Wood Village 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.

Starting today, backyard, agricultural and open burning is forbidden in most East Multnomah County cities.

A Carson woman was arrested Thursday after she allegedly led troopers on a 90-mph chase on Interstate 84 and then attacked a trooper trying to detain her.

Oregon State Police troopers arrested a Carson, Wash., woman accused of speeding and drunken and reckless driving today on Interstate 84.

David Eatwell is the new director of economic development of the West Columbia Gorge Chamber of Commerce.

Troutdale Mayor Jim Kight , resident Bob Whipps and other volunteers have been pressure-washing sidewalks, mowing and edging grass and painting to beautify downtown Troutdale.

A standing room-only crowd gathered in Gresham Wednesday night to tell the Multnomah County Commissioners their budget concerns.

A Senate bill backed by three East County cities that ultimately seeks to eliminate a long-standing tax supervision commission is working its way through the Legislature while the commission is pushing a House bill to restructure its funding structure.

Gresham resident and city Natural Resources and Sustainability Committee member Jason Howard, right, bags block Styrofoam with help from volunteer Finn Hawley-Blue during the Saturday, April 18, recycling event at Gresham City Hall.

An intergovernmental agreement between East County cities and Portland clears an initial hurdle in bringing local law officers a more coordinated approach to crime solving.

As Gresham's neighboring cities simultaneously hammer out budgets for the upcoming fiscal year, layoffs, dips into reserve funds and canceling popular events are among painful strategies being discussed as revenue projections fail to fulfill current expenditures.

Members of the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office Special Investigations Unit buy drugs, then arrest a suspect Friday in Northeast Portland.

Celebrate Earth Day by recycling instead of tossing at a free recycling event for Gresham and Wood Village residents and businesses from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 18, at Gresham City Hall, 1333 N.W. Eastman Parkway.

The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners declined to extend the Troutdale library siting process and unanimously approved the Cherry Park Marketplace site at the board's Thursday, April 2, meeting.

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., will host a town hall meeting at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 5, at the Gresham Library, 385 N.W. Miller Ave.

Five hours of questions, testimony and deliberation apparently did not convince most of the Troutdale City Council that vacating a right-of-way corridor at the city's western edge was a prudent idea.

Many venues are celebrating the release of the DVD for the first film in the "Twilight" series that is happening at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday with everything from parties to blood drives.

Defense Attorney Jack Morris is seeking a dismissal of the February drug use charge brought against Amanda Shirk, 24, a former Hood River resident.

Despite assurances from the Multnomah County Board of Commission that its law enforcement contract with Wood Village is not in immediate jeopardy, city leaders are concerned that wide-swath budget cuts could ...

A new FedEx shipping hub will soon bring hundreds of jobs to the town of Troutdale.