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Summer’s over, right? You mean we actually had a summer? We did, but according to meteorologists, it was the coldest Portland-area summer in 17 years. “This was also the first summer since summer of 1976 that all three summer months (June, July and August) recorded back-to-back below ...

Local law enforcement agencies, including the Fairview and Gresham police departments and the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office, will participate in a nationwide “Click It or Ticket” enforcement blitz through Sunday, Sept. 12. The focus is on educating the public regarding child ...

Gresham police officer involved in traffic crash Gresham resident Katina Marrapodi, 30, was injured when she and Gresham Police Officer Don Gibson collided on 182nd Avenue while he was on the way to help a Multnomah County sheriff’s deputy at about 1:53 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 31. Gibson was ...

The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office has forwarded a recent dog-shooting case to the county district attorney’s office for further consideration. No charges have been filed in the incident. Responding to a report of a dog shot by a pedestrian in the 44000 block of East Larch Mountain ...

A Portland man remains hospitalized after the pickup he was driving wrecked in the median of Interstate 84 about a mile east of Troutdale on Wednesday, Aug. 25. At approximately 2:25 p.m., a white Ford four-door pickup driven by Damion Louis Wilson, 39, of Portland was headed westbound on I-84 ...

Eugene “Gene” G. Reardon June 23, 1921-Aug. 9, 2010 Gresham resident Eugene “Gene” G. Reardon, 89, died Monday, Aug. 9. A funeral Mass was held Thursday, Aug. 12, at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Portland. Interment was at Willamette National Cemetery. Gene was ...

The Gresham Outlook welcomes calendar notices for weekly public events and support group meetings in East County. To submit an item, simply send the information to Dateline, The Gresham Outlook, P.O. Box 747, Gresham, 97030; e-mail to chall@theoutlookonline.com; or fax it to 503-665-2187 at least ...

THURSDAY, SEPT. 2 Transportation Advisory Subcommittee – 6:30 p.m., Gresham City Hall, Barlow Trail Room, 1333 N.W. Eastman Parkway. Call Maria Plumb at 503-618-2541 for information. North Central Neighborhood Association – 7 p.m., City Hall, Room 2A, 1333 N.W. Eastman Parkway. Call ...

The Gresham Outlook welcomes calendar notices for weekly public events and support group meetings in East County. To submit an item, simply send the information to Dateline, The Gresham Outlook, P.O. Box 747, Gresham, 97030; e-mail to chall@theoutlookonline.com; or fax it to 503-665-2187 at least ...

The following is a list of free programs and events being held at the following East Multnomah County libraries: Fairview-Columbia Library, 1520 N.E. Village St., 503-988-5655; Gresham Library, 385 N.W. Miller Ave., 503-988-5387; Rockwood Library, 17917 S.E. Stark St., 503-988-5396; and Troutdale ...

Prompted by high algae levels found in Blue Lake in Fairview, Oregon Public Health and Multnomah County Health Department officials issued a health advisory for the focal point of Blue Lake Regional Park and closed the park’s popular swimming beach. Water monitoring confirmed the presence of ...

An old Sandy River tradition ends next year when state regulations stop even the chance of dipping a smelt from the river. Beginning in 2011, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will ban all smelt fishing on inland waters. The Aug. 8 decision by the commission follows a March ruling by the ...

Under an agreement that still needs board approval, teachers in the Reynolds School District would get a 1 percent pay increase next March as well as $100 more per month from the district toward their health premiums. Members of the Reynolds Education Association, which represents approximately ...

When Karen Gaffney was 9 months old, her father, Jim, started teaching her to swim in the family’s backyard pool in Sunnyvale, Calif. More than three decades later, she’s still wet behind the ears. That’s because Gaffney swam in a relay across the English Channel and solo across ...

Gresham resident Katina Marrapodi, 30, was injured when she and Gresham Police Officer Don Gibson collided on 182nd Avenue while he was on the way to help a Multnomah County Sheriff’s deputy at about 1:53 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 31. Gibson was heading south on Southeast 182nd Avenue with his ...

Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley says the U.S. Senate has become a “dysfunctional” society that could see fewer Democrats after November’s general election. Merkley told members of the Washington County Public Affairs Forum Monday afternoon that political wrangling has forced the Senate ...

The following is a list of free programs and events being held at the following East Multnomah County libraries: Fairview-Columbia Library, 1520 N.E. Village St., 503-988-5655; Gresham Library, 385 N.W. Miller Ave., 503-988-5387; Rockwood Library, 17917 S.E. Stark St., 503-988-5396; and Troutdale ...

The Gresham Outlook welcomes calendar notices for weekly public events and support group meetings in East County. To submit an item, simply send the information to Dateline, The Gresham Outlook, P.O. Box 747, Gresham, 97030; e-mail to chall@theoutlookonline.com; or fax it to 503-665-2187 at least ...

To submit a calendar notices for weekly public events and support group meetings in East County, simply send the information to Dateline, The Gresham Outlook, P.O. Box 747, Gresham, 97030; e-mail to chall@theoutlookonline.com at least 10 days before the event or meeting. MONDAY, AUG. 30 Take ...

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 1 Metro Technical Advisory Committee – 10 a.m., Council Chamber, 600 N.E. Grand Ave., Portland. Damascus Development Code TST – 4 p.m., City Hall, 19920 S.E. Highway 212. Damascus Committee for Citizen Involvement – 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 19920 S.E. Highway ...