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Delays expected today on Oregon 212 in Damascus
Thu, 17 May 2012 11:52:16 -0700
Crews are performing maintenance work near Southeast Royer Road, at Milepost 2.84, almost three miles east of the intersection with Oregon 224. Work is expected to continue through 3 p.m.
Damascus toddler dies in home swimming pool
Fri, 18 May 2012 17:32:56 -0700
A 20-month-old Damascus girl died Wednesday, May 16, after her family found her in the home swimming pool. Clackamas County sheriff’s detectives are investigating the death, which is protocol for any juvenile death, said Sgt. Adam Phillips, sheriff’s office spokesman. The state ...
Sizing up the 3A, 2A, 1A girls track meet at Western Oregon
Fri, 18 May 2012 10:18:23 -0700
News, notes, and quotes before the start of the OSAA 3A, 2A, 1A track meet at Western Oregon which begins Friday
Chico State 7, Western Oregon 6: Chico State takes opener of NCAA Division II West Regional
Thu, 17 May 2012 23:18:17 -0700
Chico State scores two in the top of the eighth in a 5-5 tie to gain the lead against Western Oregon in the NCAA Division II West Regional
1A State track Day 1: It's all in the bloodlines for multi-event star Kristan Holding
Fri, 18 May 2012 21:13:58 -0700
The Holding family at the State track meet on Friday - (Paul Buker)With the OSAA 3A, 2A, 1A State track meet at McArthur Field on the Western Oregon University campus:1A girls – Kristan Holding is the track and field version of Mark Spitz or Michael Phelps when it comes...
Clackamas County Roundup: Portland man wins gun from Tootie Smith's campaign raffle; Damascus-area infant drowns in ...
Wed, 16 May 2012 18:07:12 -0700
Also, The Oregonian analyzes Tuesday night's county commission election results.
Elderly Eagle Creek woman killed in head-on collision
Fri, 18 May 2012 17:33:06 -0700
Clackamas County sheriff’s investigators have identified the driver killed in a Damascus traffic collision as Laura Schaefer, 76, of Eagle Creek. The other driver, Gary Monaco, 52, of Boring, is being investigated for driving under the influence of intoxicants and criminally negligent ...
20-month-old Damascus-area girl drowns in family swimming pool
Wed, 16 May 2012 17:07:14 -0700
Sgt. Adam Phillips, Clackamas County Sheriff's Office spokesman, said family members found 20-month-old Elona Sirotinskiy in the family swimming pool around 11:15 a.m.
Crash shuts down Oregon 224 south of Damascus
Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:03:10 -0700
Tammy Owen, Boring Fire District spokeswoman, said the crash occurred at 11:33 a.m. at Milepost 13. She said the crash brought a pole down across the road and started a small fire. Firefighters, police and crews from Portland General Electric and the Oregon Department of Transportation are responding, she said.
Clackamas County events roundup: writing workshops, a park party, concerts, festivals
Thu, 17 May 2012 06:22:17 -0700
Good morning Clackamas County. Check out my Thursday roundup of events in Happy Valley, Milwaukie, Lake Oswego, Oregon City, West Linn, Wilsonville, on Mount Hood, and in other locales in Clackamas County.