Oregon City News

The big birthday bash for Oregon City's Carnegie Library will not take place until June 19 through 22, but a temporary sculpture garden has arisen to get citizens in the mood to celebrate.

Wynona Studios will be shut Saturday, May 25, through Tuesday, May 28 , for Memorial Day.

Milwaukie's library space is well below the standard for cities of its size, according to a consultant for the city hosting a public event this week to help determine expansion needs.

Clackamas County is inviting public comment as part of its proceedings toward development of a budget covering fiscal year 2013-14. The hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, May 22, at 5:30 p.m. in room 115 of the Development Services Building, 150 Beavercreek Road, Oregon City.

Prosecutors who have resisted changes in Oregon's voter-approved mandatory minimum sentencing are proposing an alternative that includes reducing marijuana terms so that most offenders wouldn't go to prison.

A Happy Valley man with a heart-tugging story about his abused daughter was arrested Wednesday and accused of trying to defraud an Oregon City non-profit founded by a former Clackamas County prosecutor.

Dye constructed a QR code,A A" an image smartphones scan to go to a particular website, out of steel.

A 68-year-old man who sprayed bear repellent at a bicyclist on Sauvie Island pleaded guilty Tuesday to unlawfully using mace against a person and was sentenced to mental-health treatment.

Tualatin has seen its poverty rate rise from 5.5 percent in 2000 to an average 13.6 percent between 2009 and 2011.

Expert fishing guide and Oregon's State Ambassador for fishing, David Johnson joined John Canzano on The Bald Faced Truth to talk about the increase in Sea Lion activity in the area and fishing in the Pacific Northwest.

The Oregon District Attorneys Association wants to cut prison costs by reducing sentences for some drug crimes such as marijuana possession.

Nothing is worse for a parent than to experience the death a child, but Deb Hart's breast-cancer diagnosis compounded her grief about her lost son.

Milwaukie's library space is well below the standard for cities of its size, according to a consultant for the city hosting a public event this week to help determine expansion needs.

Two Clackamas County companies, Happyrock Coffee Roasting Co. of Gladstone, and Fearless Brewing Co.

Phil Yates and his wife were visiting their daughter, Betsy, in Madrid, Spain, four years ago when they saw their first vertical garden.

On Saturday, Tualatin High School celebrated "An Elegant Night in Black and White" at the Abernethy Center in Oregon City.

The Oregon House Rules committee on Wednesday held the first public hearing for House Bill 3524, which calls for college coaches who break NCAA rules to be held liable for financial damages incurred by universities in connection with those violations.

Investigators are releasing surveillance photos that they say may help more people come forward.

The Clackamas County Community Health Council will meet Wednesday, May 22, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Clackamas County Public Services Building, room 255, 2051 Kaen Road in Oregon City.

If you're up for shopping or just wandering among gardens and plants, this is the weekend for it.