Service programs help students fill ‘gap year’

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

According to at least one economic study, several years ago Portland emerged as a haven for the Creative Class, the group of college-educated 25- to 34-year-olds who flocked here to immerse themselves in the alternative culture and jobs that abound. Nowadays, Portland is becoming a hotspot for ...

Fed’s lending rules look familiar to banking advocates

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

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, ...

Strip mall tear down on horizon in Cedar Mill

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

A long-time Cedar Mill icon at Murray Boulevard and Cornell Road will soon see the wrecking ball as Washington County prepares to make improvements along the two heavily traveled roads. Slated for demolition is the 1940s-era Sunset Shopping Center with plans to renovate the intersection over the ...

Bosnian beauty wins Miss Oregon crown

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

Just like any other American student, Danijela Krstic used to run over her phone minutes month after month trying to stay in touch with friends. For her, texting, emailing, calling and even visiting were all an attempt to bridge the distance between her new home in Beaverton and the distant ...

Sandy council holds off on UGB expansion

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

City leaders were poised to expand Sandy’s urban growth boundary (UGB), but the City Council last week decided that now might not be the right time. The city was ready to adopt a buildable lands inventory commissioned by Eugene-based consultants ECONorthwest, which would have solidified the ...

It’s time to put another crawfish on the barbie

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

TUALATIN — In the United States, barbecue statisticians estimate that people hold more than 2.5 billion barbecues a year. And a quick Google search is fast to bring back more than 800,000 hits for a search for “grilling recipes.” And while the traditional beef and chicken ...

Portland Community College names new Rock Creek president

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

Officials at Portland Community College have named a new president of the Rock Creek Campus to replace Katherine Persson, who left after three years to pursue another job. David Rule, current president and chief executive officer of Muskegon Community College, has accepted the position and will ...

City pops loose a little cash for fireworks display

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

What does $50,000 look like? A lot like Fourth of July fireworks. With very little ZIP! BOOM! or POP! Portland’s City Council approved Wednesday morning a $50,000 grant to help the Oregon Food Bank cover the cost of its fireworks show that blasted from two Willamette River barges near the ...

Washington County trims traffic fee proposal

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

Washington County officials have pared back a proposed traffic impact fee increase that made some commercial developers and business leaders angry. On Monday, the Washington County Coordinating Committee agreed to forward a recommendation to commissioners to increase fees charged to developers. ...

News for restaurant rivals to chew on

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

Far as I know, the folks over at El Gaucho aren’t exactly shaking in their boots. But the fact is that in little more than a month, there’ll be a new high-end steakhouse in town – Urban Farmer is the name – and where will all those visiting athletes, Nike executives and ...

Metro grant provides free health care

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

For nearly two years, the North by Northeast Community Health Center has provided free health care services for uninsured adults in North Portland, offering help for patients with common chronic diseases. Now, 1,300 visits and 726 patients later, the health center’s efforts are being ...

Tualatin library director checks out

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

TUALATIN — Tualatin Library Manager Darrel Condra will go into semi retirement next month, leaving behind a library system that has grown immensely in the last nine years. And it all started with a little digging into, and weeding out of, an aged library collection. When Condra first arrived ...

Adams backs off November vote on street fee

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

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 ...

Thieves skip town with plates

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

Thieves took a twist in an identity theft spree early Tuesday morning – this time stealing the identity of cars. Beaverton police responded to 11 reports of license plate thefts from vehicles parked overnight at four apartment complexes. Thieves targeted vehicles with out-of-state ...

Hollywood behind her, Tualatin girl still smiling

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

TUALATIN — Portland is no Hollywood. Hayley Rousselle learned that lesson the hard way. The bright lights of reality shows follow the girls with attitude. The sweet, talented and lengthy 11-year-old from Tualatin with a smile as big as her head just wasn’t “star” material. ...

Metro OKs Portland-to- Milwaukie light-rail line

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

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 ...

