Tualatin Scrutinizes Police Use of Force Policies
The killing of George Floyd by four Minneapolis police officers last May caused waves of revulsion throughout American society and has spurred hundreds of...
Winter Events to Keep Us Connected
The City of Tualatin’s Parks & Recreation Department has been hard at work to come up with creative ways to bring joy and cheer...
J-Dogg Takes a Break, Hannah Fills-in
It starts out the same as any homework assignment, 700 words due by tomorrow, with the overarching subject being about horticulture. As a highly...
Mayor’s Corner: December 2020
As I write December’s mayor’s corner, we are in week one of Governor Brown’s freeze. Nov. 19 marked the highest number of cases and...
The Cottage Industry You Need to Avoid!
As the pandemic shut down businesses, home-based businesses (or cottage industries) opened in profusion. While most of these were wholesome, a few were wholesale...
Say ‘Yes’ to Gratitude
2020 has been a lot of things but the one thing I keep circling back around to is my deeper and greater appreciation for...
Tualatin Chamber Awards ‘Excellence in Business’ Awards
At the end of 2019, the Tualatin Chamber of Commerce’s Excellence in Business Awards Committee began planning a celebration for April 2020 to honor...
Tualatin 2020 City Council Candidates
This month we gave each of the four candidates for three open city council seats the opportunity to answer two questions:
Why are you running...
COVID-19 + Halloween: How Tualatin Responds
It’s that time of year again. When the leaves begin to change color, pumpkins come fresh off the patch and Halloween is right around...
Providing for the Tualatin Community Comes First at Izumi, at Mashita’s...
Izumi Japanese Steakhouse
How do you quantify generosity? Kindness? Selflessness? Tough questions, I know…but then I met restaurateur Allen Song, a man with a larger-than-life...
City Evaluates Changes to Marijuana Business Regulations
Six years after Oregon voters legalized the recreational sale and use of cannabis, cities around the state continue to tinker with various aspects of...
Clackamas County Seeks New Transit Links with Tualatin
Getting between towns in Washington and Clackamas counties can be a big challenge if you don’t own a vehicle.
That’s why Clackamas County is currently...
Tualatin News In Brief – October 2020
Council Approves Domestic Violence Awareness Resolution
The Tualatin City Council and Tualatin Police Chief Bill Steele proclaimed October 2020 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month at...
Sheriff’s Office Engages in Wide-Ranging Use of Force Review
In the wake of ongoing national debate over the killing of George Floyd and police use of force, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office is...
Council Keeps Grant Funding Local
The Tualatin City Council is determined to keep its limited nonprofit grant money as close to home as possible this year.
There is just $40,000...
Rotarian Embodies “Service Above Self”
Tualatin Rotary Club presented their “Service Above Self” award to Jessica Cousineau -- a lawyer, mother of four and Rotarian. She serves on the...
Is Telemedicine Here to Stay?
So much has changed so fast with the arrival of the Sars-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic. With the early shutdowns and uncertainty how the virus was...
So Many Pet Foods – How to Choose?
Choosing a pet food can seem like a daunting task with advice coming from so many people and places. It’s easy to get lost...
Transportation Bond Projects Continue to Advance
Tualatin’s 2018 transportation safety bond program continues to make progress toward safer pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, with a recent string of project completions now...
2021 Individual Health Insurance Remains Consistent
As in prior years, Open Enrollment for the purchase of individual health insurance is Nov. 1 to Dec. 15. For those of you who buy...
