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In the wake of a judge’s ruling that police officers must park legally if not on an emergency call, city officials plan to rewrite Portland’s parking ordinances so to prevent such citations from happening again. On Wednesday, July 23, Terry Hannon, a Multnomah County traffic court ...

Neighbors in the area affected by the North Interstate Corridor plan have contrasting opinions about its recent approval by the City Council. The plan will allow higher densities along and near much of the Interstate MAX line in North Portland. Such development is largely intended to help ...

The North Portland Tool Library will meet with members for the next two weekends to focus on improvements to the free service. The meetings are Sunday, July 27, and Aug. 3, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. The meetings are in the basement of the Kenton Firehouse, 2209 N Schofield St. Raising funds, ...

A resolution supporting free TriMet passes for all sixth- through 12th-graders in Multnomah County will come before the county board of commissioners next week. The plan, called “YouthPass,” was brainstormed by the Multnomah Youth Commission as part of its “Youth Bill of ...

MAX light-rail service will be disrupted on both sides of the Willamette River during the next three weeks. The temporary changes are necessary to allow the new downtown MAX line to be connected to the existing line at the west end of the Steel Bridge. The new line – officially known as ...

Did you know that Friday, July 25, was the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Federal Bureau of Investigation? Well, me neither, as a matter of fact. Which is why it’s such good thing that government agencies keep a media person on hand to send out press releases like the one that ...

After expressing remorse to a jury that later spared his life, a Mexican citizen who hired hit men to kill two local men did an about face during last week’s sentencing hearing by professing his innocence and railing against the American criminal justice system. In May, a Multnomah County ...

Two contractors associated with Lake Oswego’s $100 million sewer project say the project will not begin in September as planned. Instead, they say, the job could be delayed for as long as a year, apparently due to a breakdown in contract negotiations. The one-of-a-kind floating sewer pipe ...

The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a 54-year-old inmate at the downtown Multnomah County Detention Center. Although an autopsy was performed Friday, no official results were immediately available. The inmate — whose name has not yet been released — was ...

Mayor-elect Sam Adams is reconvening a committee he formed last fall to work up a proposal for a citywide tax on plastic grocery bags. “This is something I’d like to move on as commissioner of environmental services, before the end of the year,” he told the Tribune on Thursday. ...

This weekend, local adman Adam Klugman will produce a video spot that will be used as a fundraiser for the Democratic Party of Oregon. Klugman, who lives in West Linn and is the son of actor Jack Klugman, who played Oscar Madison on television’s “The Odd Couple,” runs a small ...

Beginning today, the Pamplin Media Group Web sites are changing the way comments are posted with news stories. In the past, a comment could be posted without a name, e-mail address or other information to identify its sender. Now, anyone who posts a comment must provide a valid e-mail address. The ...

Down in the midst of Swan Island's concentration of industrial commerce, Portland Community College offers students an opportunity to learn the craft and skill of welding, a trade many in the industry say will demand a larger work force in the future. “There is a national shortage of ...

Long after subprime-lending abuses sent the economy into a tailspin, the Federal Reserve Board has issued tough new lending regulations – strikingly similar to what Oregon consumer advocates proposed in the last two legislative sessions but were stymied by industry opposition. Angela Martin, ...

An observant store clerk helped police nab a teen armed with a loaded handgun at a Gresham MAX station. Transit police arrested a 16-year-old East Multnomah County boy on a charge of possession of a concealed weapon at the Gresham City Hall station at about 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 23, said TriMet ...

Portland City Commissioner Sam Adams has decided against asking the City Council to place his proposed street maintenance fee on the November general election ballot. Adams made the decision Thursday afternoon after looking closely at results of a private poll that had only a glimmer of good news ...

A $1.4 billion light-rail line connecting downtown Portland with Milwaukie got the green light Thursday afternoon. Metro’s Council voted unanimously to approve the project’s land-use final order, putting the 6.5-mile line on track to be built mostly along existing rail track south ...

The Trail Blazers, specifically General Manager Kevin Pritchard, may be in violation of federal regulations in regard to public comments about the medical condition of former player Darius Miles. Miles underwent microfracture surgery on his right knee and has not played since April 15, ...

Oregon’s Department of Education has been awarded $9.5 million over two years from the federal government to promote charter schools in the state – a touchy subject in the Portland School District due the threat of competition with existing neighborhood schools. State Schools ...

The Clackamas County sheriff’s deputy responsible for the greater Sandy and Mount Hood area is on paid administrative leave pending an internal investigation by the sheriff’s office. Brandon Claggett, 37, has been off the job since July 9, the sheriff’s office acknowledged last ...