Teacher launches series of clue-laden teen books

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

David Michael Slater just completed a new literary fantasy adventure series fraught with suspense, hidden clues, bizarre twists and an ancient book full of utter nonsense. The first volume in Slater’s five-part, young adult “Sacred Books” series will be released in October. In ...

Correction

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

A May 22 Portland Tribune story “Seamy suit boils Bay,” inaccurately stated the location of a .38-caliber pistol found by police in the wake of Effie Entezari’s 1989 murder. According to police records, the gun was found in the possession of Mohammed “Mike” ...

Tigard's vigilante disabled parking crusader takes on retailer

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

Tigard’s Daniel Bernath has had a hard time keeping a low profile since arriving in Oregon. He’s been the target of advertising complaints related to his business representing Social Security Administration claimants, and has regularly sparred with the Oregon Bar Association, the agency ...

Beer family tax suit probed

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

The former head of Portland’s Citizens Crime Commission, Jim Jeddeloh, last week settled a lawsuit accusing him of financial fraud and professional malpractice, and now must defend his professional reputation before state regulators. Recently filed court documents detail the allegations ...

Web site changes its policy on comments

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

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 ...

Oregon universities prepare for the unthinkable

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

Nearly 15 months after the deadly shootings at Virginia Tech, the Oregon University System is stepping up efforts to notify students, faculty and staff in the event of an emergency at any of its seven university campuses. Last week, the university system selected a new communication service to ...

Q & A with Rob Nelson

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

Rob Nelson lives in Northeast Portland, but there’s a little bit of his heart in every ballpark in America. A little bit of his portfolio, too. Former minor leaguer Nelson, 59, runs the Catlin Gabel baseball camp in the summer and calls himself a part-time inventor. It’s a title ...

Day-labor site falls down on the job

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

The new city-sponsored day-labor hire site, which opened last month, could already be a failure. Or it could just need more time. Anyone who drives down Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Monday through Saturday mornings will see a dozen or more men gathered at the corner just south of the ...

Police arrest teen armed with 9 mm

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

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 ...

Campaign signs stay in Duyck family

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

Jeff Duyck is out of politics for now, but the 150 or so lawn signs and billboards that his campaign erected earlier this year aren’t going anywhere. That’s because Jeff Duyck gave the signs — which only say “Duyck for Oregon House” — to his second cousin, ...

‘Higher Ground’ teacher to resign from Sherwood school

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

Jennie Brown, the Sherwood Middle School drama teacher whose play “Higher Ground” sparked a debate over censorship last February, is resigning. “I’m in the middle of working out my resignation agreement … and nothing is finalized at this point, but I will not be ...

Federal grant gives local charter schools a boost

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

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 ...

Former WL resident charged with Nazi past

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

The federal government is charging that Peter Egner is a Nazi war criminal. His friends in West Linn cannot believe it. It came as a shock to them last week when the Department of Justice issued an announcement that it is requesting that Egner’s citizenship be revoked for lying about his ...

As mortgages fail, loan deals get tricky

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

Susan Shell is one of the lucky ones. The single mom, who works as a waitress and massage therapist, snared a new 40-year mortgage last month with a fixed 4 percent interest rate, to help save her one-story bungalow near Grant High School. Shell, whose struggle to rework a shady home loan was ...

Klugman’s ‘We the People’ video could help Democrats raise money

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

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 ...

Bridge crossing on new battleground

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

If you think the proposed Columbia River Crossing bridge is entering a quiet study period, think again. The fight over the controversial project is just moving to different arenas, including the Oregon and Washington legislatures. Metro Councilor Robert Liberty, the most outspoken elected ...

PCC’s Swan Island center helps cool need for welders

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

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 ...

Local student picked for National 4-H Congress

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

Seventeen 4-H high school students from Oregon have been chosen to attend the National 4-H Congress during Thanksgiving weekend in Atlanta — and a Sandy youth is one of them. Michelle Janik will join the more than 1,300 4-H members from all 50 states and Puerto Rico at the Congress, which is ...

