastructure,...

A Washington man now faces federal charges for intentionally damaging an electrical substation in Clackamas County in 2022. Nathaniel Cheney was arrested April 2, after he was indicted March 12 on two counts of damage to an energy facility. Cheney, 30, is a resident of Centralia, Washington, according to a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Justice. According to charging documents, Cheney “knowingly and willfully damaged” the Sunnyside Substation in Clackamas on Nov. 28, 2022 and “attempted to cause a significant interruption and impairment of the function of the energy facility.” He was released after appearing in federal court in Portland on Wednesday, according to court records. Oregon Public Broadcasting is a news partner of the Pamplin Media Group. Find the original story here.

During the pandemic, reports linked the COVID-19 vaccine to cardiac deaths, especially among young people, but a new study by the Oregon Health Authority found no connection between the two. The study, published Thursday, April 11, by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, examined nearly 1,300 deaths among Oregon adolescents and young people — ages 16 to 30 — during a 19-month period in 2021 and 2022. The study found no one died within the first 100 days of receiving an mRNA COVID-19...

April 6, 1948 – March 21, 2024 - Sharon Guard, beloved aunt and devoted friend lost her heroic battle with cancer on March 21, 2024. She was just 75 years old. Sharon called Oregon City home for many years of her life and enjoyed serving as deacon of First Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Oregon City. She was born in Southgate, CA to Robert Keith Guard and Bernice Alvesta Guard. She leaves behind her sister, Carolyne Nelson; nieces Lynne Powell, Elise Gainer; nephew John Gainer; two grandnieces; one grandnephew; and her cherished horse, Claire. ...

Gardening aficionados, or those just looking to spruce up a space in their yard, will have plenty to check out during this year’s Spring Garden Fair in Canby. The annual Clackamas County Master Gardeners will return with the 40th edition of the garden fair, and as always there will be something for just about everyone interested in the yard and garden arena on May 4-5 at the Clackamas County Event Center and fairgrounds in Canby. ...

When the name Benghazi comes up, it typically sparks controversy, given the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Libya ... the aftermath of which resulted in the deaths of four Americans, and became a major political issue. The movie “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” tries to keep the politics out as it re-creates the effort by American forces to defend the compound. The 2016 film – being presented Sunday, April 14, Thursday, April 18, and Friday, April 19, on Paramount+ With...

What’s Available NOW On Disney+ “Bluey” - Season 3, Extended Special (April 14) A brand new Bluey episode, “The Sign” marks “Bluey’s” longest ever episode. Bluey is a loveable, inexhaustible, Blue Heeler dog, who lives with her Mum, Dad and her little sister, Bingo. Bluey uses her limitless energy to play games that unfold in unpredictable and hilarious ways, bringing her family and the whole neighborhood into her world of...

Singin’ in the Rain TCM 9 a.m. This legendary 1952 musical starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O’Connor kicks off TCM’s 100th Birthday Tribute to director Stanley Donen. Donen’s “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,” “Royal Wedding” and “Indiscreet” immediately follow. Legend of the Lost Locket ...

AUSSIE RULES Friday 11:30 p.m. FS1 AFL Premiership Football Carlton Blues vs. Adelaide Crows. (Live) Friday 8:30 p.m. FS1 AFL Premiership Football Collingwood Magpies vs. Port Adelaide Power. (Live) ...

One of the globe’s most successful video game franchises steps into the world of streaming series. The new action drama “Fallout,” based on the best-selling role-playing games, premieres Friday, April 12, on Prime Video. Set 200 years after an apocalyptic event, residents of luxury bunker communities venture out onto a planet that has changed beyond belief. Ella Purnell (“Yellowjackets”) stars as Lucy, a young woman determined to leave behind the safety of the only life she’s ever known as a vault dweller to survive on...

In my past 60 years of environmental work, I always saw hope and opportunity wherein people could make the difference on difficult environmental problems. I grew up in the time of Rachel Carson and read her book, “Silent Spring,” and witnessed the Isaac Walton League and others proclaiming that her concerns should be theirs. I saw the decline of songbirds and never saw an eagle or osprey along the Willamette because of the intensive use, at that time, of persistent pesticides. I read the Oregonian’s garden page religiously and wondered why every week’s work in the garden had to talk...