Clackamas' Latest News
October 10, 2013
Metro approves 129th Avenue project
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Happy Valley project gets $2.4M in federal funding, beating OC - Metro’s Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation unanimously approved Happy Valley’s Southeast 129th Avenue project on…
October 10, 2013
Damascus voters eye Happy Valley plans
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Happy Valley officials are not taking a position on Damascus’ November ballot measure that proposes disincorporation. With the North Clackamas County Chamber of Commerce hosting a debate on…
October 10, 2013
OC bike shop burglarized
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On Thursday morning at 6:10 a.m., First City Cycles at 916 Main St., Oregon City, was burglarized. Two suspects, wearing baggy pants and hoodies, reportedly smashed through the glass on the…
October 09, 2013
PetSmart donates $10K to Dog Food Bank
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A dog’s life just got better — or to be more accurate, hundreds of dogs’ lives just got better on Oct. 2, when PetSmart presented a $10,000 check to Friends Involved in Dog Outreach. Volunteers…
October 09, 2013
CCC instructor joins 'American Nurse Project'
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Longtime Clackamas Community College nursing instructor Judith Andersen is one of three Oregon nurses included in the American Nurse Project, a tribute to nurses across the United States. She…
October 09, 2013
Boy donates to Wigs for Kids
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Carson Yon, a fourth-grader at Spring Mountain Elementary School in Happy Valley, got a buzz cut last month to donate the entire length of his 13-inch hair to Wigs for Kids. The 9-year-old has…
October 09, 2013
Woman's Club dedicates bench
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To commemorate the one-year anniversary of the death of a tenacious community volunteer, the Oregon City Woman’s Club dedicated a bench at the Stevens Crawford House, a museum at Sixth Avenue…
October 09, 2013
In-depth survey will shape future housing
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Two longtime opponents on land-use issues are working together on a groundbreaking study on where and how people in the Portland area want to live. The Home Builders Association of Metro…
October 09, 2013
At-risk youth south of OC see power of giving
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It’s a story that has grown familiar in contemporary America. With public funding locked in a downward spiral due to the Great Recession, private nonprofit organizations that work with public…
October 09, 2013
Portland teen earns Eagle Scout honor for Milwaukie project
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Jonathan Parsons of Portland’s Boy Scout Troop No. 64 earned high honors for designing, engineering and building a 144-foot retaining wall along the edge of Milwaukie Lutheran Church’s property.…
Oct 09, 2013
OC project wins Main Street award
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The Busch family received an Excellence in Downtown Revitalization Award for the “Best Historic Restoration Project” from Oregon Main Street on Oct. 2 during the Oregon Main Street Annual…
Oct 09, 2013
DEQ fines Oak Lodge Sanitary District
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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has fined the Oak Lodge Sanitary District a total of $14,003 in two separate penalties for recent water-quality violations. DEQ fined the district…
Oct 08, 2013
Chamber to host Damascus disincorporation debate
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In the November election, voters in Damascus will have the opportunity to determine whether or not to disincorporate their city. To help educate voters, the North Clackamas County Chamber of…
Oct 08, 2013
Milwaukie Police Chief Bob Jordan to retire
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Bob Jordan publicly announced on Tuesday that he will retire as Milwaukie police chief on Nov. 29 after more than five years of highly visible service to the city. Under Jordan’s leadership, the…
Oct 08, 2013
Davis Graveyard opens with Halloween spirit
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The Davis Graveyard display on the corner of Southeast 43rd Avenue and Johnson Creek Boulevard was set up last week with lights from dusk to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The yard spectacle,…
Oct 09, 2013
Lawmakers bet on Clackamas/Lake Oswego rivalry
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Cross-river rivalry between high school football teams in Clackamas and Lake Oswego heated up this week with lawmakers making a $100 bet over the game’s outcome. State Reps. Shemia Fagan (D-East…
Oct 07, 2013
City seeks input on mural program
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This spring the Milwaukie Arts Committee (called “artMOB”) received approval from the City Council to bring forward code language changes that will define two separate paths for the review and…
Oct 07, 2013
CCSO: Knife-wielding carjacker arrested
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A Gresham man is behind bars on allegations of carjacking and robbing a motorist just west of Damascus. Ramon Manuel Gonzalez, 33, of Gresham, is being held on $250,000 bail on an allegation of…
Oct 04, 2013
Development of Oregon City Market Place moves forward
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Oregon City’s Urban Renewal Commission restarted negotiations on the latest Rossman Landfill shopping-mall proposal as California-based Donahue Schriber Realty Group announced Wednesday that it…
Oct 04, 2013
Puppy giveaway in Oregon City
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Scott and Dave Miller, owners of Animal House Pet Shop in Milwaukie and Oregon City, will celebrate their 31 years of business on Saturday, Oct. 5, in their Oregon City location, 358 Warner…
