With Halloween falling on a weekend this year, the chance of dry weather in the evening and 2 big football games in the State of Oregon, safety should be on the top of everyone’s mind. Both kids and adults. For a fun and safe Portland Halloween, consider these safety tips:
For parents and trick-or-treaters:
Dress children in [...]
A Beaverton man was killed late Friday night while trying to cross Interstate 5 in Wilsonville.
About 10:30 PM on Friday October 30th, OSP Troopers responded to an auto/pedestrian traffic collision on southbound I-5 at Milepost 287 in the Wilsonville area. The preliminary investigation indicates that Theodore Michael Bennett, 45, of Beaverton, was walking southbound on [...]
On Friday Oct 30th around 11:15 p.m., Portland Police responded to the area of Northeast Grand Avenue and Clackamas Street on a report of a shooting that had just happened. When they arrived, they found 19-year-old Babatu White at the scene suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg. Mr. White was immediately transported to [...]
The City of Portland on Wednesday adopted the Climate Action Plan, a three-year plan to put Portland and Multnomah County on a path to achieve a 40 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2030 and an 80 percent reduction by 2050. As of 2008, local carbon emissions were 19 percent below 1990 levels on a [...]
Chaplain Steve Brodehl of Public Safety Chaplaincy, Washington County Fire District #2, and the Hillsboro Fire Department was named Fire Chaplain of the Year by the Federation of Fire Chaplains (FFC) at their annual conference. The conference was held in LaQuinta, CA October 18-22, 2009.
The FFC represents over 900 chaplains throughout the United States and [...]
The Oregon Employment Department is putting into place a new program designed to help low income, unemployed Oregonians.
The program will go into effect on November 1, 2009. The program allows unemployed Oregonians who were working in low-wage jobs, to receive unemployment benefits while going to school or re-training. The intent of the program is to [...]
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