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Lake Oswego to form committee to oversee Foothills development planning

The city of Lake Oswego is creating a committee that will help guide its efforts to transform a…

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Metro provides Lake Oswego with grant related to costs of January 2024 storm 

The Metro regional government is providing the city of Lake Oswego with $186,405 to offset costs related to…

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Lake Oswego council adjusts budget due to increased parks and recreation costs

With expenses for projects coming in higher than anticipated, the Lake Oswego City Council approved a supplemental budget…

Government

Oregon House resolution honors Black drag performers

Bill sponsors brought up House Resolution 3 during Pride month, ahead of Juneteenth   Using the name Kimber…

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Clackamas Community College president starts cross-state run

Oregon has more than 12 unique microclimates, ranging from warm-summer Mediterranean on the coast and semi-arid cold desert…

Education

Oregon senators agree to cut $45 million in funding for early childhood programs

State-funded preschool programs would lose millions under an early childhood education budget given a “reluctant yes” vote by…

Government

Kotek homeless shelter bill gets trimmed in wake of budget shortfall

The legislation cleared a budgeting committee Tuesday after lawmakers balked at the state’s fiscal outlook and declining revenue…

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Oswego Lake, Tryon Creek watershed councils want to expand within Portland and to Wilsonville, West Linn

Watershed councils like those that cover Oswego Lake and Tryon Creek try to counteract what has become an…

Government

Oregon hepatitis C death rates are among the country’s worst, reports find

Oregon has clocked in at the top of a nationwide database for rates of hepatitis C, prompting state…

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The ‘godfather of indie animation’: Bill Plympton is the featured artist at this year’s Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts

When Bill Plympton was 12 years old, he sent a packet of his cartoons to Walt Disney in…