Tualatin Life

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 end of January to celebrate Tet, the Vietnamese New Year. ...

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 still more work to do. Jessi checks in with an update: Full...

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 of other Red Robin locations, a CenterCal (Property Manager) representative...

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 Heide, Chief Petitioner, was notified November 2nd by the City...

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 area. Pictured are some of those businesses. In 1879 George Saum...

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 her need for funding to get lifesaving brain surgery and...

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 the hands of the students. The project was initiated by Philippine-based...

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 every day. For the past 15 years I’ve lived in...

Army Chemical Staff Specialist, Sargent Herbert Smith, and his wife Beverley just loved military life. He initially joined the Coast Guard in 1952, serving three years. He was a civilian for nine months before...

Evelyn still lay awake in bed that damp, chilly fall night. She stared at the ceiling, not satisfied with our simple, routine prayer, a prayer for the hungry to find a meal tonight; a...