Troutdale News

A support group for weight management and healthy lifestyles. For more information, call Edna at 503-666-1091 or visit www.tops.org. Gresham Elks/Red Cross Blood Drive - 2 to 7 p.m., Gresham Elks Lodge, 3330 N.E. Division St.

July 2, 2009 - Bibliotheca Inc., open RFID solutions partner of choice to 400+ libraries worldwide, announced today that Multnomah County Library has chosen the company to provide a range of BiblioChip RFID solutions for use at its central library in Portland, Ore., and at branches throughout the county.

Thanks to some last minute political maneuvering, legislators restored funding for the region's gang enforcement team.

A plaque bearing a welcoming scripture -- Isaiah 55:1: "Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ... without money and without price." -- hangs behind a gate on the wall of downtown Portland's First Baptist Church.

One local artist had more than a professional relationship with the King of Pop.

Damascus Natural Features Topic Specific Team - 6:30 p.m., Damascus City Hall, 19920 S.E. Highway 212.

Despite new legislative language giving the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners sole power to raise car registration fees, one commissioner is confident that residents will have a clear voice in the process.

Mickalecia Crumble, 21, a community service worker, helps clear overgrown land in Troutdale that was once part of the Multnomah County Poor Farm.

A southeast Portland woman said her neighbor's dogs broke through a fence and mauled her puppy.

Now you just need to plan out what shelters you will consider adopting from in Portland.

Two 18-year-old men who went on a rampage in Troutdale -- spray-painting swastikas, KKKs and racial slurs on two churches, tombstones in the Jewish section of a cemetery and parked cars -- were sentenced to jail terms of 30 to 90 days Tuesday.

Legislation that transferred power over car registration fees from voters to county leaders took some East County officials by surprise, but perhaps it shouldn't have.

Even as it was announced that Oregon's unemployment rate had reached a record 12.4 percent one Oregon town is adding jobs by the hundreds.

Annie Croll and Hanna Felzien hold a protest sign during the Reynolds School Board meeting Thursday evening.

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

The city of Wood Village has hired a consulting firm to explore advantages of an urban renewal district to encompass the former Multnomah Greyhound racetrack site on Halsey Street.

Pet owners looking to save money will find joy this weekend at a clinic offering low-cost rabies shots and microchips.

Multnomah County will no longer have to ask its cities and other jurisdictions for permission to raise car registration fees, under a bill approved by the Oregon Legislature.

Property owners along Northeast Hogan Drive are invited to a meeting to learn about a federally funded project to widen the roadway.

North Portland's School of Autism has outgrown its current spot at 7714 N Portsmouth Ave.