County union endorses Shiprack for board seat

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

Former state legislator Judy Shiprack snared a political endorsement from the largest union representing Multnomah County workers in her race for a county commissioner seat. Shiprack won the nod from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 88 for her fall runoff ...

Fairview sends levy to ballot

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

Fairview voters will decide this fall whether the city’s police department will expand by two officers. City Council voted 6-1 at its Wednesday, July 16, meeting to support a local option levy on the Nov. 4 ballot. With Lisa Barton Mullins dissenting, council approved the levy scenario to ...

Bikers want bikers to do right thing

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

The recent media frenzy concerning bicyclist-motorist hostilities in Portland obscured a more interesting story. In just two weeks, four incidents were reported that involved violence or damage between bikers and drivers. But in reality, half of those incidents were less about cars than they were ...

Stumptown Stumper

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

Every Thursday in Stumptown Stumper, the Portland Tribune offers a trivia question and answer to help you boost your Rose City IQ. Q: What kind of auditorium used to occupy the now-vacant downtown building at 920 S.W. Third Ave.? Hint: It wasn’t a school. A: For the past year, the stately ...

Can you drive 55?

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

As gas prices rise, and lawmakers struggle to find a solution to the nation’s new energy crisis, some are looking to our past — when a national speed limit was set into law to combat the price of fuel. In 1974, as part of the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act, Congress set a ...

Mountain deputy put on leave

Local News Daily - Friday, July 25, 2008 1 a.m.

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 ...

An amphitheater bailout?

Columbian - Friday, July 25, 2008 12:07 a.m.

Clark County’s “world class” concert venue is chronically short of both concerts and concertgoers, and county commissioners are considering an $8.7 million bailout.

Commission OKs Discovery Block for library site

Local News Daily - Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:30 p.m.

The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners voted at its Thursday, July 17, meeting to move forward with the Discovery Block site for a county library branch in downtown Troutdale. With Commissioner Jeff Cogen absent, Chairman Ted Wheeler and commissioners Lonnie Roberts, Lisa Naito and Maria Rojo ...

Monument helps put Willamette Meridian on the map

Local News Daily - Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:30 p.m.

TUALATIN — GPS systems and satellites aside, the real reason people know where they’re going on their travels is because of a more than 100-year-old system of cedar stakes and chiseled stone land markers. You might not care too much about latitude and longitude when it’s time to ...

Tigard High School tech support program on shaky ground

Local News Daily - Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:30 p.m.

Retiring Tigard High School teacher Stevie Viaene doesn’t take credit for the start-up of a program that has students refurbish donated computers for use within the school, or to fix and pass along to a local charity. But neither does she want to take credit for being the last teacher to run ...

Deal puts Pacific Power in fish-hauling business

Columbian - Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:02 p.m.

Pacific Power will get into the fish transportation business by the end of 2012.

Blazers could come under scrutiny for statements on Miles' condition

Local News Daily - Thursday, July 24, 2008 10 p.m.

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, ...

Carlos Sastre keeps Tour lead, Marcus Burghardt wins 18th stage

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 9:10 p.m.

Carlos Sastre of Spain retained the overall lead and Marcus Burghardt of Germany won the 18th stage of the Tour de France as the race left the Alps on Thursday.

Deal puts Pacific Power in fish-hauling business

Columbian - Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:41 p.m.

Pacific Power will get into the fish transportation business by the end of 2012.

New principal named for Seattle's Aki Kurose Middle School

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:37 p.m.

Seattle Public Schools announced today that Mia Williams, assistant principal at Denny Middle, will be interim principal at Aki Kurose this fall. She replaces Ana Ortega, who resigned.

Hospital volunteers to sweep Green Lake in search of more spikes

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:03 p.m.

Diving enthusiasts associated with the Center for Hyperbaric Medicine at Virginia Mason Medical Center have volunteered their services Friday morning to help rid Green Lake of some sharp spikes discovered on the lake bottom over the past couple of weeks.

