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19 hrs ago | The Oregonian

Washington County authorities arrest bank robbery suspect

Brett Matthew Johnson, 49, is accused of robbing a Wells Fargo Bank on Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway Thursday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Portland, OR, Beaverton, OR

Yesterday | Tualatintimes.com

Tualatin residents caught in the middle of library war

Nancy Morrice, who lives in Tualatin's Fox Hills neighborhood, is upset about losing her library privileges in Multno-mah and Clacka-mas counties.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Tualatin, OR, Clackamas County, OR, Hood River County, OR

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Oregonlive.com

Fire in rural Washington County brought under control

A 10-acre fire in the Forest Grove fire district was brought under control this morning, according to the Oregon Department of Forestry.

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Related Topix: Forest Grove, OR

Wed Jul 01, 2009

The Oregonian

Two plead guilty, another in federal custody, in connection with drug-trafficking case

The case: Twenty-three people were arrested on May 19 in connection with a drug-trafficking ring in Portland and Washington County.

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Related Topix: Drugs

Tue Jun 30, 2009

KATU-TV Portland

Man who shot horse gets 90 days in jail

A Washington County man who shot a horse in the head and left it to die has been sentenced to 90 days in jail and five years probation.

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Related Topix: Deschutes County, OR, Banks, OR, Sisters, OR

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Oregonlive.com

Beaverton man sentenced for sex abuse of minor

The case: A Beaverton man was arrested last June under accusations of sex abuse of a minor.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

Oregonlive.com

Harney County losing jobs, hopes

The road into Harney County's largest city rides like butter, an asphalt welcome mat unfurling for miles across a vast desert.

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Related Topix: Burns, OR, Oregon, Malheur County, OR

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Oregonlive.com

Four of six admit to Tigard home-invasion robbery

The case: Several individuals were arrested for an armed robbery of a Tigard home in February.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

KATU-TV Portland

Four more people arrested in Clifford Robinson robbery case

Four more suspects have been arrested in the burglary at the home of former Portland Trail Blazer Cliff Robinson.

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Related Topix: North Plains, OR

KGW-TV Portland

Tualatin teens accused in theft ring

Four Tualatin teenagers have been accused of breaking into unlocked cars over a two-month period, taking more than $12,000 worth of items, and then reselling the stolen items on Craigslist.

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Related Topix: Tualatin, OR, Family, Teenagers

Beaverton Valley Times

Two students head to D.C. for conference

When Sylvia Barajas-Everson found out that two of the Washington County college students she mentored through high school were chosen to participate in a national Latina leadership conference in Washington, D.C., she was ecstatic.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Aloha, OR, Cornelius, OR

Thu Jun 25, 2009

The Oregonian

Meth bust in Aloha yields about 5 pounds

Multnomah County Sheriff's Office deputies confiscated nearly five pounds of methamphetamine last night from a suspected drug dealer in Washington County.

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Related Topix: Multnomah County, OR, Aloha, OR, Drugs

Wed Jun 24, 2009

KPTV Beaverton

Deputies: Thief Tackled, Held Until Arrest

A witness who saw a man breaking into his neighbor's car early Monday morning tackled the thief and held him until he was arrested, deputies said.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

KATU-TV Portland

Deputies bust 'upper level' meth ring

On Monday, June 15, 2009, at around noon, the Westside Interagency Narcotics team served a search warrant at a Hillsboro residence in the 1800 block of SE Hanover Street.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Hillsboro, OR

Mon Jun 22, 2009

The Oregonian

Woman's car has run-in with Beaverton neighbor's house

A 62-year-old woman drove her Subaru Forester backwards into a neighbor's Beaverton house this afternoon, the Washington County Sheriff's Office said.

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Related Topix: Beaverton, OR

The Baltimore Sun

Ore. suspect indicted in killing of pregnant woman

A woman accused of cutting a fetus out of another woman after they met during a search for baby clothes on the Internet has been indicted on aggravated murder charges in Oregon.

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

The Oregonian

Aloha man sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison for Rite Aid robbery

The case: An Aloha man was arrested in December and accused of robbing the Rite Aid pharmacy at 20225 S.W. Tualatin Valley Hwy.

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Related Topix: Aloha, OR, Medicine, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Medication, Cornelius, OR

Sat Jun 20, 2009

Portlandtribune.com

County comparison: Columbia rolls out red ink for sheriff

Close to two-dozen department heads sit around a table and discuss their budgeting priorities each spring: which county programs should be cut, and which programs should be saved? That's the way the beginning of Lincoln County's budgeting process works.

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Related Topix: Columbia County, OR, Scappoose, OR, Clatsop County, OR

Fri Jun 19, 2009

Tigardtimes.com

New filtering technology converts waste to fertilizer

Phillip Abrary, David Van't Hof, Roy Rogers and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. inspect the first ton of fertilizer from the Durham Advanced Wastewater Treatment Facility.

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Related Topix: Durham, OR, Canada, Tualatin, OR, Inventions, Science / Technology, Environmental Law, Law

Forestgrovenewstimes.com

Forest Grove sees 17 new homes start to go up as economic outlook grows a bit sunnier

Some say new homes cropping up in Forest Grove, like these row houses on Williams Street, are signs of a slowly improving market.

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Related Topix: Forest Grove, OR, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

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