Boring News

A Marion County SWAT team member talks with a volunteer at an ODOT conference in Seaside Tuesday.

Today, I'm all about plants. Unusual, huh? Actually, I'm kinda, sorta looking forward to a little down time from the garden.

Chickens like this one have been all but shoved out of Gresham as the City Council votes Tuesday afternoon against changing the code that regulates domestic poultry.

It's almost like a battle of the towns. Some residents of Boring would like urban development to occur, while officials of the city of Sandy fear too much development would eventually fill the Highway 26 corridor from Gresham to Sandy.

When the mail arrives Wednesday or Thursday this week, area landowners might be scratching their heads.

Earlier this month, we exulted that the governor's race was finally getting a little spice .

Bid Date/Time: Nov. 3, 2009, 2 p.m. The project consists of a Request for Proposals for the design and development of construction drawings, specifications, permitting and provision of construction administration and observation services for the Boring Station Trailhead Park in Clackamas County.

The 40-Mile Loop has even more ambitious plans for the years ahead, aside from closing obvious gaps in the peaceful greenspace right-of-ways. Perhaps the most ambitious: The Loop Trust is working with the U.S. Forest Service to extend the Springwater Corridor hiking trail beyond the town of Boring, where it currently terminates.

HD-51: Cheryl Myers steps up Well, that didn't take long. Just a few hours after Rep.

Duane and Liz McLaughlin, annual visitors to the Boring Celebration, drive the Eastwind Percherons wagon hitch from Corbett.

Description: Description: By Appt. Only, 668-0824. This great home is located in a wonderful location, Big Valley Woods.

Families can shop for gently used back-to-school clothes or baby clothes. Children can enjoy yoga, storytimes, arts and crafts and a parade while their parents shop.

Clackamas County's commissioners indefinitely extended a 1-year-old pilot program Tuesday under which most county employees work four-day weeks with daily extended hours.

Gresham's Marcia Kutschera keeps two bard rock chickens, with gleaming black and white feathers and bright red combs.

A Hillsboro proposal that would make bike-commuting and walking easier is one of four Active Transportation projects Metro councilors will include in a $100 million grant request for federal stimulus funding.

Standing in front of the Boring Fire Station, members of the Boring, Sandy and Clackamas fire districts observe a moment of silence at 9:49 a.m., Friday, Sept.

The city of Gresham will consider Monday whether to lift its long-held ban on backyard chickens.

Cost is $3.25. A parent or guardian must accompany children under age 18. Call 503-667-1647 for information.

Brandon Claggett, a former Clackamas County sheriff's deputy, won't be allowed near his 14-year-old son following a ruling Tuesday by Clackamas County Circuit Court Judge Thomas J. Rastetter.

Twin Cities residents are trying to prove there's nothing "normal" about the city of Normal.