Rockwood News

Hopes to create an ethnic farmers market in Rockwood this summer appear to be on hold, but urban renewal commissioners are still interested in building soccer fields in what's now an expanse of gravel.

McMenamins Edgefield, 2126 S.W. Halsey St., Troutdale. All shows free for ages 21 and older unless noted.

Want to help East Multnomah County? Consider light rail on Stark Street. guest column By Duke Shepard of Portland, Oregon.

Now that Gresham's redevelopment commission has opted against anchoring a cultural marketplace in the city's urban renewal district with a YMCA, it's regrouping, possibly with a focus on public safety.

The Gresham Outlook welcomes calendar notices for weekly public events and support group meetings in East County.

Gresham Mayor Shane Bemis will discuss citizen involvement and policing when the Rockwood Business Coalition meets from 7:30-9 a.m. Wednesday, May 6, at the Rockwood Community Office, 18709 S.E. Stark St.

Troutdale City Council members will ask the Multnomah County Commission for more time to consider library siting options at the Commission's Thursday, April 2, meeting.

Sherwood man's case goes to grand jury The case involving James Charles Tooley, the Sherwood man who was arrested for the alleged murder of two Gresham residents, is scheduled to go before a grand jury on ...

Spencer Noecker and Martin Larson, both 24, are upgrading several apartment complexes within the Rockwood urban renewal district.

When he first felt a call to ministry at age 16, Pastor Gary Tribbett of Clear Creek Community Church felt conflicted.

Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East is hosting two local meetings for families who are interested in filling up the remaining 12 apartments at Jubilee Commons in Rockwood.

June 6, 1921-Jan. 19, 2009 Gresham resident and retired Maj. Roy James Rucker, 87, died Monday, Jan.

The shooting of a man at a funeral in a North Portland church, the stabbing of a woman by her mentally ill brother and the discovery of a slain woman in a Southeast Portland church parking lot were among the 27 ...

When Portland detectives began to canvass the neighborhood after the Nov. 23 fatal shooting of a 35-year-old man in a Southeast Stark Street apartment, they interviewed Roland Jackson Dir, who was walking to ...