County ties Basalt Creek Urban Renewal to Parkway Extension project
Tualatin City Councilors asked to support parkway, bridge project over objections
A proposed urban renewal district in Basalt Creek and Tualatin’s Southwest Industrial area is...
Tualatin football will be led by talented skill players
Tualatin High School enters the 2021 prep football season as one of the top teams in class 6A, despite playing in the perennially challenging...
New law extends COVID tax credit for employers
Through new laws passed by Congress and the quick action on the part of Kate Johnson, a local business owner, thousands of businesses in...
Tualatin City Council moves forward with term limits measure
The Tualatin City Council has moved forward with plans to place a measure aimed at expanding the city’s term limits for elected officials on...
Council approves Herman Road improvements
It may have stopped generating tax increment financing revenue 11 years ago, but the Leveton Urban Renewal District is still producing improvements for the...
From School Lunches to Baseball Games – Angel Dads provide Father...
Men sometimes get a bad rap in today’s society as parental figures.
Tualatin resident Casey Wood says that’s because many of them do, in fact,...
Aging in Place: September 2021
Remember this image from a column a year+ ago when masks were mandatory? Then, for a month or so this summer after 15 months...
Talking Trash in Tualatin
Be part of the solution, not the pollution!
Thirty-two community members volunteered in our Do It Yourself program to pick up litter. Armed with gloves,...
A month-long ode to… preparation!
Pride in June, Black History in February, Ice Cream in July, Poetry in April, Breast Cancer Awareness in October, Noodles in March.
National “Months” -...
Hundreds of students start school year with supplies
The cars started lining up even before 4 p.m. on Aug. 23, which was the time families could start picking up bags of free...
Tualatin Police Blotter: August 2021
This information is provided by the Tualatin Police Department and represents a partial log of calls received by the department last month. The Department’s...
Housing production strategy aims at preserving existing stock as much as...
Housing in Tualatin is a complicated issue.
On the one hand, the shortage of affordable housing is as acute in Tualatin as anywhere else. But...
Mayor’s Corner: September 2021
As I write this article for the September issue, Washington County is dealing with a huge increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. Governor Brown...
Hormones play a major role in a multitude of bodily functions
Hormones play a major role in a multitude of bodily functions. This includes the sex hormones estrogen and testosterone as well as other hormones...
What is the State of the local Job Market?
I get asked this all the time, and to be blunt, the employee shortage is more than a little concerning, but I’m very optimistic...
Are Houses Less Affordable Now Than They Were in the Past?
2021 has been an interesting year for real estate both across the country and in Tualatin. Locally we have seen housing inventory decline by...
School Supply List: New Potting Bar
September used to be my favorite month. The hunt for new school supplies, the rush for a last-minute vacation, and the extreme deliberation over...
Tualatin CIO President’s Report
Tualatin’s CIO Presidents continue to bring information, ideas and concerns of their residents to the attention of the City Council members and various city...
Indoor masking recommendation returns as COVID case numbers rise again
When it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic it feels a bit like Groundhog Day anymore.
Just a few weeks after the State of Oregon lifted...
Vintage Tualatin Fire Truck Ready for Public View
Rusting away in a farmer’s field near the small central Oregon town of Terrebonne, a vintage firetruck that once served Tualatin has now been...
