Washington County school districts will lose $18.5 million to property tax limits this year
PORTLAND (The Oregonian) - Although voters approved a local option levy to hire more teachers in May 2013, the Beaverton School District...
Oregon school shooting: Students, parents pick up belongings, reflect on tragedy
PORTLAND (The Oregonian) - Freshman Marquis Kenney was hanging out with friends by the Reynolds High School gymnasium Tuesday morning...
Washington County Commissioner Greg Malinowski is led by environmental concerns, square peg in a rou
Note: This is one of six candidate profiles I wrote ahead of the Washington County elections in 2014. Washington County is the fastest...
Life after prison for Oregon killer Kenneth Janowski: 'I don't want to forget what I did'
PORTLAND (The Oregonian) — Every morning at 5:15, Kenneth Janowski wakes up to the beeping of his black travel alarm clock. He sits with...
Salem man whose ex-wife ran from justice hopes to get life, children back
PORTLAND (The Oregonian) - In late May, a man knocked on the door of Gino Bagley's house in Salem and placed a stack of papers in his...
Portland woman, police officers combine efforts to save man poised to jump from freeway overpass
PORTLAND (The Oregonian) — Bonnie Holtgrew hadn't ridden her bike since last fall. The 49-year-old woman suffers from diabetes, and two...