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Believe it or not, some of the strongest feedback we've ever received on our Tualatin Life Facebook page is when people vent their frustrations about the lack of choices for non-chain, local eateries.

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...

With all the interest in period dramas like Downtown Abbey, it’s fun to look back at how our community used to dress. Starting with...

In my personal book of the Laws of the Universe, looking pretty shouldn’t mean silently suffering in the cold. There just isn’t any good...

My partner heard a story on the radio about a robotics team at UC Berkeley that tried to develop a robot that could fold...

“The Willamette River is not an homogenous pool of unchanging water,” explained Kim Anderson, director of OSU’s Food Safety and Environmental Stewardship Program. “Its...

As most of you who have been following this story know, Jessi Thorne is in the fight of her life, trying to get the...

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...