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  • Damascus peeping tom goes to prison on federal child porn charges

    Paul C. Klick, the 44-year-old Damascus man arrested in July for peeping into the window of a young girl’s bedroom, was sentenced Friday to six years in prison for possessing child pornography. U.S. District Judge Robert E. Jones also ordered Klick to register as a sex offender and to face ...

  • The face of human trafficking

    Sitting at the Jantzen Beach Red Lion last fall for a human trafficking lecture, Gresham businesswoman Jessica Richardson heard the whispers: “That doesn’t happen here.” But she knew better. Richardson had been a sex trafficking victim in that same hotel 13 years earlier. Now ...

  • Decisions on high schools, especially Roosevelt, on tap for PPS

    Portland Public Schools begins its spring break next week, but district leaders have a full plate of pressing issues to get back to when school resumes March 29. First up: Holding more community meetings for input, as promised, on the high school redesign effort. Time is short — there ...

  • Budget woes slams doors on Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center

    Budget problems will force the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center to close on May 1, according to Portland Parks & Recreation. The 28-year-old nonprofit arts organization was founded by former Parks Commissioner Charles Jordan and has operated with the help of bureau grants in a converted ...

  • Bellotti leaves UO for ESPN

    EUGENE – The upheaval in the University of Oregon athletic department took a significant turn on Friday with the resignation of Athletic Director Mike Bellotti. On the heels of court cases involving football stars Jeremiah Masoli and LaMichael James and the dismissal of men's basketball ...

  • Hillsboro man held in shooting death of Portland naturopath

    Washington County sheriff's detectives arrested a Hillsboro man Friday in connection with the shooting death of a Tigard naturopath whose killing was arranged to look like at a suicide at a cemetery near Cornelius. Detectives allege that 32-year-old Brian Daniel Bement shot David Greenspan, 46, a ...

  • Tea party ignites passions

    Democrats dismiss them as cranky right-wingers and nut cases. Libertarians hail them as new recruits to the cause. Republicans view them — sometimes warily — as a force to be harnessed to help reenergize the conservative movement. They’re participants in the local “tea ...

  • Cornelius’ voter-approved gas tax heads to court

    Less than a week after voters in Cornelius approved a new two-cent-per-gallon gas tax, the issue is already heading to court. True to his word, Paul Romain, a veteran lobbyist and executive director of the Oregon Petroleum Association, filed a lawsuit in Washington County Circuit Court on behalf ...

  • Lake Oswego woman wins $1 million in Oregon Lottery Raffle

    The city of Lake Oswego came up big once again, when the winning ticket for the St. Patrick’s Day Raffle, announced Wednesday, March 17, was sold by a Lake Oswego Lottery retailer. Sandy Hendricks of Lake Oswego presented her winning $1 million Raffle ticket at the Lottery office in Salem on ...

  • Washington County centers help with 2010 Census form

    Washington County opens nearly two dozen Census 2010 questionnaire assistance centers Friday to help people complete and return their Census forms. The centers will be open until April 19. More than 120 million households across the state will receive 10-question census forms this month, complete ...

  • Streetcar project work will close Broadway Bridge Sunday

    Work by Multnomah County will close the Broadway Bridge nearly all day Sunday, March 21. The bridge will be closed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. so county crews can measure structural steel components that will be replaced during the Portland Streetcar Loop Project. The lift span will be in the open ...

  • Kohn to lead state Public Health Division

    Dr. Mel Kohn has been appointed as the head of the Oregon Public Health Division. Kohn had been the acting public health director and state health officer since September 2008. His appointment comes after a national search for a director. “Dr. Kohn, with his dedication and years of ...