Tigard News

Frequent users of Highway 217 are breathing a sigh of relief after officials from the Oregon Department of Transportation and local jurisdictions decided at a meeting yesterday not to consider closing ramps along the busy Washington Square area.

Every year, more than 1.2 million children under the age of six in the US are accidentally poisoned by products ranging from cosmetics to cleaning substances.

It's been a long day in Tualatin, where a fatal shooting shattered lives Tuesday.

Black Long , Larilee Flett and Jodi Duty fill a box with food at the Tigard Covenant Church.

Tigard Bank of America employees noticed the odd metal box as they arrived around 8 a.m. Tuesday.

Metro Perc , a cozy coffeehouse at 16325 S.W. Barrows Road, Suite B-100, Beaverton, opened in September in The Village at Scholls Ferry center.

Emily Knupp thought it sounded like a nightmare -- the idea of closing certain interchanges along Oregon 217 during rush hour.

Mayor Craig Dirksen, on the heels of a failed attempt to raise $20 million for new parks, said Wednesday that Tigard may return to citizens in 2010 for a second opinion.

Portland, OR - Willie Fisher chose to make a career change, he looked into franchising.

The city of Wilsonville is holding its Fall Harvest Festival from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Oct.

Patty Russell lugs a blue tote bag out of a back room in her house on Rollingwood Avenue and decades worth of letters, meeting minutes and maps spill out.

The economy is in the toilet, and Brian Wegener is loving it. To be more specific, the watershed watch coordinator of the Tualatin Riverkeepers is loving the current property prices within the city.

Thanks to a program sponsored by the National League of Cities, people living in Tigard and Tualatin can save an average of 20 percent on prescription drugs not covered by insurance, according to Tigard Mayor Craig Dirksen.

Former classmates Bob Trappe and Don Frame look over photos of Tigard Union High School at their 65th class reunion.

Voters in this land-locked city of 47,000 would be wise to approve the city's $20 million park bond measure There's never an ideal moment to buy park land.

It's the second robbery in a week-and-a-half for a Beaverton lottery retailer and deli - again with a gun that looked like a rifle.

Tigard is rich in natural wonders. Cook Park Wetlands, the Tualatin River and Fanno Creek Park are some of the places where we can experience wildlife without leaving home.

Portland Police Robbery Detectives believe that Benson is responsible for seven armed robberies in the Portland area.

Tigard Mayor Craig Dirksen maneuvers a back-hoe during the official groundbreaking ceremony for the Burnham Street project.

Powin Pacific Properties broke ground last month on its new manufacturing facility on the north side of Tualatin-Sherwood Road at 115th Avenue.