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Portland area tax measures overwhelmingly approved at May 21 election
Portland area voters were surprisingly generous with the tax dollars at the May 21 primary election. Only one spending measure on the ballot was defeated in late unofficial results – a $149 million bond measure proposed by the Estacada School District. All of the others in the tri-county region passed, some by large margins. They included renewed or new property tax dollars for the Oregon Zoo, Portland Public Schools, the Portland Bureau of Transportation, flood protection along the Columbia River, and several public safety and...
60 Over 60: Paula Bullwinkel
Discovery, challenge, curiousity, and desire for clarity keeps me excited in the studio. Looking back at your trajectory as an artist, how would you say your work has developed?. It has become more personal, yet I think more relevant, reflecting the world in the tiny corner I know of it.
Granville Island tenants concerned about risk of rising sea levels
Tenants of Vancouver's Granville Island have expressed concern about climate-related risks. Granville Island’s general manager Tom Lancaster says the CMHC-managed site needs to build resilience to rising sea levels.
Vasquez plans to expand theft task forces, addiction treatment in MultCo DA’s office
After a contentious race, Nathan Vasquez will succeed Mike Schmidt as Multnomah County district attorney in January-- aiming to build community relationships, expand theft task forces, and find ways to address the drug crisis.
Good Samaritan couple struck on I-5; 1 dead, another critically injured
CLARK COUNTY, Wash. — A husband and wife were struck by a pickup truck Friday night after a suspected impaired driver sped into a fire truck parked on the side of Interstate 5 in Clark County. One person was killed and another critically injured. The driver, identified as 44-year-old...
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