Tualatin Life

Beginning in February and running through the end of May 2015, the Tualatin Public Library will have on display in the Living Room Gallery the artwork of Lois Mitchell. Lois’s paintings glow with harmonious colors which capture and...

Officer Jack Rose and I recently had the honor to represent the City of Tualatin and the State of Oregon in paying respect at the funeral services for Officer Rafael Ramos of the New York City Police Department....

VOLUNTEER:  So many opportunities exist to volunteer in Tualatin! Do you like being in nature? Come plant trees. Do you like reading? Come shelve books. Do you enjoy cooking? Help serve lunch to seniors at the Juanita Pohl Center.

It’s sometimes interesting how changes in the garden runs strangely parallel to changes in real life.  Last summer, it all began with a constant cough that wouldn’t go away. When I first heard it from her, it was...

2011 Tualatin High School grad Matt Derhalli has accepted a position with the New York Mets as their Marketing and Communications Intern and will be heading to Queens, NYC in February.  He will be assisting with game...

When children are young, they are full of confidence.  They believe they can do anything, be anyone. They are fearless and they have unlimited potential. If I were to ask a group of Kindergarteners, “How many of you think you can be a great doctor, an important scientist,...

Restaurants on wheels—better known as food carts—line downtown Portland’s streets and draw thousands of tourists and natives alike rain or shine. But even before our home was dubbed nationally as catering to hungry people via wheels, Tualatin had already...

      So how did our lovely little community get the name Tualatin? From the hunting and gathering natives who occupied the valley for thousands of years and called the meandering river Atfalati? Close, but no cigar. Not yet...

Many crewmembers killed by sharks while waiting to be rescued  The delayed recovery of surviving crewmembers from the torpedoed USS Indianapolis in shark infested waters near the end of World War II was one of...

We are really excited to announce that the Softball Leagues in Tualatin have come together to create a stronger cooperative organization for the benefit of the community. Starting with the 2015 season Tualatin Youth Softball Association (TYSA) and Tualatin City...