Canadian anthem delayed at MLS All-Star game

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:01 p.m.

Organizers of the Major League Soccer All-Star game caused a stir Tuesday night by leading fans to believe that the Canadian anthem was...

MLS stars top West Ham 3-2

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 6:59 p.m.

Chicago midfielder Cuauhtemoc Blanco scored one goal and helped set up another, and Houston midfielder Dwayne DeRosario snapped a tie with...

Silverdale man charged in molestation case

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 6:49 p.m.

A 19-year-old Silverdale man is in custody charged with first-degree child molestation stemming from a case of child sexual molestation involving at least one young victim in Silverdale\'s Ridgetop area. The Kitsap County Sheriff\'s office is asking for information about other possible victims.

Road-rage suspect posts $50,000 bail

Columbian - Thursday, July 24, 2008 6:45 p.m.

A road rage suspect who turned himself in this week has posted $50,000 bail and was ordered Thursday to be released from the Clark County Jail.

Physician-assisted dying measure qualifies for November ballot

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 6:37 p.m.

Initiative 1000, also called the "Death with Dignity" initiative, would allow terminally ill people to legally obtain lethal prescription drugs for ending their own lives. It is patterned after a similar law in Oregon — the only one in the country.

$17.9 billion transit plan headed for ballot

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 6:28 p.m.

Voters in November will consider a $17.9 billion plan to extend light rail to Lynnwood, Overlake and north Federal Way, and to expand bus service. The Sound Transit board this afternoon agreed to put the measure on the ballot.

Man sought in theft of diesel fuel

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 6:02 p.m.

Police are seeking a suspect in the theft of $250,000 worth of diesel fuel from the Pacific Pride fuel distributor

Crash of small plane sparks fire in remote area of Mason County

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 6 p.m.

Mason County Sheriff\'s authorities have responded to a report of a small plane crash about 10 to 12 miles west of Shelton, in the rural Lake Nahwatzel area.

MLS to add two expansion teams by 2011

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 5:21 p.m.

Major League Soccer intends to add two expansion teams in time for the 2011 season, boosting membership to 18.

Budget airline easyJet PLC to cut winter flights

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:51 p.m.

Facing financial woes, London-based easyJet PLC says it will trim winter flights to try to say money on fuel, other expenses.

Woman attacked by grizzly near Anchorage in critical condition

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:49 p.m.

Employee of Kenai Princess Lodge in Anchorage, Alaska, attacked by a grizzly, undergoes surgery for head injuries.

Survey says Americans will travel abroad, but closer to home

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:43 p.m.

A Visa Inc. survey says Americans are still willing to travel abroad but many of them intend to find destinations much closer to home.

"Step Brothers": Downright dumb and crude and, darn it, funny

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:39 p.m.

Movie review: "Step Brothers," directed by Adam McKay, is a raunchy, stupid and often irredeemably funny sketch that imagines the sibling rivalry of grown men acting like little boys. Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly display sharp comic skill.

Online-only letters

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:17 p.m.

Light rail deserves more than comic book consideration With the release of Christopher Nolan\'s "The Dark Knight," countless denizens of...

U.S. home-sales slump continues; King County off 27% in June from year ago

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:17 p.m.

Sales of existing homes fell more sharply than expected in June as the housing industry continued to be bruised by the worst slump in more...

Try this urban getaway in Seattle's U District

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 3:51 p.m.

Take an in-town vacation in Seattle\'s University District. Here are places to stay and dine, with prices.

Road-rage suspect posts $50,000 bail

Columbian - Thursday, July 24, 2008 3:42 p.m.

A road-rage suspect who turned himself in this week has posted $50,000 bail and was ordered Thursday to be released from the Clark County Jail.

Pavel Kashul,...

What's cooking close to home? Culinary getaways

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 3:18 p.m.

Some bed-and-breakfasts around Washington state offer cooking classes along with a cozy getaway.

Emerald Downs' unsung heroes

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 2:46 p.m.

