East Multnomah County race gets real expensive

Top two candidates near $200,000 mark in heated campaign

By Mara Stine /
The Gresham Outlook
Sat, May 10, 2008
Updated 23.3 hours ago

Two leading candidates for East Multnomah County’s seat on the board of commissioners are taking very different approaches to their campaigns …

Facing discipline, Lake Oswego lawyer calls it quits

Samwick opts to resign rather than go through Bar Association action

By Lee van der Voo /
The Lake Oswego Review
Thu, May 8, 2008

A Lake Oswego attorney has resigned from the Oregon State Bar rather than face discipline for allegedly mismanaging millions in client …

Coyotes get ugly in Tigard park

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services works to rid Durham Park of problem coyotes

By Darryl Swan /
The Times
Thu, May 8, 2008

A trio of run-ins between coyotes and residents living near Durham Park has prompted a federal effort to try to catch, and kill, the offending …

Wal-Mart inches ahead

RAZING - Retailer scales back size of store and opening could be delayed until 2010

By Christian Gaston /
The Forest Grove News-Times
Wed, May 7, 2008
Updated May 7, 2008

The vacant houses that litter the site of a future Wal-Mart in Cornelius will be demolished soon, but eager shoppers shouldn’t pull out their …

LO’s Old Town faces age-old question: To build or not to build

Condo project has stirred the ire of area neighbors

By Lee van der Voo / The Lake Oswego Review
Thu, May 8, 2008

A development idea proposed in Old Town could plant seven stories of condominiums on the hillside between Furnace Street and the Willamette River, …