Tualatin Starbucks location to close
After at least 25 years in Tualatin, the Hedges Green Starbucks, located at 8639 Southwest Tualatin-Sherwood Road, is slated to serve its last caramel macchiato with sweet cream cold foam, extra drizzle on Sunday,...
Local radio station dispenses financial and business information and advice
Could you use some financial advice or information? Local investors or folks who just want to safeguard their nest-egg might not know about a resource right in their own back yard: KBNP or “The...
Shorthanded Timberwolves win holiday tournament
The Tualatin girls basketball team found itself in unfamiliar territory Monday night: trailing.
A little more than midway through the second quarter of Monday night’s POA Holiday Classic championship game, the Timberwolves trailed Benson by...
Tualatin City Services Hosts a Monthly Latino Business Networking Event
On the first Thursday of every month, you can overhear Latino business owners and entrepreneurs exchange laughter and business cards to the tune of Donut Land donuts, coffee and music at the Tualatin City...
2025 will be a year of many changes
Side Note: Last month I featured the topic of mass deportations of undocumented workers proposed by the incoming leadership, and it was clearly a sensitive topic. I received more letters and comments than I’d...
Tualatin Winter Brew Fest returns for 6th Annual Celebration of Craft Brewing
The stage is set, the brews are confirmed, and the final details are falling into place for the 6th Annual Tualatin Winter Brew Fest!
Drawing nearly 1,000 attendees from across the greater Portland Metro Area...
I’m Come Hellebore and High Water
It is now 2025, and still no snow. The rain came pouring, and the water levels rose, leaving us with no white Christmas. At best, there are some frosty spirits here and there. With...
Tualatin native becomes a Radio City Rockette
Since she was seven years old, Tualatin native Brooklyn Bronson wanted to be a Radio City Rockette. Growing up, her life revolved around dance, taking lessons at Westside Dance and Gymnastics Academy in Tigard...
Mayor’s Corner January 2025
2025 Legislative Session and Transportation
The Oregon Legislative Assembly will begin on January 21, 2025 and one of the major subjects will be crafting a comprehensive transportation funding package which prioritizes investments in operations, maintenance,...
Cookies and Rock & Roll
After twenty years of being a nurse, the stress of COVID-19 was the final nail in the coffin for Tualatin’s Andrea Doss. She wanted a way out. While Andrea wanted to leave her career,...
