The horses and jockeys are the stars at a racetrack. But there are hundreds of people behind the scenes. Here are the stories of five who work at Emerald Downs.

Stepson's trial begins in murder-for-hire plot

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 2:29 p.m.

When Kimberley Whitehead rushed to her father\'s home after his slaying, she found her stepmother inconsolable and her stepbrother had retreated to his bedroom. She didn\'t know she was in the company of Ronald Whitehead\'s suspected killers — or that what she would find at their home could become key evidence in their prosecution.

Woodland Park Zoo gazelle dies

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 2:25 p.m.

A gazelle at Woodland Park Zoo has died from injuries believed to be caused by another animal.

Judge says Duncan competent to face death penalty hearing

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 2:21 p.m.

BOISE, Idaho — Convicted child-killer Joseph Edward Duncan III is mentally competent to face a death penalty hearing, a federal judge ruled today.

Haying, grazing on conservation lands still allowed for some farmers

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 2:07 p.m.

A federal judge in Seattle will allow participation in the national Critical Feed Program on Conservation Reserve Program land by producers who had already signed up for the program by July 8, or who can demonstrate they had spent $4,500 or more on the understanding they would be able to use the program.

North Creek trail to be closed in Bothell

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 2:05 p.m.

The North Creek Trail, which connects the Sammamish River bicycle trail with the entrance to University of Washington Bothell campus, will be closed for a month in Bothell.

Shock signs 50-year-old Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 1:47 p.m.

The Shock signed 50-year-old Nancy Lieberman, a Hall of Famer and one of their former coaches, to a seven-day contract on Thursday.

U.S. regulators charge Dutch firm with oil-price manipulation

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 1:41 p.m.

Facing congressional criticism that speculators are driving up oil prices, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced...

Stocks tumble after sales of existing homes fall

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 1:41 p.m.

Wall Street abruptly ended an earnings-driven rally and closed sharply lower today after a steeper-than-expected decline in existing home...

Investigators call Tumalo pot growing operation region’s largest

Bend Bulletin - Thursday, July 24, 2008 1:28 p.m.

Regional drug enforcement investigators have arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with a Tumalo marijuana growing operation they say is the largest they‘ve ever found in the area.Members of the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement team served a search warrant early Monday at the home of Nathaniel Jon Lancaster in the 19000 block of Couch Market Road and found 642 marijuana plants with a street value of about $2.8 million, according to a news release issued today.

Seafair Torchlight Parade set for Saturday

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 1:02 p.m.

Seafair\'s Torchlight Parade is Seattle\'s big deal this weekend.

GOP kills effort to release oil from US stockpile

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 1 p.m.

House Republicans on Thursday scuttled a bill that Democrats hoped would help lower gasoline prices by forcing the Energy Department to...

China tightens visas for business travelers

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:56 p.m.

Business travelers hoping to go to China soon will be out of luck.

Celebrate the arts in Bellevue with 3 major fairs

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:42 p.m.

Three major art fairs draw crowds to downtown Bellevue this weekend.

"X-Files" movie both satisfies and disappoints

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:18 p.m.

Mulder and Scully are together again in "X-Files: I Want to Believe." The story may be silly, but the agents\' romance is compelling as ever.

"Distress call" cost Coast Guard nearly $40,000

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:57 a.m.

While not saying outright that a radio call from what appeared to be a young girl was a hoax, the Coast Guard does say its response to the Tuesday night call cost nearly $40,000 dollars.

Monroe-area couple fight off armed intruder with baseball bat

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:39 a.m.

A husband and wife turned the tables on an armed intruder this morning by severely beating the man with a baseball bat after he broke into their home south of Monroe, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff\'s Office.

Man arrested for robbing Mill Creek teens

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:10 a.m.

A Kirkland man was arrested by Mill Creek police early this morning after officers said he and another man stole a cellphone from three teens during a robbery in the 2500 block of 139th Street Southeast.

Americans rank Canada, Mexico as favorite foreign destinations

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:10 a.m.

