Tualatin Life

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, litter grabbers, and plastic bags, these families, couples, and individuals...

Pride in June, Black History in February, Ice Cream in July, Poetry in April, Breast Cancer Awareness in October, Noodles in March.  National “Months” - some serious, some just for fun - are typically spent...

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 school supplies at Tualatin United Methodist Church on Martinazzi Avenue....

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 non-emergency phone number is (503) 629-0111. The community tip line...

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 on the other, there is a definitely shortage of land...

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 issued a new executive order mandating that all Oregonians five...

Hormones play a major role in a multitude of bodily functions. This includes the sex hormones estrogen and testosterone as well as other hormones such as growth hormone. It is not widely known is...

 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 about more candidates becoming available in the very near future...

2021 has been an interesting year for real estate both across the country and in Tualatin. Locally we have seen housing inventory decline by 60 percent. Where typically we see 60 or so homes...

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 the first day of school outfit. I remember, at the...