Tigard News

Mike Meyer couldn't believe his eyes one winter day five years ago, strolling on his property at the base of Bull Mountain, near Tigard.

Brown had dreams of writing novels for years. Her first came out in 2008, and after years of struggling in the hard world of publishing, the 48-year-old Tigard author had signed two deals with major publishing houses.

Metro, the regional planning agency, will hold an open house Tuesday evening to present plans for the 25-mile Westside Trail set to run from the Willamette River near Forest Park to the Tualatin River at Tigard and King City.

Winston Churchill said, "Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have." Organizers of the Tigard Health Fair are ready to prove it's the greatest asset Tigard has, too.

Following an accident in nearby Tigard on May 8, a LifeFlight helicopter landed in King City to transport the victim to a local hospital.

Badia Jabbour, M.D., F.A.A. P. has opened Kids First Pediatric Clinic at 18603 Willamette Drive in West Linn.

For two decades, the Tigard Area Farmers Market has been offering fresh produce and other must-have foods to shoppers.

School board work session The school board is meeting 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Hibbard Administration Center, 6960 SW Sandburg Street.

Road construction has left deep gouges in the pavement all along the busy highway between Beaverton and Tigard, forcing drivers to either swerve or get trapped by the grooves.

Road construction has left deep gouges in the pavement all along the busy highway between Beaverton and Tigard, forcing drivers to either swerve or get trapped by the grooves.

Next year's proposed budget is about the same as this year's. It doesn't add new programs or reverse the almost $2 million in cuts that took effect last July The result of those cuts : Tigard shrunk its workforce by the equivalent of 18 full-time workers, almost 7 in the police department.

Today, Mattress Discounters , the West's largest mattress retailer for brand names at discount prices, is expanding in Portland with the opening of its first Tigard location at 8804 SW Hall Blvd., on the corner of Hall Boulevard and Scholls Ferry Road in Progress Square.

For the truly old-school home improvement types, the crowded aisles and one-on-one customer service at the proverbial corner hardware store will always reign supreme over the "big box" retail megastores.

Police officers respond to the scene of an officer-involved shooting in Southeast Salem on Friday.

Whether you like plant sales, going to a concert or taking part in an outdoor run, Washington County Weekend has the information about events to get you going.

Tigard police are seeking a man who pointed a gun at an officer after he ran from a crash scene Friday morning.

For the truly old-school home improvement types, the crowded aisles and one-on-one customer service at the proverbial corner hardware store will always reign supreme over the 'big box' retail megastores.

Construction is set to begin next month on East Butte Heritage Park , the 3-acre property near Southwest 103rd Avenue, which houses the John Tigard House museum and a heavily wooded area to the south.

Orchard Supply Hardware is hiring 160 people for its two new Portland-area stores -- its first expansion outside of California.