American travelers rank Canada and Mexico as their favorite foreign vacation destinations

Microsoft shakes up Windows, online businesses; a key player in failed Yahoo bid quits

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:07 a.m.

Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer is taking direct control over two of the company\'s most important businesses — including competition...

Southbound lanes on I-5 Ship Canal Bridge to be closed this weekend

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:02 a.m.

Lanes will be closed this weekend on the Interstate-5 Ship Canal Bridge so crews can repair damaged pavement.

Miss Tri-Cities contestant pulls out of swimwear competition, honored for convictions

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 11 a.m.

PASCO — Dacia Ramirez knew even before she stepped onto the stage Saturday night that she wouldn\'t be chosen Miss Tri-Cities 2008. She quietly refused to wear what she considered too-revealing swimwear.

Shattering the casual gamer myth

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:56 a.m.

Excerpts from the blog Maybe they have to rename the Casual Connect conference that began Wednesday at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, the hub...

Red Sox outlast M's to nail down sweep

Seattle Times - Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:11 a.m.

Seattle Mariners pitchers Felix Hernandez, J.J. Putz and Brandon Morrow put on a strong showing, but the Boston Red Sox beat Seattle 6-3 in 12 innings at Safeco Field. Sean Green got the loss, Jonathan Papelbon the win and Seattle skidded toward Toronto on a five-game losing streak.

Bound for Beijing: Skyview-Hockinson marching band to play at Olympics

Columbian - Thursday, July 24, 2008 8:50 a.m.

In two weeks, Vancouver’s Kara Patterson will hurl her javelin in China in search of athletic glory.

Portland-area districts collect millions from school fund

Local News Daily - Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:15 a.m.

Oregon’s 198 public school districts received on Monday $28 million in earnings from the Common School Fund. The money that was distributed this week is 14 percent higher than was given out in July 2007, and 57 percent higher than the amount distributed in 2000, according to Oregon’s ...

Police seek witnesses to shooting at 160th

Local News Daily - Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:15 a.m.

Portland police are examining more than a dozen shell casings from a Monday night shooting, but have no witnesses or victims to question. Residents at about 8:45 p.m. Monday, July 21, reported hearing as many as 20 gunshots near an apartment complex at Northeast 160th Avenue and Burnside Street, ...

Oil prices good news for PDX neighbors: no third runway

Local News Daily - Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:15 a.m.

The skyrocketing price of oil has killed the “800-pound gorilla” that had been hanging around Portland International Airport for much of the past eight or nine years: the possibility of a third parallel runway at the airport. There will be no third runway at Portland International in ...

State removes Duyck from House race, opens seat to GOP

Local News Daily - Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:15 a.m.

Who state Rep. Chuck Riley will face in his re-election bid November is still up in the air. But this much is clear: it won\'t be Jeff Duyck. Duyck had until Friday to withdraw his candidacy in the race for District 29 after a bureaucratic snafu assigned him to the wrong legislative district. Duyck ...

Justice Center Summit produces more questions

Local News Daily - Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:15 a.m.

County officials are scrambling to find funding for the East County Justice Center as the price tag — now at $40.2 million — continues to climb, and a key project manager resigns. Doug Butler, who was in charge of earlier project proposals that vastly underestimated the cost of the ...

80 firefighters battle NE Portland roofing company blaze

Local News Daily - Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:15 a.m.

More than six dozen firefighters from Portland and Gresham helped battle a three-alarm blaze that damaged a Northeast Portland roofing company. Eighty firefighters spent about two hours fighting the fire at Buckaroo-Thermoseal Inc., 5410 N.E. 109th Ave. The fire was reported at 9:50 a.m. at ...

New PSU president sees opportunity, challenges ahead

Local News Daily - Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:15 a.m.

After nearly 16 months of tense negotiations, a tentative agreement has been reached between Portland State University’s faculty and administration. The mediations — around salary, workload and job security issues — had been reaching the potential for a strike in the fall. But ...