http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126574363981832800 2010-02-09 11:27:19 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126574363981832800 en-us Portland Public Schools parents and community members got a chance to voice their concerns about the school board’s high school redesign plans at Monday night’s board meeting. The board, however, is preparing to move ahead, having voted to secure an outside contract with a firm that ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126572931447777300 2010-02-09 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126572931447777300 en-us Service was restored at about 9 Tuesday morning to the downtown Blue and Red MAX lines after a power outage knocked most of the trains out of service in the area. TriMet said a video from the Skidmore Fountain MAX station appeared to show a truck contacting an overhead power line, which might have ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126560746712231800 2010-02-08 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126560746712231800 en-us “Leverage” returns to Portland in March to film its third season. The hit TNT television show starring Academy Award winner Timothy Hutton is back for its second season filming in the Rose City. The first season was filmed in Chicago and Los Angeles, and the show moved to Portland the ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126566830932618100 2010-02-09 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126566830932618100 en-us Environmentalists are raising questions about a Portland proposal to swap land with the federal government within the Bull Run Watershed. The City Council will consider the proposal from the Water Bureau on Thursday. It would swap approximately 2,500 acres of city-owned land within the watershed ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126566541293576900 2010-02-08 13:43:32 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126566541293576900 en-us Local manufacturers, from truck-makers to high-tech industries, continue to ship jobs overseas, raising questions about our ability to provide jobs for our citizens. The Portland Tribune is looking for visionary ideas to spur job creation here, now and into the future. Do you have any creative ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126556864614258600 2010-02-08 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126556864614258600 en-us Mayor Sam Adams is scrambling to explain how the city will fund an ambitious Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030 that the City Council is poised to approve on Thursday. The plan calls for spending approximately $600 million to more than quadruple the percentage of daily bike trips in the city during ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126523579790673300 2010-02-04 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126523579790673300 en-us A month ago, five candidates were racing to qualify for public financing to gain a competitive edge against Commissioner Dan Saltzman in the May primary election. Now, it’s down to one challenger who still has a chance of getting the $150,000 in public funds. The rest either backed out of ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126541370111939000 2010-02-05 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126541370111939000 en-us Mayor Sam Adams repeatedly stressed Portland’s history of sustainable planning and development as the key to its future at his second State of the City speech. Adams told City Club of Portland members that the city should be a leader in sustainable development and environmentally sound ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126523581826298800 2010-02-04 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126523581826298800 en-us ’Tis the season for love — and for opening up your hearts and pocketbooks to worthy organizations at their annual Valentine’s Day fundraisers. The Franklin High School Robotics Club is trying to raise $6,000 to enter the annual international robotics competition, sponsored by ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126523666039276500 2010-02-04 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126523666039276500 en-us The city of Lake Oswego’s plan for a street maintenance fee increase had some business leaders cringing. City staff had initially proposed doubling the fee to improve deteriorating roads. However, after a meeting with the Lake Oswego Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee in ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126523709555584500 2010-02-04 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126523709555584500 en-us During a special Riverdale School Board meeting held on Monday, the board accepted Superintendent Terry Hoagland’s resignation effective June 30, 2010. Hoagland joined the Riverdale School District on July 1, 2008. During his tenure, the district succeeded in passing a $21.5 million bond ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126525001912172900 2010-02-04 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126525001912172900 en-us It’s lunchtime at Bridgeport Elementary, and the “Nerd Herd” is hungry. As they should be. It’s halfway through the school day for the group of fourth- and fifth-graders who make up the school’s First LEGO League team, kindly dubbed with the loving moniker and ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126523656854011000 2010-02-04 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126523656854011000 en-us For Jon and Michelle MacLachlan, it was déjà vu all over again in a very bad way. Early on the morning of Jan. 26, the Lake Oswego couple awoke to find that their Acura MDX had been severely vandalized, right in the driveway of their home. The list of damage included: * A huge dent smashed in a ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126525069616468500 2010-02-04 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126525069616468500 en-us The Tigard Area Chamber of Commerce isn’t letting an anemic economy stifle its enthusiasm — it recently kicked off a campaign to add 100 new businesses to its ranks. The membership drive kicked off on Jan. 21 with an open house and continues with