Tualatin Life

With all of the new chain restaurants coming to town, I thought I’d dedicate a sizable amount of space to feature some of our...

In 1968, America believed that we would easily win the Vietnam war.  However, early that year, the Vietnamese announced a seven-day cease-fire for the...

Last month, we featured a story about Jessi Thorne and her fight to obtain a potentially life-saving brain surgery. The response from Tualatin Life Readers has been overwhelming, but there’s...

Red Robin is set to Open This Week in the Nyberg Rivers Shopping Center, near Cabela’s. While many have voiced concerns about the proximity...

While the Tualatin City Council Term Limit Initiative qualified for the ballot, voters must wait a full year before they can vote on it. Mae...

Over the many decades that have elapsed since Tualatin’s beginning in 1887, many entrepreneurs made their living selling goods and services in the Tualatin...

I’ve challenged this community many times, and in each instance it rises to the occasion. Last month when I shared Jessi Thorne’s story about...

It took three months in transit, but Camp Lapu-lapu Elementary school is happy to report that books from Byrom Elementary School are now in...

My name is Michal Parcher and in all likelihood you and I don’t know one another, but chances are we touch each other’s lives...

Army Chemical Staff Specialist, Sargent Herbert Smith, and his wife Beverley just loved military life. He initially joined the Coast Guard in 1952, serving...

Evelyn still lay awake in bed that damp, chilly fall night. She stared at the ceiling, not satisfied with our simple, routine prayer, a...

Army Chemical Staff Specialist, Sargent Herbert Smith, and his wife Beverley just loved military life. He initially joined the Coast Guard in 1952, serving...

You just never know! Bill Manderfeld moved down the street from me in 1978. His oldest daughter, Keri, quickly became best friends with my...

I will try to make this short and sweet. For those of you that don’t know me, my name is Jessi Thorne. I’m a...

Tualatin resident Nate Botsford was selected as one of top two finalists in a national songwriting competition and traveled to NYC last week for...

I receive a lot of submissions each month of stories that ask for help in one way or another. I feel that I must...

John and Catherine Hedges arrived in Oregon in 1851, after a harrowing trek across the mountains and plains. After two years’ employment as on-site...

The Pumpkin Regatta has always been popular, with a sort of cult following, but this year it just exploded. We estimated the crowd to...

You just never know! Bill Manderfeld moved down the street from me in 1978. His oldest daughter, Keri, quickly became best friends with my oldest daughter Janet....

Now that we are into the swing of the new school year, it’s back to Homework Time for the kids. But homework can be as much work for parents as it is for children! Full Article