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In Process: Scappoose close to hiring city manager
More than three months after Alexandra Rains left the position of Scappoose City Manager, Mayor Joe Backus and the Scappoose City Council have selected four candidates to interview for the position of city manager. The four candidates are Jake Boone, Peter Boyce, Benjamin Burgener, and Scott Jorgensen. Backus said the city manager will be in charge of running the city and overseeing many vital operations that keep the city safe and running smoothly. ...
Motorists along the riverfront in St. Helens will need to pack a lot of patience
Road construction in downtown St. Helens is a fact of life lately, and beginning the week of Monday, June 10, motorists will face a new headache. Landis and Landis Construction is shifting their work area to the west side of St. Helens Street at the South First and St. Helens Street intersection. The city, in a news release, says a full closure of St. Helens Street on the west side...
Recent pep rallies throughout Columbia County stress drug-free living to children
Students from throughout Columbia County learned the hard realities of drug use at a series of drug-free pep rallies put on recently by Columbia County Public Health, in partnership with the Opioid Response Network. Participating schools included Vernonia (fifth-12th grades), Clatskanie (seventh-10th grades), Sauvie Island (fifth-seventh grades), St. Helens Middle School (sixth-eighth grades) and Rainier/Hudson Park (fifth-12th grades). Events took place May 6 through May 10 and featured several community...
First-of-its-kind program helps parents bond with newborn babies sooner at OHSU
PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - OHSU has a new program in their neonatal intensive care unit that helps parents hold and bond with their NICU baby sooner. It’s been in the works for over a year and is the first of its kind in Oregon. In January, Stephanie Dewes went...
City of Portland forecloses on Gordon’s Fireplace building, other ‘nuisance’ properties
The Portland City Council unanimously foreclosed upon four blighted properties on June 12, including Gordon’s Fireplace Shop, the graffiti-covered eyesore that has sat vacant along I-84 since 2016.
13 Nights on the River off to a great start at McCormick Park in St. Helens
It took a bit of fancy footwork, but the city of St. Helens held its first 13 Nights on the River concert at McCormick Park seemingly without a hitch. The event Thursday, June 6, has been reconfigured and relocated this year due to all the construction taking place at the riverfront. City Administrator John Walsh was on hand to see the event unfold. ...
St. Helens chooses finalists for events contractor
St. Helens will soon have a new event coordinator organizing communal events like 13 Nights and Spirit of Halloweentown, as the city council announced two finalists in the final step of the city's request for proposal (RFP) process. An evaluation committee made up of the City Council and five community members selected by the council reviewed and scored the proposals the city received from four candidates: Cascadia Glamping, Angela Wayman, Treadway Events & Entertainment, and E2C Corporation. ...
9 p.m. sunsets starting in Portland metro
PORTLAND, Ore. — The longest days of the year are about to hit the Portland metro with 9 p.m. sunsets. The sun will set at 9 p.m. starting Wednesday, June 12 until around July 8 when it will begin dipping earlier. The official longest day of the year in Portland will be summer solstice on June 20, when the sun will rise at 5:21 a.m. and set at 9:03 p.m., bringing 15.5 hours of daylight.
Portland will receive more than 100 airlifted shelter cats
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - On Thursday, more than 100 shelter cats will be airlifted to Portland, Oregon to be adopted into their forever homes. This event is made possible by organizations including Greater Good Charities, Petfinder.com powered by Purina and The Animal Rescue Site. Greater Good Charities works to responsibly...
Five-mile stretch of Interstate 84 in Portland to close overnight next month for extensive graffiti, litter removal
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A five-mile stretch of Interstate 84 in Portland will be closed in both directions to rail and highway traffic overnight from 11 p.m. Saturday, July 13 to noon Sunday, July 14 for graffiti cleaning and trash removal between I-5 and I-205. In addition to the I-84...
Things to do around Portland for Juneteenth
PORTLAND, Ore. — This year, there are a plethora of opportunities around the Portland metro area to celebrate and reflect on Juneteenth. Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. The name stems from combining the words, nineteenth and June together.
Red light for everyone is now default at one Portland intersection
The City of Portland is testing a new traffic signal technology that makes red lights the default. (Don’t worry, it’s only during late night and early morning hours.) Last month, the Portland Bureau of Transportation flipped the switch on their first intersection with “rest on red” signal timing. Traffic signals on SE Powell Boulevard at 28th Avenue now display red lights in all directions during late night and early morning hours (10 p.m. to 6 a.m. on weekdays or 7 a.m. on weekends) when no drivers are approaching. Previously, this intersection displayed green lights during late-night hours.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler to seize control of all city bureaus months before new government launches
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said Thursday that he will seize control of all bureaus run by fellow City Council members on July 1, six months before a new voter-approved form of government goes into effect. In a statement, Wheeler said he will turn the day-to-day operations of the city’s government...
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