Tualatin Life

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 for city councilor, what do you bring to the table...

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 the corner. So bust out those festive costumes and prepare...

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 personality, and an even bigger heart, owner of Izumi Steakhouse,...

Six years after Oregon voters legalized the recreational sale and use of cannabis, cities around the state continue to tinker with various aspects of their local regulations.  In Tualatin, the City Council has directed City...

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 looking into the possibility of creating a new public shuttle...

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 the Council’s Sept. 28 meeting. Domestic violence has always been a...

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 taking a proactive approach on the matter.  Washington County Sheriff Pat...

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 in the 2020 city budget allocated for this purpose, and...

Tualatin Rotary Club presented their “Service Above Self” award to Jessica Cousineau -- a lawyer, mother of four and Rotarian. She serves on the boards of the Foundation for Tigard-Tualatin Schools and Community Partners...

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 spreading from person to person, a lot of non-urgent health...