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Tualatin High School valedictorian combines sports with academics
Aurora Davis recounts just how weird her senior year actually was
Growing up, Aurora Davis naturally gravitated toward leadership roles in school.
Now, as she graduates...
Oregon Dog Rescue Gives Pups a Second Chance
Dogs who walk in the doors of Oregon Dog Rescue have been known to bark with joy. The reason? These furry friends are being...
WORD CUP 2016
Veteran Benefits – A Historical View
In my last column, I indicated that I wanted to initially focus on the Veteran’s...
Educators Adapt to Teaching in a Pandemic
Nobody could’ve expected the events that ensued this year and the COVID-19 pandemic that took...
Tualatin BSA Troop 530 Honors a Convocation of Eagle Scouts
Tualatin Troop 530 is proud to announce its largest group of Eagle Scouts in the...
WRC Rally Cup
Optimism is in the Air
After the up and down year 2023 proved to be, I am bullish about 2024....
Tualatin River Greenway Trail
The Tualatin River Greenway Trail is a 3/4 mile long bicycle and pedestrian facility that promotes...
New ordinance limits hours and locations for houseless camping
New rules restricting homeless camping in Tualatin took effect this month, outlining where, when, and...
CYCLING TOUR
Robbins Rose, Lafky Iris – Tualatin’s Flowers
Barbara Stinger and Sandra Lafky Carlson proudly display pictures of their family’s historic flowers at the Tualatin Historical Society. Each flower withstood being passed...
Cracker Barrel, Old-time Southern flavor with a Tualatin twist
BY REID IFORD, TUALATIN LIFE
If Cracker Barrel Old Country Store had a fan club, Danny O’Neal would be the president. The Tennessee-based restaurant chain...
My child has bad acne! What’s a parent to do?
This is a story about a new solution to an old problem. If you had moderate to severe acne as a child, you personally...
Living Legends: John (Jack) W. Broome
I so enjoy telling stories of my great hometown of Tualatin, Oregon and the citizens who helped build it. They have made a...
Living Legends: Yvonne Addington
Member of a 1900s Tualatin immigrant family. Wife of Jim Addington, mother of Maxine and Randy and grandmother of Leah, Audrey and Preston. The...
TENNIS
Hazelbrook Dessert Night and Silent Auction Returns!
Hazelbrook Middle School's band, choir and orchestra students are tuning their instruments and honing their voices in preparation for the upcoming Dessert Night and...
ORPAT
Tualatin’s Police Officers Annual Physical Fitness Test: ORPAT Written by: Jonathan Crane
i was talking to officer Eric Hermann a few weeks ago and he...
LATEST ARTICLES
From Despair to Hope: Conquering Peripheral Neuropathy with Nyberg Acupuncture & Wellness
“It’s as though I’m stepping from razor blade to razor blade.”
“It feels like my feet are under attack by fire ants.”
“Like I’m walking on wet paint with rolled-up socks.”
And you’re in this kind of...
Hazelbrook Dessert Night and Silent Auction Returns!
Hazelbrook Middle School's band, choir and orchestra students are tuning their instruments and honing their voices in preparation for the upcoming Dessert Night and Silent Auction. This event is scheduled for Wednesday, April 17,...
Mi Pisco Brings Traditional Peruvian Cuisine to Tigard
“Peruvian food is more about the experience – the textures, the flavors, the different salsas,” says Sheyla Veloz, co-owner of Mi Pisco Peruvian Restaurant in Tigard. Veloz and co-owner/chef José Palma both have years...
What Happened to the Labor Shortage?
Last month, I touched on the dramatic change in our labor market within just a couple of years. In 2021 and 2022, everyone was asking, “Where are all the people?” So many jobs were...
This is Your Sign: Garden
Were you looking for a sign that it was time to form a new healthy habit, spend more time outdoors, have a new activity with your family, develop a new skill, or maybe use...
Cascade Blues Association’s Muddy Awards winners to perform in Tigard
‘Best in Blues’ Ben Rice & the PDX Hustle, Norman Sylvestor Band and Kivett Bednar perform
It’s been said that blues music reflects life. That truth comes alive when three of the best blues acts...
Retiring Superintendent feels positive about her time with TTSD, district’s future
After six years of leading the Tigard-Tualatin School District (TTSD) through an era of unprecedented challenges in American public education, Dr. Susan Rieke-Smith announced in February that this year will be her last as...
Kidney cancer ‘fun’-raiser set for April 13 in Tualatin Community Park
Lindsay Walker, 46, was diagnosed with kidney cancer in November 2022 and is now cancer-free. Besides undergoing treatment, her diagnosis of stage 3 chromophobe renal cell carcinoma led to to look online for a...
Tualatin native’s book to be a series on Netflix
David Brautigam, a Tualatin native, has been writing for over a decade, and his hard work has finally paid off. His book, “Revenge is a Must,” will be published by Amazon on April 3...
A Tisket, a Basket…
“A-tisket, a-tasket, A Garden Corner hanging basket…” I half hum my variation of the nursery rhyme dazedly to my whimpering child as we work our way down the pathway. She is once again utterly...