another open house tonight (Thursday), ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126525044283908300 2010-02-04 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126525044283908300 en-us When David Thompson sat in the crowd at the Portland Trail Blazers game on Monday, a woman turned to him and said, “I know you. You’re the airplane guy that went to Haiti.” Thompson sounded bashful about the recognition, almost in shock that the 61-year-old president and CEO of ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126523908025203000 2010-02-04 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126523908025203000 en-us When it comes to the quality of its drinking water, Lake Oswego is lucky and Lake Oswego is good. Lucky to get its water from an excellent source. Good because the Lake Oswego Water Treatment Plant takes extraordinary efforts to assure that the city’s drinking water is clean. In fact, water ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126525136447501400 2010-02-04 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126525136447501400 en-us Larry McDonald has only lived in Tualatin for a year and half, but he says he already knows he can do a better job than current city leaders. “I’m pro-business,” he said. “I don’t hear that from a lot of council.” McDonald officially announced this week that he ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126525112858628200 2010-02-04 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126525112858628200 en-us Did you get the chance to see Dave Matthews Band play at Sunday’s Grammy Awards? Then you saw Tigard High School senior Noah Hocker perform alongside the world famous band. Now that you know what to look for, check out the video one more time. Noah enters at about 3:02, he’s third from ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126523333217080600 2010-02-04 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126523333217080600 en-us The West Linn City Council is poised to ask voters whether to annex about 7.5 acres of land in the Parker Crest neighborhood, possibly as the site of a future police station or other public facility. Council members will consider bringing the property into city limits at a public hearing Monday. ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126522981306210500 2010-02-04 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126522981306210500 en-us West Linn City Council members Scott Burgess, Jody Carson and John Kovash will keep their seats following the failure of a recall effort last week. Chief petitioner Mary Ann Mattecheck, a longtime West Linn resident and retired nurse, needed 1,593 signatures from city voters to get the issue on a ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126522951415224800 2010-02-04 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126522951415224800 en-us West Linn Mayor Patti Galle wants the city manager to quit, and she’s not going to stop asking, she said in an e-mail last week. In a message to City Manager Chris Jordan, with copies sent to fellow council members, Galle said: “At the next council meeting and (every meeting) ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126525238084787100 2010-02-04 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126525238084787100 en-us There’s a house in Beaverton’s Highland neighborhood that has a secret. It looks like a normal house. It’s painted a light mustard yellow with wood-trim accents, much like the rest of the neighborhood. But you can tell by it’s reflective windows – designed so you ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126523586216985100 2010-02-04 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126523586216985100 en-us For at least the past 30 years, residential energy-efficiency projects that were sponsored by the government have had one primary goal: reducing heating and cooling costs. But now, with the economy in the tank, politicians are looking to expand these programs for another reason: jobs. President ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126523592252201500 2010-02-04 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126523592252201500 en-us Northwest Portland resident Michael Harrison is standing at the streetcar stop on Northwest 23rd Avenue and Northrup Street looking south. His eyes take in the trucks and flaggers that have 23rd torn up from Burnside to Lovejoy in a major street reconstruction project. Then his gaze moves up, to a ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126523577655141900 2010-02-04 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126523577655141900 en-us Hundreds of Oregon medical providers suffering addictions or mental illness arebeginning to confront a new reality: If they want to continue working, they are going to be under the authority of a new state agency intended to keep them under closer watch. About 300 Oregon nurses, 100 doctors and ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126523598474360500 2010-02-04 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126523598474360500 en-us A pack of cigarettes could cost an extra quarter in Multnomah County, if county leaders get their way. Multnomah County Commissioner Deborah Kafoury, once the top Democrat in the state House of Representatives, was buttonholing her buddies in Salem this week, trying to convince lawmakers at ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126523608319858600 2010-02-04 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126523608319858600 en-us Multnomah County wants to eliminate some restrictions on the operation of Wapato Jail so that Oregon Corrections Department can use it. Before the North Portland jail was built, the county promised St. Johns residents that the facility always would be operated by the Multnomah County ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126523646220668500 2010-02-04 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126523646220668500 en-us “Coraline” the acclaimed stop-motion movie from Laika, the Portland animation studio owned by Phil Knight and operated by CEO Travis Knight, was given the nod for the highest honor in Hollywood – the Academy Award. Former Lake Oswego resident, Henry Selick was the director of the ...